Built-in Functions in Python
The following table will show you built-in functions in python programming language.
Built-in Functions
| abs() |
divmod() |
input() |
open() |
| staticmethod() |
all() |
enumerate() |
int() |
| ord() |
str() |
any() |
eval() |
| isinstance() |
pow() |
sum() |
basestring() |
| execfile() |
issubclass() |
print() |
super() |
| bin() |
file() |
iter() |
property() |
| tuple() |
bool() |
filter() |
len() |
| range() |
type() |
bytearray() |
float() |
| list() |
raw_input() |
unichr() |
callable() |
| format() |
locals() |
reduce() |
unicode() |
| chr() |
frozenset() |
long() |
reload() |
| vars() |
classmethod() |
getattr() |
map() |
| repr() |
xrange() |
cmp() |
globals() |
| max() |
reversed() |
zip() |
compile() |
| hasattr() |
memoryview() |
round() |
__import__() |
| complex() |
hash() |
min() |
set() |
| delattr() |
help() |
next() |
setattr() |
| dict() |
hex() |
object() |
slice() |
| dir() |
id() |
oct() |
sorted() |
Most Used Function
| Function |
Description |
| abs(number) |
Returns the absolute value of a number. |
| cmath.sqrt(number) |
Returns the square root; works with negative numbers. |
| float(object) |
Converts a string or number to a floating-point number. |
| help() |
Offers interactive help. |
| input(prompt) |
Gets input from the user. |
| int(object) |
Converts a string or number to an integer. |
| long(object) |
Converts a string or number to a long integer. |
| math.ceil(number) |
Returns the ceiling of a number as a float. |
| math.floor(number) |
Returns the floor of a number as a float. |
| math.sqrt(number) |
Returns the square root; doesn't work with negative numbers. |
| pow(x, y[, z]) |
Returns x to the power of y (modulo z). |
| raw_input(prompt) |
Gets input from the user, as a string. |
| repr(object) |
Returns a string representation of a value. |
| round(number[,ndigits]) |
Rounds a number to a given precision. |
| str(object) |
Converts a value to a string. |
Most used functions in Arrays
| Function |
Description |
| cmp(x, y) |
Compares two values. |
| len(seq) |
Returns the length of a sequence. |
| list(seq) |
Converts a sequence to a list. |
| max(args) |
Returns the maximum of a sequence or set of arguments. |
| min(args) |
Returns the minimum of a sequence or set of arguments. |
| reversed(seq) |
Lets you iterate over a sequence in reverse. |
| sorted(seq) |
Returns a sorted list of the elements of seq. |
| tuple(seq) |
Converts a sequence to a tuple. |