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Consistent use of module and library #472

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions _episodes/06-libraries.md
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- "How can I find out what that software does?"
objectives:
- "Explain what software libraries are and why programmers create and use them."
- "Write programs that import and use libraries from Python's standard library."
- "Find and read documentation for standard libraries interactively (in the interpreter) and online."
- "Write programs that import and use modules from Python's standard library."
- "Find and read documentation for the standard library interactively (in the interpreter) and online."
keypoints:
- "Most of the power of a programming language is in its libraries."
- "A program must import a library module in order to use it."
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* Commonly used for libraries that are frequently used or have long names.
* E.g., `matplotlib` plotting library is often aliased as `mpl`.
* E.g., the `matplotlib` plotting library is often aliased as `mpl`.
* But can make programs harder to understand,
since readers must learn your program's aliases.

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* The most common patterns are:
* `*` meaning "match zero or more characters"
* `?` meaning "match exactly one character"
* Python contains the [`glob`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html) library to provide pattern matching functionality
* The [`glob`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html) library contains a function also called `glob` to match file patterns
* Python's standard library contains the [`glob`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html) module to provide pattern matching functionality
* The [`glob`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html) module contains a function also called `glob` to match file patterns
* E.g., `glob.glob('*.txt')` matches all files in the current directory
whose names end with `.txt`.
* Result is a (possibly empty) list of character strings.
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