processFunc = collapse and (lambda s: " ".join(s.split())) or (lambda s: s)

def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no, please!'):while True:ok = raw_input(prompt)if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'):return Trueif ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'):return Falseretries = retries - 1if retries < 0:raise IOError('refusenik user')print complaint

>>> def fib(n):    # write Fibonacci series up to n
...     """Print a Fibonacci series up to n."""
...     a, b = 0, 1
...     while a < n:
...         print a,
...         a, b = b, a+b
...
>>> # Now call the function we just defined:
... fib(2000)
0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597

def cheeseshop(kind, *arguments, **keywords):print "-- Do you have any", kind, "?"print "-- I'm sorry, we're all out of", kindfor arg in arguments:print argprint "-" * 40keys = sorted(keywords.keys())for kw in keys:print kw, ":", keywords[kw]cheeseshop("Limburger", "It's very runny, sir.","It's really very, VERY runny, sir.",shopkeeper='Michael Palin',client="John Cleese",sketch="Cheese Shop Sketch")'''
-- Do you have any Limburger ?
-- I'm sorry, we're all out of Limburger
It's very runny, sir.
It's really very, VERY runny, sir.
----------------------------------------
client : John Cleese
shopkeeper : Michael Palin
sketch : Cheese Shop Sketch
'''

>>>alist = [(x, y) for x in [1,2,3] for y in [3,1,4] if x != y]
>>>alist
[(1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 3), (2, 1), (2, 4), (3, 1), (3, 4)]>>> vec = [[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]]
>>> [num for elem in vec for num in elem]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

>>> m = [
... [1,2,3],
... [4,5,6],
... [7,8,9]
... ]
>>> n = [[row[i] for row in m] for i in range(3)]
>>> for nn in n:
...     print nn
...
[1, 4, 7]
[2, 5, 8]
[3, 6, 9]
>>>

for x in range(1,10):#rightstr1 = '{0:2d} {1:3d} {2:4d}'.format(x, x*x, x*x*x)#rightstr2 = str.rjust(repr(x),2)+str.rjust(repr(x*x),3)+str.rjust(repr(x*x*x),4)#leftstr3 = str.ljust(repr(x),2)+str.ljust(repr(x*x),3)+str.ljust(repr(x*x*x),4)#centerstr4 = str.center(repr(x),2)+str.center(repr(x*x),3)+str.center(repr(x*x*x),5)ol = "| %s | %s | %s | %s |" % (str1,str2,str3,str4)print ol

with open("myfile.txt") as f:for line in f:print line,