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samplesort 
SAX 
    ContentHandler  [See ContentHandler]
    using to check well-formedness 
scalar elements, determining 
scanner 
Schwartzian transform 
ScientificPython package 
searching 
    binary search algorithm 
    of unhashable items 
seek 
select statement, Python equivalent 
self 
self.lock.acquire 
semicolons (;) 
separator entries 
sequences
    finding items in deeply nested sequences 
    looping on 
    matching sets 
    membership tests on 
    predicate testing, evaluation 
    removing duplicates from 
        while maintaining sequence order 
    unbounded iterators, filtering output 
serializing data 
serve_forever 
Server class 
server.py  2nd 
ServerProxy class 
servers
    TCP servers, writing 
service_running 
servicemanager module 
servlets
    Jython, running with 
Set class 
set class, implementing 
_ _setattr_ _ 
setdefault  2nd 
setmode (msvcrt module) 
setPaletteBackgroundColor 
sets
    matching 
    modeling 
_ _setstate_ _ 
setup.py 
SetValueEx 
setvbuf 
sgmllib module 
shallow copies 
shallow parsers 
shebang line 
shelve module 
show_paragraphs 
shutil.copy 
SimpleXMLRPCServer class 
single inheritance 
single quotes 
Singleton design pattern  2nd 
    alternatives to 
    avoiding, with Borg idiom 
    drawbacks to 
SIP 
sitecustomize.py 
    imported modules, automating end-of-line conversions on 
slicing 
_ _slots_ _ 
smtplib module 
SO_REUSEADDR 
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) 
    writing web services that support 
socket datagrams, passing messages with 
    passing large messages 
socket module  2nd 
    big-endian byte order, specification by 
    finding your own hostname and IP address 
    IP addresses, conversion, dotted quad to long integers 
socket.inet_aton and socket.inet_ntoa 
sockets
    connecting to on a remote machine 
SocketServer module 
sort 
    passing a comparison function to 
sorted lists, maintaining 
sorting 
    algorithms used in Python 
    by item or attribute 
    by one field, then another 
    of dictionaries 
    guaranteeing sort stability 
    of object lists, using object attributes as criteria 
    of objects, using ORDER BY syntax 
    quicksort in three lines 
    reverse order, listing in 
    reverse sorting 
    stable sorts 
Soundex algorithm 
source code in Python, colorizing 
space (' ') joiner 
spaces
    conversion to or from tabs 
    trimming from strings 
SPARK parser generator 
    introspection, use by 
split  2nd  3rd  4th 
split_at 
split_by 
splitlines  2nd 
SQL
    implementations for relational databases 
    SQL DDL, creating from an Access database 
SQL ORDER BY clause 
stable sorts 
standard library 
standard output
    Unicode characters, printing to 
startElement 
StartElementHandler 
StartService 
stat (poplib module) 
state 
static methods
    class methods, and 
    implementing 
    staticmethod 
    staticmethod type 
staticmethod 
staticmethod type 
Stevens, W. Richard 
StopService 
storbinary 
storing per-thread information 
storlines 
_ _str_ _ 
string fields, reverse sorting with DSU 
string module 
string object methods 
string substitution in a file 
string-formatting operator (%)  2nd  3rd 
    named-values variant 
StringIO module 
strings  2nd 
    accessing substrings 
    aligning 
    case, controlling 
    changing the indentation of a multiline string 
    combining 
    concatenation 
    converting between different naming conventions 
    converting between tabs and spaces 
    encoding and decoding 
    evaluating code within 
    filtering for a character set 
    immutability 
    looping on characters  2nd 
    matching character sets 
    multiple string substitutions 
    processing one character at a time 
    quotes, and 
    raw strings 
    reversing by words or characters 
    sequences, compared to 
    single characters, access of 
    testing for integer representation 
    testing if an object is string-like 
    trimming space from the ends of 
    Unicode strings 
    Unicode, converting to 
    writing large strings to a file 
strip (string object method) 
strptime 
struct module 
struct.unpack 
structured data, processing of selected pairs 
stub_compare_func 
sub (re module)  2nd  3rd 
subclassing
    currying, as an alternative to 
subscribe.py 
super 
Super class 
super keyword in Java, Python equivalent to 
superclasses
    _ _init_ _, calling 
    implementations of methods, calling 
SWIG 
    C and C++, Python extension module tools for 
    SWIG-generated modules in a multithreaded environment 
switch statement, Python equivalent 
Sybase, access via JDBC 
sys._getframe  2nd 
    simulating in pre-2.1 Python versions 
sys.exc_info 
sys.excepthook 
sys.modules
    addition of newly generated modules 
sys.path.append 
system administration 
    Apache servers, hits on per IP address, calculating 
        client cache hits, calculating 
    commands, running repeatedly 
    passwords, generating randomly 
        generating non-randomly 
    polling 
    Unix network interface, status checking 
    Windows  [See under Windows]