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+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%Tutorial slides on Python.
+%
+% Author: FOSSEE 
+% Copyright (c) 2009, FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\documentclass[14pt,compress]{beamer}
+%\documentclass[draft]{beamer}
+%\documentclass[compress,handout]{beamer}
+%\usepackage{pgfpages} 
+%\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
+
+% Modified from: generic-ornate-15min-45min.de.tex
+\mode<presentation>
+{
+  \usetheme{Warsaw}
+  \useoutertheme{infolines}
+  \setbeamercovered{transparent}
+}
+
+\usepackage[english]{babel}
+\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
+%\usepackage{times}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+
+% Taken from Fernando's slides.
+\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
+\usepackage{mathpazo,courier,euler}
+\usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet}
+
+\definecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0,0.5,0}
+
+\usepackage{listings}
+\lstset{language=Python,
+    basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries,
+    commentstyle=\color{red}\itshape,
+  stringstyle=\color{darkgreen},
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Macros
+\setbeamercolor{emphbar}{bg=blue!20, fg=black}
+\newcommand{\emphbar}[1]
+{\begin{beamercolorbox}[rounded=true]{emphbar} 
+      {#1}
+ \end{beamercolorbox}
+}
+\newcounter{time}
+\setcounter{time}{0}
+\newcommand{\inctime}[1]{\addtocounter{time}{#1}{\tiny \thetime\ m}}
+
+\newcommand{\typ}[1]{\lstinline{#1}}
+
+\newcommand{\kwrd}[1]{ \texttt{\textbf{\color{blue}{#1}}}  }
+
+% Title page
+\title{Python for Scientific Computing : Strings and I/O operations}
+
+\author[FOSSEE] {FOSSEE}
+
+\institute[IIT Bombay] {Department of Aerospace Engineering\\IIT Bombay}
+\date{}
+
+% DOCUMENT STARTS
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \maketitle
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{About the Session}
+  \begin{block}{Goal}
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Strings and their manipulations
+    \item I/O operations
+    \end{itemize}  
+  \end{block}
+  \begin{block}{Prerequisites}
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Writing Python scripts
+    \item Basics of Lists
+    \end{itemize}    
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Summary}
+  \begin{block}{}
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Creating string variables
+    \item Manipulating strings
+    \item I/O operations
+    \item Comments
+    \item Dynamically typed nature
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{block}    
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Thank you!}  
+  \begin{block}{}
+  This session is part of \textcolor{blue}{FOSSEE} project funded by:
+  \begin{center}
+    \textcolor{blue}{NME through ICT from MHRD, Govt. of India}.
+  \end{center}  
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+\end{document}