Keep it Stupidly Simple Introduce Python

Introduction to Python
S. Jalali

Why should we learn Python?
 Python is a higher level programming language.
 Its syntax can express concepts in fewer lines of code.
 Python lets you work quickly and integrate systems more
efficiently.
 One can plot figures in Python.
 One can perform symbolic mathematics easily using Python.
 It is available freely online.

Python versions
Major Python versions are – Python 1, Python 2 and Python 3.
• On 26th January 1994, Python 1.0 was released.
• On 16th October 2000, Python 2.0 was released with many new features.
• On 3rd December 2008, Python 3.0 was released with even more features.
We use - On 2nd
October 2023, Python 3.12 was released.
To check your Python version
i) For Linux OS: python -V in the terminal window.
ii) For Windows and MacOS: type this in the interactive shell:
import sys print(sys.version)

Python Interpreter
The program that translates Python instructions and then executes them
is the Python interpreter. When we write a Python program, the program
is executed by the Python interpreter. (Which is written in C ).
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that allow you to start Python without installing an interpreter.

Python IDLE
Python interpreter is embedded in a number of larger programs that
make it particularly easy to develop Python programs. Such a
programming environment is IDLE
( Integrated Development and Learning Environment).
It is available freely online. For Windows machine IDLE
(Integrated Development and Learning Environment) is installed
when you install Python.

Running Python
There are two modes for using the Python interpreter:
1) Interactive Mode
2) Script Mode
Options for running the program:
• In Windows, you can display your folder contents, and
double click on madlib.py to start the program.
• In Linux or on a Mac you can open a terminal window,
change into your python directory, and enter the command
python madlib.py

Running Python
1) in interactive mode:
>>> print("Hello Teachers")
Hello Teachers
>>> a=10
>>> print(a)
10
>>> x=10
>>> z=x+20
>>> z
30

Running Python
2) in script mode:
Programmers can store Python script source code in a file
with the .py extension, and use the interpreter to execute the
contents of the file.
For UNIX OS to run a script file MyFile.py you have to type:
python MyFile.py

Data Types
Python has various standard data types:
 Integer [ class ‘int’ ]
 Float [ class ‘float’ ]
 Boolean [ class ‘bool’ ]
 String [ class ‘str’ ]

Integer
Int:
For integer or whole number, positive or negative, without decimals of
unlimited length.
>>> print(2465635468765)
2465635468765
>>> print(0b10) # 0b indicates binary number
2
>>> print(0x10) # 0x indicates hexadecimal number
16
>>> a=11
>>> print(type(a))
<class 'int'>

Float
Float:
Float, or "floating point number" is a number, positive or negative.
Float can also be scientific numbers with an "e" to indicate the power of 10.
>>> y=2.8
>>> y
2.8
>>> print(0.00000045)
4.5e-07
>>> y=2.8
>>> print(type(y))
<class 'float'>

Boolean and String
Boolean:
Objects of Boolean type may have one of two values, True or False:
>>> type(True)
<class 'bool'>
>>> type(False)
<class 'bool'>
String:
>>> print(‘Science college’)
Science college
>>> type("My college")
<class 'str'>

Variables
One can store integers, decimals or characters in variables.
Rules for Python variables:
• A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore character
• A variable name cannot start with a number
• A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores (A-z,
0-9, and _ )
• Variable names are case-sensitive (age, Age and AGE are three different variables)
a= 100 # An integer assignment
b = 1040.23 # A floating point
c = "John" # A string

List, Tuple, Set, Dictionary
Four built-in data structures in Python:-
list, tuple, set, dictionary
- each having qualities and usage different from the other three.
List is a collection of items that is written with square brackets. It is mutable,
ordered and allows duplicate members. Example: list = [1,2,3,'A','B',7,8,[10,11]]
Tuple is a collection of objects that is written with first brackets. It is immutable.
Example: tuple = (2, 1, 10, 4, 7)
Set is a collection of elements that is written with curly brackets. It is unindexed and
unordered. Example: S = {x for x in 'abracadabra' if x not in 'abc'}
Dictionary is a collection which is ordered, changeable and does not allow duplicates.
It is written with curly brackets and objects are stored in key: value format.
Example: X = {1:’A’, 2:’B’, 3:’c’}

print function
>>>print(‘Workshop’, ‘on’, ‘Python’, sep=’n’)
# sep=‘n’ will put each word in a new line ; WHILE
# sep=‘, ’ will print words separated by ,
Output:
Workshop
on
Python
==========================
>>>print(‘Workshop’, ‘on’, ‘Python’, sep=’, ’)
Output:
Workshop, on, Python

print function
%d is used as a placeholder for integer value.
%f is used as a placeholder for decimal value.
%s is used as a placeholder for string.
a = 2
b = ‘tiger’
print(a, ‘is an integer while’, b, ‘is a string.’)
Output:
2 is an integer while tiger is a string.
Alternative way:
print(“%d is an integer while %s is a string.”%(a, b))
Output:
2 is an integer while tiger is a string.

print function
# printing a string
name = “Rahul”
print(“Hey ” + name)
Output:
Hey Rahul
print(“Roll No: ” + str(34)) # “Roll No: ” + 34 is incorrect
Output:
Roll No: 34
# printing a bool True / False
print(True)
Output:
True

print function
items = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for item in items:
print(item)
Output:
1
2
3
4
5
items = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for item in items:
print(item, end=’ ‘)
Output:
1 2 3 4 5

Precedence of operators
Parenthesized expression ( ….. )
Exponentiation **
Positive, negative, bitwise not +n, -n, ~n
Multiplication, float division, int division, remainder *, /, //, %
Addition, subtraction +, -
Bitwise left, right shifts <<, >>
Bitwise and &
Bitwise or |
Membership and equality tests in, not in, is, is
not, <, <=, >, >=, !=, ==
Boolean (logical) not not x
Boolean and and
Boolean or or
Conditional expression if ….. else

Multiple Assignment
Python allows you to assign a single value to several variables
simultaneously.
a = b = c = 1.5
a, b, c = 1, 2, " Red“
Here, two integer objects with values 1 and 2 are assigned to
variables a and b respectively and one string object with the
value "Red" is assigned to the variable c.

id( ) function, ord( ) function
id( ) function: It is a built-in function that returns the unique identifier of
an object. The identifier is an integer, which represents the memory address
of the object. The id( ) function is commonly used to check if two variables
or objects refer to the same memory location.
>>> a=5
>>> id(a)
1403804521000552
ord( ) function: It is used to convert a single unicode character into its
integer representation.
>>> ord(‘A’)
65
>>> chr(65)
‘A’

Control Flow Structures
1. Conditional if ( if )
2. Alternative if ( if else )
3. Chained Conditional if ( if elif else )
4. While loop
5. For loop

Alternative if
Example:
A = int(input(‘Enter the marks '))
if A >= 40:
print("PASS")
else:
print("FAIL")
Output:
Enter the marks 65
PASS

# Test if the given letter is vowel or not
letter = ‘o’
if letter == ‘a’ or letter == ‘e’ or letter == ‘i’ or letter == ‘o’
or letter == ‘u’ :
print(letter, ‘is a vowel.’)
else:
print(letter, ‘is not a vowel.’)
Output:
o is a vowel.

# Program to find the greatest of three different numbers
a = int(input('Enter 1st no’))
b = int(input('Enter 2nd no'))
c= int(input('Enter 3rd no'))
if a > b:
if a>c:
print('The greatest no is ', a)
else:
print('The greatest no is ', c)
else:
if b>c:
print('The greatest no is ', b)
else:
print('The greatest no is ', c)
Output:
Enter 1st no 12
Enter 2nd no 31
Enter 3rd no 9
The greatest no is 31

While loop
# Python program to find first ten Fibonacci numbers
a=1
print(a)
b=1
print(b)
i=3
while i<= 10:
c=a+b
print(c)
a=b
b=c
i=i+1

For loop
# Program to find the sum of squares of first n natural numbers
n = int(input('Enter the last number '))
sum = 0
for i in range(1, n+1):
sum = sum + i*i
print('The sum is ', sum)
Output:
Enter the last number 8
The sum is 204

# Program to print 1, 22, 333, 444, .... in triangular form
n = int(input('Enter the number of rows '))
for i in range(1, n+1):
for j in range(1, i+1):
print(i, end='')
print()
Output:
Enter the number of rows 5
1
22

# Program to print opposite right triangle
n = int(input('Enter the number of rows '))
for i in range(n, 0, -1):
for j in range(1, i+1):
print('*', end='')
print()
Output:
*****
****
***

# Program to test Palindrome numbers
n=int(input('Enter an integer '))
x=n
r=0
while n>0:
d=n%10
r=r*10+d
n=n//10
if x==r:
print(x,' is Palindrome number’)
else:
print(x, ' is not Palindrome number')

Break and Continue
In Python, break and continue statements can alter the flow of a normal
loop.
# Searching for a given number
numbers = [11, 9, 88, 10, 90, 3, 19]
for num in numbers:
if(num==88):
print("The number 88 is found")
break
Output:
The number 88 is found

File
A file is some information or data which stays in the computer
storage devices.
Files are of two types:
 text files
 binary files.
Text files:
We can create the text files by using the following syntax:
Variable name = open (“file.txt”, file mode)
Example:
f= open ("hello.txt","w+“)

File modes
Mode Description
‘r’ This is the default mode. It Opens file for reading.
‘w’ This Mode Opens file for writing.
If file does not exist, it creates a new file.
If file exists it truncates the file.
‘x’ Creates a new file. If file already exists, the operation fails.
‘a’ Open file in append mode.
If file does not exist, it creates a new file.
‘t’ This is the default mode. It opens in text mode.
‘b’ This opens in binary mode.
‘+’ This will open a file for reading and writing (updating)
.

Creating output file
file = open(‘output.txt’, ‘a+’)
items = [‘mango’, ‘orange’, ‘banana’, ‘apple’]
for item in items:
print(item, file = file)
file.close()

# Python program to write the content “Hi python programming” for the existing file.
f=open("MyFile.txt",'w')
f.write("Hi python programming")
f.close()
# Write a python program to open and write the content to file and read it.
f=open("abc.txt","w+")
f.write("Python Programming")
print(f.read())
f.close()

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