Comprehensive Python Functions & Methods
Reference
This guide contains major Python built-in functions and commonly used methods with brief
descriptions.
Built-in Functions
• abs() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• aiter() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• all() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• anext() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• any() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• ascii() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• bin() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• bool() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• breakpoint() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• bytearray() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• bytes() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• callable() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• chr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• classmethod() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• compile() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• complex() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• delattr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• dict() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• dir() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• divmod() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• enumerate() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• eval() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• exec() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• filter() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• float() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• format() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• frozenset() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• getattr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• globals() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• hasattr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• hash() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• help() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• hex() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• id() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• input() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• int() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isinstance() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• issubclass() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• iter() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• len() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• list() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• locals() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• map() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• max() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• memoryview() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• min() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• next() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• object() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• oct() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• open() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• ord() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• pow() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• print() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• property() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• range() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• repr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• reversed() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• round() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• set() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• setattr() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• slice() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• sorted() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• staticmethod() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• str() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• sum() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• super() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• tuple() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• type() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• vars() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• zip() - Commonly used Python function/method.
String Methods
• capitalize() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• casefold() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• center() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• count() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• encode() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• endswith() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• expandtabs() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• find() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• format() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• index() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isalnum() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isalpha() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isascii() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isdigit() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• islower() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isspace() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• istitle() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isupper() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• join() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• ljust() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• lower() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• lstrip() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• maketrans() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• partition() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• replace() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rfind() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rindex() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rjust() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rpartition() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rsplit() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• rstrip() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• split() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• splitlines() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• startswith() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• strip() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• swapcase() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• title() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• translate() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• upper() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• zfill() - Commonly used Python function/method.
List Methods
• append() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• clear() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• copy() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• count() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• extend() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• index() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• insert() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• pop() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• remove() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• reverse() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• sort() - Commonly used Python function/method.
Dictionary Methods
• clear() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• copy() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• fromkeys() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• get() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• items() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• keys() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• pop() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• popitem() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• setdefault() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• update() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• values() - Commonly used Python function/method.
Set Methods
• add() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• clear() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• copy() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• difference() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• discard() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• intersection() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• isdisjoint() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• issubset() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• issuperset() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• pop() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• remove() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• symmetric_difference() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• union() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• update() - Commonly used Python function/method.
File Methods
• close() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• flush() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• read() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• readline() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• readlines() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• seek() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• tell() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• truncate() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• write() - Commonly used Python function/method.
• writelines() - Commonly used Python function/method.
Learning Tip
Focus first on print(), input(), int(), float(), str(), len(), type(), range(), append(), replace(), split(),
join(), open(), read(), write(), and sorted(). These are among the most frequently used functions for
beginners.