Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "If we enter HELLO, it prints out the correct answer of KHOOR."

A block of code is set as follows:

alpha = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
str_in = raw_input("Enter message, like HELLO: ")

n = len(str_in)
str_out = ""

for i in range(n):
   c = str_in[i]
   loc = alpha.find(c)
   print i, c, loc, 
   newloc = loc + 3
   str_out += alpha[newloc]
   print newloc, str_out

print "Obfuscated version:", str_out

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ python

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.