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<dt><span class="article"><a href="#id2706129">Basic Python</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2757464">2.2. <span class="emphasis"><em>ipython</em></span> - An enhanced interactive Python interpreter</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2757696">4. Basic Datatypes and operators in Python</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2757903">4.3. Strings</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2758097">4.4. Boolean</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2758126">5. The <span class="strong"><strong>while</strong></span> loop</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2758163">6. The <span class="strong"><strong>if</strong></span> conditional</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2758232">7. <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span></a></span></dt> |
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<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2705187">1. Introduction</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2757464">2.2. <span class="emphasis"><em>ipython</em></span> - An enhanced interactive Python interpreter</a></span></dt> |
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="#id2758232">7. <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span></a></span></dt> |
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<p id="ch2intro_1"></a>This document is intended to be handed out at the end of the workshop. It has |
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programming skills. The focus is on basic numerics and plotting using Python.</p> |
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<span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">The system requirements:</span><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_2"></a>Python - version 2.5.x or newer.</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_3"></a>IPython</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_4"></a>Text editor - scite, vim, emacs or whatever you are comfortable with.</p></span></span></span></span></span><div class="section" title="1. Introduction"> |
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<p id="ch2intro_5"></a>The Python programming language was created by a dutch named Guido van Rossum. |
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The idea of Python was conceived in December 1989. The name Python has nothing |
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TV series.</p> |
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not entirely popular at the moment. This material will focus on the 2.6.x series.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_7"></a>Python is licensed under the Python Software Foundation License (PSF License) |
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which is GPL compatible Free Software license (excepting license version 1.6 and 2.0) |
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It is a no strings attached license, which means the source code is free to modify |
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<p id="ch2intro_8"></a>The Python docs define Python as "Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, |
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and not worry about the programming language idiosyncrasies.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_9"></a>Python is a highly cross platform compatible language on account of it being an |
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the Nokia 60 series phones. Python has been designed to be readable and easy to use</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_a"></a><span class="strong"><strong>Resources available for reference</strong></span></p> |
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<span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_b"></a>Web: </p> |
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<div class="titlepage"><hr></div>http://www.python.org/doc</div></span><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black">Free Tutorials:</span><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_d"></a>Official Python Tutorial: </p> |
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various features provided by <span class="strong"><strong>ipython</strong></span>:</p> |
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<span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_34"></a>Numbers: int, float, long, complex</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_35"></a>Strings</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_36"></a>Boolean</p></span></span></span><div class="section" title="4.1. Numbers"> |
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<span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_40"></a>Variables have to be initialized or assigned a value before being used.</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_41"></a>Variable names can consist of letters, digits and underscores(_).</p></span><span style="color: black"><p id="ch2intro_42"></a>Variable names cannot begin with digits, but can contain digits in them.</p></span></span></span><p id="ch2intro_43"></a>In reference to the previous section examples, 'a', 'b', 'lng', 'fl', 'e' and 'cplx' |
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follows:</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> statement 0 |
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statement 1 #while block |
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statement 2 #while block |
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statement 3 #outside the while block.</pre> |
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<p id="ch2intro_57"></a>Let us look at an example:</p> |
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5</pre> |
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<a name="id2758163"></a>6. The <span class="strong"><strong>if</strong></span> conditional</h2></div></div></div> |
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block are executed.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_59"></a>If the first block is not executed on account of the condition not being satisfied, |
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the set of statements in the <span class="strong"><strong>else</strong></span> block are executed.</p> |
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as shown in the example.</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> if condition : |
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statement_1 |
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statement_2 |
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statement_4 |
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statement_5 |
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statement_6</pre> |
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<p id="ch2intro_5c"></a>Let us look at an example:</p> |
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</div> |
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<div class="section" title="7. raw_input()"> |
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> |
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<a name="id2758232"></a>7. <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> |
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</h2></div></div></div> |
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The <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> method is used to take user inputs through the console. |
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Unlike <span class="strong"><strong>input()</strong></span> which assumes the data entered by the user as a standard python |
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expression, <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> treats all the input data as raw data and converts |
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everything into a string. To illustrate this let us look at an example.</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> >>> input("Enter a number thats a palindrome:")
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Enter a number thats a palindrome:121 |
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121 |
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>>> input("Enter your name:")
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Enter your name:PythonFreak |
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> |
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File "<string>", line 1, in <module> |
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NameError: name 'PythonFreak' is not defined</pre> |
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expression. In the first call it prompts for an integer input and when entered |
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it accepts the integer as an integer, whereas in the second call, when the string |
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is entered without the quotes, <span class="strong"><strong>input()</strong></span> assumes that the entered data is a valid |
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Python expression and hence it raises and exception saying PythonFreak is not |
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defined.</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> >>> input("Enter your name:")
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Enter your name:'PythonFreak' |
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'PythonFreak' |
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>>></pre> |
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<p id="ch2intro_5f"></a>Here the name is accepted because its entered as a string (within quotes). But |
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its unreasonable to go on using quotes each time a string is entered. Hence the |
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alternative is to use <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span>.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_60"></a>Let us now look at how <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> operates with an example.</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> >>> raw_input("Enter your name:")
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Enter your name:PythonFreak |
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'PythonFreak'</pre> |
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<p id="ch2intro_61"></a>Observe that the <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> is converting it into a string all by itself.</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> >>> pal = raw_input("Enter a number thats a palindrome:")
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Enter a number thats a palindrome:121 |
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'121'</pre> |
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'121'. Let us look at another example:</p> |
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<pre class="programlisting"> >>> pal = raw_input("Enter a number thats a palindrome:")
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Enter a number thats a palindrome:121 |
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>>> pal + 2 |
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File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> |
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TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects |
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>>> pal |
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'121'</pre> |
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cannot be performed on it. Hence the exception is raised.</p> |
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<div class="section" title="8. int() method"> |
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<a name="id2758387"></a>8. <span class="strong"><strong>int()</strong></span> method</h2></div></div></div> |
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on integers, floats and similar mathematical data structures. The data obtained |
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from <span class="strong"><strong>raw_input()</strong></span> is raw data in the form of strings. In order to obtain integers |
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from strings we use the method <span class="strong"><strong>int()</strong></span>.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_65"></a>Let us look at an example.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_66"></a>In the previous example it was observed that <span class="emphasis"><em>pal</em></span> was a string variable. Here |
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using the <span class="strong"><strong>int()</strong></span> method the string <span class="emphasis"><em>pal</em></span> was converted to an integer variable.</p> |
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<p id="ch2intro_67"></a><span class="emphasis"><em>Try This Yourself:</em></span></p> |
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Enter a name:Guido Van Rossum |
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'Guido Van Rossum' |
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