'''
Created on 2011-9-28
@author: xgzhao
'''
s = 'abcdefg'
print s[::-1] #reverse
print s[::2]
# just like a?x:y in Java, in Python is: x if c else y
x, y = 4, 3
smaller = x if x<y else y
print smaller
#about range
print range(2, 19, 2)
print [x**2 for x in range(6)]
print eval("222")
#set in Python
s = set('cheershop')
print s
t = set('zhaoxin')
# | to union two sets
print s|t
# &
print s&t
print s-t