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What are modules?

Python has extensive libraries for supporting various functionalities like graphical user interface, database connectivity, mathematical calculations etc.
A file which consists of a collection of related functions is called as a module.
Python has many built-in modules like math, time, random etc.
Python also allows user to define its own modules according to the requirement such modules are called as user defined modules.
To use or call these modules in our script we use specific keywords like import and from.
In this post we will be studying math, time and random module in detail along with user defined modules.

Built-in modules in python

math module

The math module is the standard module in Python and is always available.
This module consist of all the mathematical functions and constants.
We can use this module with the help of import and from statements.
Syntax

>>> import math
>>> import math as m
>>> from math import *
>>> from math import pi

Various function and constants in math module are:

Number-theoretic and representation functions
  • ceil(x) : Return the ceiling of x as an int.This is the smallest integral value >= x
  • copysign(x,y) : It returns x with the sign of y
  • fabs(x) : It returns the absolute value of x
  • factorial(x) : It returns factorial of x and raise a ValueError if x is negative or non-integral.
  • floor(x) : Return the floor of x as an int.This is the largest integral value <= x
  • fmod(x,y) : It returns remainder when x is divided by y
  • fsum(iterable) : Return an accurate floating point sum of values in the iterable.
  • ldexp(x, i) : It returns x * (2**i).
  • modf(x) : It return the fractional and integer parts of x.
  • trunc(x) : It returns the truncated integer value of x towards 0.

Power and logarithmic functions
  • exp(x) : it returns e raised to the power of x i.e. e**2.
  • expm1(x) : It returns e**x-1.
  • log(x[, base]) : It returns the logarithm of x to the given base.If the base not specified, returns the natural logarithm (base e) of x
  • log10(x) : It returns the base 10 logarithm of x.
  • log2(x) : It returns the base 10 logarithm of x.
  • pow(x, y) : It returns x**y (x to the power of y)
  • sqrt(x) : It returns the square root of x.

Trigonometric functions
  • acos(x) : It returns the arc cosine of x.
  • asin(x) : It returns the arc sine of x.
  • atan(x) : It returns the arc tangent of x.
  • cos(x) : It returns the cosine of x (measured in radians).
  • sin(x) : Return the sine of x (measured in radians).
  • tan(x) : It returns the tangent of x (measured in radians).
  • hypot(x, y) : Return the Euclidean distance, sqrt(x*x + y*y).

Angular functions
  • degrees(x) : Convert angle x from radians to degrees.
  • radians(x) : Convert angle x from degrees to radians.
Hyperbolic functions
  • acosh(x) : It returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of x.
  • asinh(x) : It returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of x.
  • atanh(x) : It returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of x.
  • cosh(x) : It returns the hyperbolic cosine of x.
  • sinh(x) : It returns the hyperbolic sine of x.
  • tanh(x) : It returns the hyperbolic tangent of x.

Special functions
  • erf(x) : It returns error function at x.
  • erfc(x) : It returns the complementary error function at x.
  • gamma(x) : It returns Gamma function at x.
  • lgamma(x) : It returns the natural logarithm of absolute value of Gamma function at x.
Constants
  • pi : It represents a mathematical constant pi, pi = 3.141592653589793 .
  • e : Standard mathematical constant e, e = 2.718281828459045.

Example

#math module
print("Output of math module")
print("------------------------------------------------------------")
import math
print("math.floor(1000.5)",math.floor(1000.5))
print("math.ceil(1000.5)",math.ceil(1000.5))

#fsum
values=[0.9999999,1,2,3]
r=math.fsum(values)
print("math.fsum(values)",r)

#truncate values
print("math.trunc(123.45)",math.trunc(123.45))

#power method
print("math.pow(2,3)",math.pow(2,3))

#sqrt method
print("math.sqrt(4)",math.sqrt(4))

#use fabs method
print("math.fabs(-123.5)",math.fabs(-123.5))

#use exp
print("math.exp(2)",math.exp(2))

#use degrees
print("math.degrees(.50)",math.degrees(.50))

#use radians
print("math.radians(20)",math.radians(20))

OUTPUT

Output of built-in modules-math
Output of math module

random module

The random module is used to deal with numbers in random manner in our program.
Syntax

>>> import random
>>> import random as r
>>> from random import *
>>> from random import random

Various function and constants in random module are:

  • seed() : It initializes the random number generator.
  • getstate() : It returns the current internal state of the random number generator.
  • setstate() : It restores the internal state of the random number generator.
  • getrandbits() : It returns a number representing the random bits.
  • randrange() : It returns a random number between the given range.
  • randint() : It returns a random number between the given range.
  • choice() : It returns a random element from the given sequence.
  • choices() : It returns a list with a random selection from the given sequence.
  • shuffle() : It takes a sequence and returns the sequence in a random order.
  • sample() : It returns a given sample of a sequence.
  • random() : It returns a random float number between 0 and 1
  • uniform() : It returns a random float number between two given parameters

Example

#random module
print("Output of random module")
print("------------------------------------------------------------")
import random
#use random method
print("random.random()",random.random())

#use randint method
#generates random integer between a and b inclusive
print("random.randint(1,5)",random.randint(1,5))

#use randrange(start,stop) method
#generates random number in range(start,stop)
print("random.randrange(10,15)",random.randrange(10,15))

#use seed method
#initializes random number generator
random.seed(100)
print("random.random.seed(100)",random.random())

#use choice method
#returns random element from non empty sequence
print("random.choice([5,10,15])",random.choice([5,10,15]))
print("random.choice('xyz')",random.choice('xyz'))

#use shuffle method
#shuffles the sequence
list1=[1,2,3,5,10]
random.shuffle(list1)
print("shuffled list",list1)

#use uniform method
#returns random floating point number between a and b
print("random.uniform(1,10)",random.uniform(1,10))

#use sample(population,k) method
#returns k length list of unique elements chosen from the population sequence
print("random.sample([1,2,3,4,5],2))",random.sample([1,2,3,4,5],2))

OUTPUT

Output of built-in modules-random
Output of random module

time module

The time module is used to deal with the date and time related activity.
Syntax

>>> import time
>>> import time as t
>>> from time import *
>>> from time import random

Various function and constants in random module are:

  • time() — return current time in seconds since the Epoch as a float
  • clock() — return CPU time since process start as a float
  • sleep(seconds) — delay for a number of seconds given as a float
  • gmtime([seconds]) — convert seconds since Epoch to UTC tuple (tm_year, tm_mon, tm_mday, tm_hour, tm_min, tm_sec, tm_wday, tm_yday, tm_isdst)
  • localtime() — convert seconds since Epoch to local time tuple
  • asctime([tuple]) — convert time tuple to string,e.g. ‘Sat Jun 06 16:26:11 1998’.When the time tuple is not present, current time as returned by localtime() is used.
  • ctime() — convert time in seconds to string.This is equivalent to asctime(localtime(seconds)). When the time tuple is not present, current time as returned by localtime() is used.
  • mktime() — convert local time tuple to seconds since Epoch
  • strftime(format[, tuple]) — convert time tuple to string according to format specification.
  • strptime(string,format) — parse string to time tuple according to format specification
  • tzset() — change the local timezone

Commonly used format codes:

%Y Year with century as a decimal number.
%m Month as a decimal number [01,12].
%d Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
%H Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
%M Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
%S Second as a decimal number [00,61].
%z Time zone offset from UTC.
%a Locale’s abbreviated weekday name.
%A Locale’s full weekday name.
%b Locale’s abbreviated month name.
%B Locale’s full month name.
%c Locale’s appropriate date and time representation.
%I Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
%p Locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM.

The tuple of 9 integers giving local time

The tuple items are:

IndexFieldValues
0It represents a 4 digit yeareg: 2020
1It represents a month1 to 12
2It represents a day1 to 31
3It represents a hour0 to 23
4It represents a minute0 to 59
5It represents a second0 to 59
6It represents a day of week0 to 6 (0 is Monday)
7It represents a day of year1 to 366
8It represents a daylight savingsflag (-1, 0 or 1)

If the DST flag is 0, the time is given in the regular time zone.

If it is 1, the time is given in the DST time zone.

If it is -1, mktime() should guess based on the date and time.

Example

#time module
import time
print("Output of time module")
print("------------------------------------------------------------")
#use time method
print("The time output= ",time.time())
#use ctime method
print("The ctime output= ",time.ctime())
#use sleep method
for i in range(1,3):
    print("The sleep output= ",time.ctime())
    time.sleep(i)
#use gmttime method
print("The gmttime output= ",time.gmtime())
print()
#use localtime method
print("The localtime output= ",time.localtime())
print()
#use mktime method
print("The mktime output= ",time.mktime(time.localtime()))
print()
#use strptime method
print("The strptime output= ",time.strptime("14 Sep 20","%d %b %y"))
print()
#use strftime method
print("The strftime output= ",time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S",time.gmtime()))

OUTPUT

Output of built-in modules-time
Output of time module



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