Index_C

C

c shelve access mode, 212

capitalize() method, 41

car value, 45–46

case-sensitivity

commands, 9

variables, 35

CHAR value, 320

characters, reading

from lines, 203–204

from text files, 202–203

check buttons, 322–326

check_collide() method, 365

class attributes, 239

accessing, 241–242

creating, 241

classes

abstract, 350

Animation, 384–387, 429

Application, 312–313

Astrocrash game example, 394

BUFFER, 403

creating GUI using, 311–314

defining, 231–232

derived, 271–274, 279

Game, 417–420

Games_Object, 350

constructor parameters, 426

methods, list of, 351, 426–427

imported, 284

Message, 342, 428–429

new-style, 249

old-style, 249

Screen, 342

attributes, 424

height, 424

methods, list of, 343, 425

Sprite, 342, 429

StringVar, 328

superclass, 277

Text, 342, 428

VELOCITY_MAX, 416

clause

else, 218

except, 214–215

clear() method, 266, 343, 425

Click Counter program example, 314–316

client functions, 243

close() function, 202, 212

closing text files, 201–202

code. See also programs

defined, 10

escape sequences, 22–23

logical errors, 42–43

quotes, with strings, 19

self-documenting, 35

string methods, 38–39

strings, Silly String programs, 26

triple-quoted strings, 21

collision detection, 363–366, 407–410

color attribute, Text class, 428

color coding, 10

color module, 347, 436

column parameter, grid() method, 318

columnspan parameter, grid() method, 318

combining objects, 264–268

commands. See also functions; methods

case-sensitivity, 9

del, 133–134

Edit menu, Run Script, 11

File menu

New Window, 11

Save As, 11

print, 9

comments

# (number sign symbol), 13

color-coded, 13

defined, 13

initial, 48

overview, 13–14

comparison operators, 59–60

compound conditions, 78

concatenating

lists, 132

strings, 27

tuples, 120

conditions

compound, 78

defined, 59

false, 72–73

tuples as, 115

values as, 73–75

configure() method, 310

console windows, 2

constants

color module, 436

creating, 106–107, 156–159

defined, 107

global, 342

key, list of, 432–436

Constructor Critter program example, 233–234

constructors

creating, 234–235

defined, 233

continue statement, 77–78

coordinate systems, graphics, 345–346

count() function, 138

Counter program example, 94–95

counting

by fives, 96–97

forward, 96

cPickle.load() function, 211

Craps Roller program example, 55

create_score() method, 418

create_widgets() method, 312–313

Critter Caretaker program example

Constructor method, 253–254

Critter class, 253

eat() method, 255

main() function, 256

menu system, creating, 256–257

mood property, 254–255

overview, 228–229

_pass_time() method, 254

play() method, 255–256

talk() method, 255

cryptography, 58