Python Standard Library

What is the Python Standard Library?

A collection of programming components that can be used in any Python program.

What does it mean that some library components are built-in to the interpreter?

Components are always available without having to do anything to access them.

Built-in functions of the Python Standard Library can be used without being imported.

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os

access to operating system features

built-in exceptions

classes that represent errors and warnings

Built-in functions

frequently used functions such as print

random

generating random numbers

built-in types

includes numeric types such as int, float, the text type str, and sequence types such as list and range

math

mathmatical functions

string

operations on character strings (beyond those provided by the str type)

urllib

retrieving web content

turtle

support for the turtle graphics

datetime

types for managing date and time values

built-in constants

values such as the True and False boolean literals