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Seng 265: - Attendance - Introduction To Python

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Seng 265

Attendance
Introduction to Python

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This Week
Python
Command Line mode and Batch mode
Python is:
Interpreted
Dynamically Typed?

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Python: Interpreted
Interpreted means that the programming
language is not really compiled like it is in C
but is interpreted by some other medium.
Think scripting language

NOTE: The definition interpreted is muddied


since the use of VMs to convert code to byte-
code (like Java and the JVM!).

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Python: Typed?
Typed dynamically AND strongly?

But how??
Python is strongly-typed as the interpreter
keeps track of all variable types. Its also
dynamic as a variable type can be
changed on the fly by assignment, (use
care)

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Python: Powerful
Very good at string parsing
Good glue language
(Used to glue modules and systems
together)
Object-oriented! (Classes! etc)
Portable!
Easy to use!

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Python: In The Terminal
Open up a terminal
Create a new test directory called week06
and cd into it.

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Python In The Terminal
You can open the Python interpreter in the
terminal by typing python3

$ python3
Some text will appear and then you will
see the prompt:

>>>

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Python: Practice
You are now using the interpreter.
Type:

>>> print (start)


>>> greet = hello
>>> whom = world
>>> print (greet, whom)
>>> print(type(greet))
>>> print(len(greet))

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Python:
Note: The terminal program lets us quickly
test Python constructs. When the values
were assigned, they are remembered
until we exit

A batch program is the same when stored


in a file name <progname>.py and
executed with $python3 progname.py)

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Python: Lists
Lists in Python are arguably the most
useful structure.
A Python list is simply a list of comma-
separated items
They DO NOT have to be the same type!
Type:

>>> list1 = [name, Testy


McTesterson, age, 25]
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Python: Lists
To print the list, we just have to call the
print command:

>>> print (list1)


>>> print(len(list1))
>>> print(list1[2])
>>> list1[2] = A
>>> print(list1)

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Python: Lists
Iterating through the list.
Python has many built-in functions

>>> for item in myList:


print item

NOTE: The colon marks an enclosing


structure. At each level of enclosure you
must indent. Indentation marks blocks

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Python: Side Note
Tabs are fine although you will find that
many Python examples use spaces. 4
spaces per indent seems to be common.
Functions, selection statements, loops and
all enclosing structures will use a colon
and require an indent.
Since end of line is a semicolon and indent
marks a block errors of indent are
common.

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Python: Lists Continued
We have seen that Lists can be accessed
using indices and insertion can use an
index.
Experiment with sub lists
>>> print (list1[1:])
>>> print (list1[:2])
>>> print (list1[2:3])
>>> print (list1.pop(2))
>>> print (list1)

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Python: Lists
There are a variety of other functions you
can call on lists
Here are a few:
>>> list1.append(newstring)
>>> list1.sort()
>>> list1.reverse()

>>> print (list1)

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Python: Tuples
Tuples are the immutable equivalent of lists
Immutable means that they CANNOT be
changed
Tuples use the round brackets () instead of
square ones []

>>> t = (test, 1, 2, 3, liftoff)


>>> print t
('test', 1, 2, 3, 'liftoff')

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Python: Tuples
Tuples are immutable (they cant be
changed) but we can combine tuples
(Continuing from previous statements):

>>> t2 = ('more', 9, 8, 7, 'less')


>>> t3 = t + t2
>>> print t3
('test', 1, 2, 3, 'liftoff', 'more', 9, 8, 7, 'less')

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Python: Tuples
Why would we want to use something that
works like restricted lists?

Because you can use tuples for operations


such as returning multiple variables from a
function and they are very light-weight
compared to lists

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Python: Tuples
You can make tuples (or lists) quite easily
using the following:

>>> test = Testy


>>> list(test)
['T', 'e', 's', 't', 'y']
>>> tuple(test)
('T', 'e', 's', 't', 'y')

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Python: Tuples
One more thing
You can do this in Python:

>>> var1, var2 = (1, 2)


>>> var1
1
>>> var2
2
* So you can do this var1, var2 = foo()
If foo() returns 2 variables in a tuple

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Python: Strings
Strings are nice in Python

>>> name = Testy

There are lots of functions to use (Google


python strings)

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Python: Strings
You can use the str() function to convert a
variable to a string:
>>> a = 100
>>> print(type(a))
>>> str(a)
>>> print(type(a))

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A Batch Program
See batch code example in this weeks
folder: makehtml.py uses testfile.csv
Take batch program examine test and run.
EX 1. Make input a tabbed delimited file.
EX 2. Put in table header row and take out
the alternating color.
EX 3. Create a method that is able to add
rows before output.

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