Python 3: From Beginner to Advanced/

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Built-in Modules

Built-in Modules

This section gives a brief introduction to some of the built-in packages in Python, including the math module.

We'll cover the following...

Introduction to modules

The standard Python distribution comes with about 300 modules; many more are available, both commercial and free. Before writing code to solve problems in a given domain, it is a good idea to first check to see what is already available.

This chapter will explore the built-in math, statistics, and os (operating system) packages.

Math module

The math module (import math) includes a lot of functions that are not available by default. Here are some of them:

  • ceil(x) ...