# Index – Symbols

! (exclamation) in a command interpreter in curses module in formatted string literal in glob-style wildcards, [1] in string formatting in struct format strings ! (pdb command) ! patterns != operator, [1] " (double quote) string literal """ string literal # (hash) comment, [1], [2] in doctests in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions in string formatting source encoding declaration $ (dollar) environment variables expansion in regular expressions in template strings interpolation in configuration files % (percent) datetime format, [1], [2] environment variables expansion (Windows), [1] interpolation in configuration files operator, [1] printf-style formatting, [1] %= augmented assignment & (ampersand) operator, [1] &= augmented assignment ' (single quote) string literal ''' string literal () (parentheses) call class definition function definition generator expression in assignment target list in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions tuple display (? in regular expressions (?! in regular expressions (?# in regular expressions (?: in regular expressions (?<! in regular expressions (?<= in regular expressions (?= in regular expressions (?P< in regular expressions (?P= in regular expressions * (asterisk) function definition import statement in argparse module in assignment target list in AST grammar in expression lists in function calls, [1] in glob-style wildcards, [1] in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions operator, [1] ** function definition in dictionary displays in function calls, [1] in glob-style wildcards operator, [1] **= augmented assignment *= augmented assignment *? in regular expressions + (plus) binary operator, [1] in argparse module in doctests in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions in string formatting unary operator, [1] += augmented assignment +? in regular expressions , (comma) argument list expression list, [1], [2], [3], [4] identifier list, [1] import statement in dictionary displays in string formatting in target list parameter list slicing with statement - python--m-py_compile command line option - (minus) binary operator, [1] in doctests in glob-style wildcards, [1] in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions in string formatting unary operator, [1] --annotate pickletools command line option --best gzip command line option --buffer unittest command line option --catch unittest command line option --check-hash-based-pycs default|always|never command line option --compact json.tool command line option --compress zipapp command line option --count trace command line option --coverdir=<dir> trace command line option --create <tarfile> <source1> ... <sourceN> tarfile command line option --create <zipfile> <source1> ... <sourceN> zipfile command line option --decompress gzip command line option --details inspect command line option --disable-ipv6 command line option --disable-test-modules command line option --enable-big-digits=[15|30] command line option --enable-framework command line option --enable-framework=INSTALLDIR command line option --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions command line option --enable-optimizations command line option --enable-profiling command line option --enable-shared command line option --enable-universalsdk command line option --enable-universalsdk=SDKDIR command line option --exact tokenize command line option --extract <tarfile> [<output_dir>] tarfile command line option --extract <zipfile> <output_dir> zipfile command line option --failfast unittest command line option --fast gzip command line option --file=<file> trace command line option --hardlink-dupes compileall command line option --help ast command line option command line option gzip command line option json.tool command line option timeit command line option tokenize command line option trace command line option zipapp command line option --ignore-dir=<dir> trace command line option --ignore-module=<mod> trace command line option --include-attributes ast command line option --indent json.tool command line option --indent <indent> ast command line option --indentlevel=<num> pickletools command line option --info zipapp command line option --invalidation-mode [timestamp|checked-hash|unchecked-hash] compileall command line option --json-lines json.tool command line option --list <tarfile> tarfile command line option --list <zipfile> zipfile command line option --listfuncs trace command line option --locals unittest command line option --main=<mainfn> zipapp command line option --memo pickletools command line option --missing trace command line option --mode <mode> ast command line option --no-ensure-ascii json.tool command line option --no-indent json.tool command line option --no-report trace command line option --no-type-comments ast command line option --number=N timeit command line option --output=<file> pickletools command line option --output=<output> zipapp command line option --pattern pattern unittest-discover command line option --preamble=<preamble> pickletools command line option --process timeit command line option --python=<interpreter> zipapp command line option --quiet python--m-py_compile command line option --repeat=N timeit command line option --report trace command line option --setup=S timeit command line option --sort-keys json.tool command line option --start-directory directory unittest-discover command line option --summary trace command line option --tab json.tool command line option --test <tarfile> tarfile command line option --test <zipfile> zipfile command line option --timing trace command line option --top-level-directory directory unittest-discover command line option --trace trace command line option --trackcalls trace command line option --unit=U timeit command line option --user-base site command line option --user-site site command line option --verbose tarfile command line option timeit command line option unittest-discover command line option --version command line option trace command line option --with-address-sanitizer command line option --with-assertions command line option --with-builtin-hashlib-hashes=md5,sha1,sha256,sha512,sha3,blake2 command line option --with-computed-gotos command line option --with-cxx-main command line option --with-cxx-main=COMPILER command line option --with-dbmliborder=db1:db2:... command line option --with-dtrace command line option --with-ensurepip=[upgrade|install|no] command line option --with-framework-name=FRAMEWORK command line option --with-hash-algorithm=[fnv|siphash24] command line option --with-libc=STRING command line option --with-libm=STRING command line option --with-libs='lib1 ...' command line option --with-lto command line option --with-memory-sanitizer command line option --with-openssl-rpath=[no|auto|DIR] command line option --with-openssl=DIR command line option --with-platlibdir=DIRNAME command line option --with-pydebug command line option --with-readline=editline command line option --with-ssl-default-suites=[python|openssl|STRING] command line option --with-suffix=SUFFIX command line option --with-system-expat command line option --with-system-ffi command line option --with-system-libmpdec command line option | --with-tcltk-includes='-I...' command line option --with-tcltk-libs='-L...' command line option --with-trace-refs command line option --with-tzpath=<list of absolute paths separated by pathsep> command line option --with-undefined-behavior-sanitizer command line option --with-universal-archs=ARCH command line option --with-valgrind command line option --with-wheel-pkg-dir=PATH command line option --without-c-locale-coercion command line option --without-decimal-contextvar command line option --without-doc-strings command line option --without-pymalloc command line option --without-readline command line option --without-static-libpython command line option -= augmented assignment -> function annotations, [1] -? command line option -a ast command line option pickletools command line option -B command line option -b command line option compileall command line option unittest command line option -C trace command line option -c trace command line option unittest command line option zipapp command line option -c <command> command line option -c <tarfile> <source1> ... <sourceN> tarfile command line option -c <zipfile> <source1> ... <sourceN> zipfile command line option -d command line option gzip command line option -d destdir compileall command line option -E command line option -e tokenize command line option -e <tarfile> [<output_dir>] tarfile command line option -e <zipfile> <output_dir> zipfile command line option -e dir compileall command line option -f compileall command line option trace command line option unittest command line option -g trace command line option -h ast command line option command line option gzip command line option json.tool command line option timeit command line option tokenize command line option zipapp command line option -I command line option -i command line option -i <indent> ast command line option -i list compileall command line option -J command line option -j N compileall command line option -k unittest command line option -l compileall command line option pickletools command line option trace command line option -l <tarfile> tarfile command line option -l <zipfile> zipfile command line option -m pickletools command line option trace command line option -m <mainfn> zipapp command line option -m <mode> ast command line option -m <module-name> command line option -n N timeit command line option -O command line option -o pickletools command line option -o <output> zipapp command line option -o level compileall command line option -OO command line option -p pickletools command line option timeit command line option unittest-discover command line option -p <interpreter> zipapp command line option -p prepend_prefix compileall command line option -q command line option compileall command line option python--m-py_compile command line option -R command line option trace command line option -r compileall command line option trace command line option -r N timeit command line option -S command line option -s command line option trace command line option unittest-discover command line option -s S timeit command line option -s strip_prefix compileall command line option -T trace command line option -t trace command line option unittest-discover command line option -t <tarfile> tarfile command line option -t <zipfile> zipfile command line option -u command line option timeit command line option -V command line option -v command line option tarfile command line option timeit command line option unittest-discover command line option -W arg command line option -X command line option -x command line option -x regex compileall command line option . (dot) attribute reference in glob-style wildcards in numeric literal in pathnames, [1] in printf-style formatting, [1] in regular expressions in string formatting .. in pathnames ... ellipsis literal, [1], [2] in doctests interpreter prompt, [1] placeholder, [1], [2] .ini file .pdbrc file / (slash) function definition in pathnames, [1] operator, [1] // operator, [1] //= augmented assignment /= augmented assignment 0b integer literal 0o integer literal 0x integer literal 2-digit years 2to3 : (colon) annotated variable compound statement, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] function annotations, [1] in dictionary expressions in formatted string literal in SQL statements in string formatting lambda expression path separator (POSIX) slicing ; (semicolon), [1] < (less) in string formatting in struct format strings operator, [1] << operator, [1] <<= augmented assignment <= operator, [1] <BLANKLINE> <file> ... <fileN> python--m-py_compile command line option = (equals) assignment statement class definition for help in debugging using string literals function definition in function calls in string formatting in struct format strings == operator, [1] > (greater) in string formatting in struct format strings operator, [1] >= operator, [1] >> operator, [1] >>= augmented assignment >>> interpreter prompt, [1] ? (question mark) in a command interpreter in argparse module in AST grammar in glob-style wildcards, [1] in regular expressions in SQL statements in struct format strings, [1] replacement character ?? in regular expressions @ (at) class definition function definition in struct format strings operator [] (square brackets) in assignment target list in glob-style wildcards, [1] in regular expressions in string formatting list expression subscription \ (backslash) escape sequence, [1] in pathnames (Windows) in regular expressions, [1], [2] \\ escape sequence in regular expressions \A in regular expressions \a escape sequence in regular expressions \B in regular expressions \b escape sequence in regular expressions, [1] \D in regular expressions \d in regular expressions \f escape sequence in regular expressions \g in regular expressions \N escape sequence, [1] in regular expressions \n escape sequence in regular expressions \r escape sequence in regular expressions \S in regular expressions \s in regular expressions \t escape sequence in regular expressions \U escape sequence, [1] in regular expressions \u escape sequence, [1] in regular expressions \v escape sequence in regular expressions \W in regular expressions \w in regular expressions \x escape sequence, [1] in regular expressions \Z in regular expressions ^ (caret) in curses module in regular expressions, [1] in string formatting marker, [1] operator, [1] ^= augmented assignment {} (curly brackets) dictionary expression in formatted string literal in regular expressions in string formatting set expression | (vertical bar) in regular expressions operator, [1] |= augmented assignment ~ (tilde) home directory expansion operator, [1]