Python Data Structures and Algorithms

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "This repetitive construct could be a simple while loop or any other kind of loop."

A block of code is set as follows:

    def dequeue(self):        if not self.outbound_stack:            while self.inbound_stack:                self.outbound_stack.append(self.inbound_stack.pop())        return self.outbound_stack.pop()

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in ...