Comments
# This is a comment
# -*- coding: <encoding-name> -*-
Strings
"foo \"bar\" baz"
'foo \'bar\' baz'
""" "Multi-line" strings
are supported."""
''' 'Multi-line' strings
are supported.'''
Numbers
7
2147483647
0o177
0b100110111
3
79228162514264337593543950336
0o377
0x100000000
0xdeadbeef
3.14
10.
.001
1e100
3.14e-10
0e0
3.14j
10.j
10j
.001j
1e100j
3.14e-10j
Full example
def median(pool):
'''Statistical median to demonstrate doctest.
>>> median([2, 9, 9, 7, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8])
7
'''
copy = sorted(pool)
size = len(copy)
if size % 2 == 1:
return copy[(size - 1) / 2]
else:
return (copy[size/2 - 1] + copy[size/2]) / 2
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()