[Tutor] library:

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:00:24PM -0500, William Crowder wrote:

> 	I am reading posts and watching videos. I am following along 
> 	with the shell, i am retaining the info. But WHAT is a library?


In English, a library is a collection of books, or magazines. 

A "software library" is a collection of programs or functions, instead 
of books. Sometimes it will be one file, with many functions. Sometimes 
it will be many files.

In Python:

import math


will load the math library, so you can use functions like math.sin, 
math.sqrt, and others.

Does this answer your question? If you need more help, please ask.


-- 
Steven