# python

This section... is currently a pile of notes from across about five years, and hasn't really been cleaned up much. Everything is correct, but there's a decent bit of mess. You've been warned.

General things to keep in mind with Python:

* Python is *zero-indexed*; everything starts at 0
* `strptime` goes from string to datetime object, `strftime` goes the other way

#### Useful Resources

(O'Reilley Data Science Handbook)\[<https://jakevdp.github.io/PythonDataScienceHandbook/>]

(Jupyter Notebook Documentation)\[<https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>]


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