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@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ This is a guide for people with experience in Python or a similar language.
The guide assumes some intermediate knowledge.
The general tutorials can be found here:
http://nim-lang.org/tut1.html
http://nim-lang.org/tut2.html
http://nim-lang.org/docs/tut1.html
http://nim-lang.org/docs/tut2.html
The manual provides a more or less complete overview of the language:
http://nim-lang.org/manual.html
http://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html
### At a glance
@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ echo a[0..1] # returns "he": ranges are inclusive! See the "Ranges" paragraph
### Python tuples
Nim Tuples are close to Python nametuples, see [manual](http://nim-lang.org/manual.html#tuples-and-object-types).
Nim Tuples are close to Python nametuples, see [manual](http://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#tuples-and-object-types).
Use Nim arrays:
``` Nim
var a = ["hi", "there"]
@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ var c = ["hi", 1] # no mixed types please
### Python lists
Use [Nim sequences](http://nim-lang.org/tut1.html#sequences)
Use [Nim sequences](http://nim-lang.org/docs/tut1.html#sequences)
Nim arrays and sequences can hold only items of the same type.
@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ echo lc[ y*2 | ( y <- x ), int ]
### Python sets
Python sets are not like [Nim set type](http://nim-lang.org/manual.html#set-type).
Python sets are not like [Nim set type](http://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#set-type).
If the values that will go in the set are known beforehand and finite, you can create an Enum for them.
Otherwise you can emulate a Python set using a [HashSet](http://nim-lang.org/sets.html).
Otherwise you can emulate a Python set using a [HashSet](http://nim-lang.org/docs/sets.html).
The Nim set type is faster and memory-efficient.
### Dictionaries
Use [Tables](http://nim-lang.org/tables.html) for Python dicts,
Use [Tables](http://nim-lang.org/docs/tables.html) for Python dicts,
OrderedTable for Python ordered dicts, and CountTable for Python's Counter.
``` Nim