Python Book for a C Programmer?

I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is?

Thanks.

Am 24.05.2012 01:45, schrieb hsaziz@gmail.com:
> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush
> up on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that
> covers it well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else
> statement is?

First thing to check first is whether the online course uses Python 2 or
Python 3. For Python 2, try starting at docs.python.org. There you will
find library documentation, language specifications and also tutorials.

Uli

On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:45:05 -0700, hsaziz wrote:

> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up
> on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it
> well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is?
>
> Thanks.

Dive into python seems to be quite popular & can be read online fro free



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On 2012-05-24, alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:45:05 -0700, hsaziz wrote:
>
>> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up
>> on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it
>> well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Dive into python seems to be quite popular & can be read online fro free
>
>

Learning Python by Mark Lutz, from O'Reilly is a good one, I've been
reading it and it also enforces a comparison between C programming and
Python. However, it's focused on Python 2, but it also mentions Python
3 things in the text...


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On 05/23/2012 07:45 PM, hsaziz@gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to join an online class that uses python. I need to brush up on the language quickly. Is there a good book or resource that covers it well but does not have to explain what an if..then..else statement is?
>
> Thanks.

My opinion: Martelli's "Python in a Nutshell" is the K&R of Python.

Alas, it does discuss if statements, but it doesn't slap you silly with them.