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Some envecnments will enhance sections of code, making teaser to read, others wl allow quickcompiling and exection. e's alla matter of testing and experience Creating a Coding Platform Cl ‘windows 10isthe most Used operating system in OPERATING SYSTEMS the wort, soit’s natural that the vast majortyof coding tools are writen for Microsoft's leading operating system, However, dant eiscount macOS and especial Linux. ‘acOS users enjoy an equal number of coding tools to their Windows counterparts. Infact, you wil probably find that a lot of professional coders use a Mac over aPC, simply because ofthe Fact that the Mac operating ystems built on top oF Unix (the commandline OS that powers much ofthe word's filesystems and servers). This Unix ayer lets you test programs. in almost any language without using a specialised IDE. Linux, however Isby far one of the most popular and important, coding operating systems avaiable. Not only sdoesit have aUnictke backbone, but als it's aso free to ‘download, install and use and comes with mast of the tools necessary to start learning how to code, Linux powers most of the servers that make upthe Internet. I's used on nearly all oF the top supercomputers, aswell as specicaly in organisations such as NAGA, CERN and the military and itForms the base of Android-powered devices, smart TVs and in-car systems Linux, asa coding platform, isan excellent idea andit can be installed inside a virtual machine without ever affecting the installation ‘oF Windows ar macO8. ‘THE RASPBERRY PI IFyouhavert already heard ofthe Raspberry, then we suggest you head over to wwm.raspberrypi.org, and checkitaut.inshor, the Raspberry Piisasmlt fly Functional computer that comes with Rs own customised Linuchased operating system, pre-installed with everything you need to stat learning howto code in Python, C+, Scratch anc more, £lesincredibly cheap, costing around £35 andalowsyou to utlse| ferent hardware, inthe Ferm of rbotis and electronics projects, as wll as offering a complete desktop experience. Atbough not the most powerful computing device inthe word the Raspberry Pihasa lot going fri, especialy in termsof being ‘one ofthe best coding platforms avaiable. YOUR OWN CODING PLATFORM ‘whichever method you choose, remember that your coding platform wll probably change, 3s you gan experience and Favour one language aver another. Dont be afraid ta experiment along the way, as youwill eventually create your own unique platform that can handle allthe code you enter intoit. VIRTUAL MACHINES | Avitual machine isa piece of software thetallowsyoutoinstalla Fully wrkng, operating system within the confines ofthe software Itself The nstaled OS wil alacate user-defined resources fromthe host computer providing memory, hard rive space etc as wells sharin the hos commuters inert connection. The advantage of avitual ‘machines that youcan werk with Linu, for example, without Ieaffectingyourcsertly inetaled hott OS. This means that you can have Windows 10 running, aunch your vital machine dent, bot into Unuxand use allthe Functional oF Linux hie being able to we Wind. This ofcourse, makes it fantastic coding platform, as youcan have different instalations of operating systemsrunning from the host computer wile using different coding languages. Yau can test your code without fear af breaking your hast OS andit’s easy to retuin toa previous configuration without the reed to reinstall everything again Virtualisation isthe key to most big companies now. You will probably Find, For example, rather than having a single server ith an instalation of windows Server, the T team have instead opted Fora virtualised environment whereby each Windows Server instance ie a vitual machine running From several powerful machines. This cuts down on the number (of physical machines allows the team to better manage Fecoutces and enabes them to deploy an entire server decicated toa particular askin a fraction ofthetime. MINIX NEO N42C-4 The NEONA2C4isan extraordinary small computer from miniPC developer, MIND Measuring just 139 13930mrn ths ntl N4200 CPU. Powered, Windows 10 Propreinstalled computers one of the best coding platforms we've come across. ‘The beauty, ofcourse lesinthe fac. that with inceasedstorage and memory avlable you'eable to create acomputerthatcan easly host mutiplevitwal machines. The vitualmachinescan cover Linux. Android and other operating stems alowing you towte and test oss platform code without far of damacing, ‘or causing problems, with other production or home compute. ‘The MINK NEO N42C-4 starts a around £250, with the base 32GB eMMIC and 4GB of memary.Yaul need to add another hundeed and Fifty or so, to increase the specifications, but consider that license for Windows 10 ro alone costs €219, fromthe Microsoft Store and you can becin to see the benefits CF opting For amore impressive hardware foundation ver the likes oF the Raspberry P. oe: ZZ 2 ) Print ("The World of Code’ Using Virtual Machines A Virtual Machine allows you to run an entire operating system From within an app on your desktop. This way, you're able to host multiple systems in a secure, safe and isolated environment. In short, it’s an ideal way to code. Sounds good, but what exactly is a Virtual Machine and how does it work? The offical dentin ofa vtual machine's ‘an efficent, isolated duplicate ofa real computer machine’. This basically means that virtual machine isan emulated computer system that can operatein exacty the same way a a physical machine, but within the confines oF a dedicated virtual machine operator, o Hypervisor. ‘The Hypervisor itself, is an app that wil allow youto installs separate operating system, creating avitual computer sytem vithinitselF complete with acess to the intemet, your home network and a on The Hypervsor wil take resources from the host system -your physical computer, to create the virtual compute. This means that part of your physical computers: memory, CPU, hard dive space and other shared resources, wil be set asie fr use inthe virtual ‘machine and therefore wont be avaliable tothe physical computer until the hypervsor has been closed down, This resource overhead can be crippling forthe physical machine Fyou ‘ori already have enough memory, or hard dive space available, o¢ your computer has a particularly slow processor. while i's entirely possible to run virtual machines ona tle 35 2GB of memory snot advisable. ideally, you wil heed aminimum of 68. ‘of memory you can get away with 468, but again, your physical computer willbegin to sufer with theloss of memoryto the virtual machine, at least 25, to 50G8 oF Free space an your hard drive and quad core processor again you can have adualcore CP, but that can cause bottleneck on your physical computer ur Linuctitles contain steps on how to installa Inypervisor and 05. The limit tohow many different virtual machines you host on your Pysical computers restricted, therefore, by the amount of physical ‘system tesources you cn allocate to each, while stil leaving enough For your physical computer to operate on. EE) -2erostvoncon ‘You're abe to install Linux, and code inside a virtual machine on a Windows 10 host. VIRTUAL OS From within a hypervisor you're able to run a numberof diferent ‘operating systems The type of 05 depends greatly on the hypervisor you'e running, as some are better at emulating patticular sytem over others. For example, VirtualBox, afiee and f23y to use hypervisor From Oracle is great at running Windows and Linux vitwal machines, but ist s0 good at Android or macOS. (QEMUs 900d for emulating ARM processors, therefore ideal for ‘Andsoid and such, bucitcan be dfficl to master. There are plenty af hypervsorsavallableto try For free with an equal amount commercally avaliable tat are significantly more owesful and offer beter Features, However, for most users, both beginner and professional, VirtualBox does a good enough ob. \Within a hypervisor, you're able to setup and install any ofthe newer distributions oF Linu, orif you feel the need you're also able tonstall some ofthe more antiquated versions. You can install ary versions of Windows, even a Far back as Windows 3 complete with DOS 6.22 ~ although you may ind some Functionality ofthe VM lost due tothe older drivers (such a access tothe network ‘With this in mindthen, you're able to have an instalation of Linux Min, oF the atest version of Ubuntu, running in an app on your Windows 10 PC. Ths isthe beauty of using a virtual machine. Conversely, your physical computer has Linuxas ts installed ‘operating system, then with ahypervsor you're able to create Windows 10 virtual machine although you wil need to have @ licence code available to resister and activate Windows 10 Using itual machines removes the need to duatboct, Duat-booting ishaving two, or more, physical operating systemsinstalled on the same, or multiple, hard drves onasingle computer. As the compute powers up, you're given the option to choose which OS you want to boot into, wile this sounds ike @ more ideal scenario iRisn always as straightforward a it sounds, asall the operating systems that are booted into will have Ful acces tothe computer's entire system resources. ‘The problems with dual booting come when one ofthe operating systemsis updated, Most updates cover security patching or bug Fixing, however, some updates can alter the core =the kernel, oF the OS. when these changes are applied, the update may ater the ‘way n hich che OS starts up, meaning the inital baot choice you ‘made coud be overwritten, leaving you without the ability to access the other operating systems installed onthe computer. To rectify this, oul ned te access the Master Boot Record and alter the configuration to re-allow booting into the other systems. There's aso the danger of possibly verwriting the Fstinstalled OS, or ‘overwriting data and more often than not, most operating systems ‘ont play well when cunning side-byside, Indeed, while good, cal: booting has more than its ar share of problems. In contrast, using a virtual machine environment, while sil problematic at times, takes jut some of the more nasty and disastrous aspects oF using multiple ‘operating systems ona single computer Even old operating systems canbe run inside 3 virtual machine ea cual mactine can be sine compen aryour ADVANTAGES FOR CODERS For the coder, having a virtual machine setup offers many advantages, the most popular being cross-platform cade. Meaning it you write code within Windows 10, then with an installation ofa Linux astro in a hypervisor, youre able to quickly and effortlessty power up the vital machine and test your code in acompletely {ferent operating system, From thi, yout able to iron out ay bugs, teak the code so it works better on afferent platform and expand the reach of your code to non Windows users ‘The advantage of being able to configure a development environment, n speiicways for specc projects, isqute Invaluable. Using a vrtual machine setup greadly reduces the ‘uncertainties that are inherent to having multiple versions of programming languages, ibraries, IDEs and modules installed, to support the many cifferent projects you may become involved in as acoder. Elements of code that talk directy to specifics ofan ‘operating system can easily be overcome, without the need to clutter up your main, host system with cross-platform libraries, “hich in turn may have an affect on other ibrares within the IDE. Another element to consider is stability. I youre wilting code that could potentially cause some instability to te core OS during its ‘evelopment phase, then executing and testing that code on a virtual machine makes more sense than testing ton your main computer; where having to repeatedly reboot, or eset something cuetothecode’s © instabiltes, an = become inefficent and justplain annoying, Coding in Python on the Raspberry Pi Desktop OS inside a VM on Windows 10: The virtual machine be viewed aca sandbox, where you're able to test unstable code vathout it causing harm, or doing damage to your main, working computer Vues and malware canbe isolated within the VM vthout infecting the main computer, you're able to set up anonymity Internet use within the VM and you're abe o instal thir party software without slowing down your main computer, GOING VIRTUAL While youre atthe early stages oF coding, using a vitual machine may seema lite excessive, However, ts worth looking into because coding in Liuxcan often be easier than coding in Windows, as some. vetsons oF Linux hve IDES preinstalled. Either way, vituaisation oF an operating sytem show many ofthe professional and successful coders and developers work, so geting used tot early on in your skillset is advantageous, Tostart, look tinstaling VirtualBox, Then consider taking a look at ourLinux tes, https://odmpublications.com/?s=tinux&post_ typesproduet, o learn how toinstal Linux in virtual and how best to utlise the operating system, ZZ Z ) Print ("The World of Code’ Equipment You Will Need Se nan Neng Cee com Gece Coniaiss Funes a oncattan cue EI ecient ect fears WHAT WE'RE USING “Thankfully, Python isa multiplatform programming language available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and more. IF you have one of those systems, then you can easily start using Python, COMPUTER Obviously youre going to need a computer inorder to learn how to program in Python and to test your code. You can use Windaws (rom XP onward) on either a32 or 64-bit processor an Apple Maco Linux installed PC. AN IDE ‘AnIDE (integrated Developer Environment) is usedto enter and execute Python code. It enables you to inspect your program code and the values within the code, as ‘well as offering advanced Features. There are many different IDEs avalable so ind the one that works For you and gives the best results PYTHON SOFTWARE. ‘macOS and Linux already come with Python preinstalled as part ofthe operating system, as does the Raspberry P. However, you need to ensure that youre running the latest version of Python. Windows users need to download andinstall Python, which wel cover shorty, TEXT EDITOR ‘whilst tex edtorisan ideal enranment to enter code int, I's not an absolute necessity, Youcan enter and execute code directy From the IDLE but atext eto, ‘suchas Sublime Texto Notepad++, offers more advanced features and colour coding ‘when entering code, INTERNET ACCESS Python i an ever evolving environment and as such newversion often introduce new concepts or change existing commands and code structureto make a more efficient language. Having acces tothe Internet wil keep you up-to-date, help you out when you get stuck and give access to Pythor'simmense number of modules. TIME AND PATIENCE Despite what other books may lead youto believe, you won'tbecome a programmer in 24hours. Learning to code in Python takes time, and patience. You maybecome ‘stuckat times and other times the code wl lw tke water, Understand youre learning Something ently new, and you wil get there. Equipment You Will Need Cl THE RASPBERRY PI \Why use a Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pisa tiny computer that's very cheap to purchase, but offers the user a Fantastic learning platform. Its main operating system, Raspbian, comes preinstalled with the latest Python along with many modules and extras. RASPBERRY PI ‘The Raspberty Pi 4 Model ie the latest version, Incorporating a more powerful CPU, a choice of 168, 2G8 or 4G@ memory versions and Wi and Bluetooth ‘support You can pickup a Pt From around £33, increasing Upto £54 forthe 4GE memory version, or asa pat of Kt For £50, depending onthe kityou're interested in. FUZE PROJECT The FUZE is learning environment bul on the latest model ofthe Raspberry Pi. You can purchase the workstations that me with an electronics kt and even a abot arm For you te bull and program. You an Find mere information on the FUZE at wwwfuze.couk BOOKS We have several great Raspberry Ptiles avaiable via wow. ‘bdmpublications.com, Our Pibooks cover how to buy your RASPBIAN Fist Raspberry setitupand use there are some great step bystep projec examples and guidesto get the most From Raspberry ‘The Raspberry P's main operating system is a Debian-based Linuxalstribution that comes with everything you need in simple touse package. t's streamlined forthe Pland isan ideal platform for hardware and software projects, Python programming and even asa desktop computer Welcome Python is a Fantastic programming language. With it, you can create everything from a simple program to backup the pictures on your computer, through to analysing petabytes of data. Not only is Python the programming language of choice for some of the biggest companies in the world, it’s also one of the easiest to learn. This chapter will help you get Python set upon your computer, and introduce you to this remarkable and powerful language. Python’ 19 You Do with Python? ting to Know Python 2 Welcome to Python Why Python? Dee alias ie uM eae te ee sce aku Eo Ree ene eeu Maem ce ms a uCtda deat Preece ek cement e en Melee ARO) e Cece aT eg OR WA Reece id Preartiase nics PYTHON POWER Ever since the earliest home computers were available, enthusiasts, users and professionals have toiled avay until the wee hours, slaving over an overheating heap of circuitry to create something akin to magic. ‘These pioneers of programming carved thelr way into 3 new Frontier, forging small routines that enabled the letter to scroll ‘actossthe screen. may not sound terribly exciting to a generation that's used to ultrahigh definition graphics and open werld, muli- player online gaming However, Fortysomething years agoit was binginaly bilan. 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Instead, you need to enter: ‘Thiswill Typecast the age string into an integer that can be worked wth, a The wef ypeCsting ao imporant when Sie dealing with Floating point arithmetic; remember: umberstathaveadecnalpointinthem For rama, ent Now enter type(shint) and youl se that Python has allocated the number as float’, because the value contains a decimal pint. a BETTER) eather example of Typecastng is when you ask Forinput from the user, such asa number. for ‘example, enter: ‘age input (“How old are you? “) ‘Alldata stored fom the Input command s stored asa string vaiable BEET BD wen combining integers and oats Python Usually converts the integer toa flat, but should the reverse ever be applied, i's worth remembering that Python doesnt return the enact value, When converting afloat to an Integer, Python wil always round down tothe nearest integer, talled truncating; in ourcase instead of 19.93, it becomes 18 a os: => t Steps into Python User Input MCR EC Ue olu Moreen ere MOR Reel MME Re Cue earlier, so now would be a good time to Focus solely on how you get information from the user, then store and present it, USER FRIENDLY ‘The type of input you want from the user will depend greatly on the type of program you're coding. 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MASTERING MODULES Think of modules as an extension that's imported into your Python code to enhance and extend its capabilites. There are countless modules available, and as we've seen, you can even make your own, Aiur gon het inceevihnp on EERE teresa erorine eso ate oe?) are limited. The use of modules, however, allows us SUE? S) ‘Pygame module isn’t recognised or installed in tomate mote sophteatedprogarns Asyousreoware modes, Pho, Total mode we canuse i PpinsalsPelaged de thon sits tata mpared sch sinoor mah Close down the DLE shel ane dopo a commend promote Terminal session, At an elevated admin command prompt, enter: pip install pygane Some modules, espedalyon the Raspberry are The PP instaaton requresan ee Biee included by default; the Math module is a prime SUE toitinstaling components a diferent locations ‘example. Sed, other modules aren't always avalable. 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We can then use this madule to create something Ike: for i in range(to): pprint(random.randint(1, 25)) ww ESTEEM ultple modules can be imported within your code. To extend our example, use ‘mort random for I in rangeC5): print(random.randint(1, 25)) rint(math. pi) (a nny cheat The results astring of random numbers followed by the value of, as pulled from the math ‘madule using the print(math.i) function. You can also pullin certain functions From a module by using the From and import commands, suchas: from randon import randint for i in rangecs): print(randint(1, 25)) oe This code, when saved and executed, wil display ten Siery random numbers from 1 to 25. Youcan play around vith the code to display more or less, and from a greater or lesser range. For example: ‘import random for i in range(2s): pprintCrandom.randint(1, 100)) This helps create a more streamlined approsch to Sy programming, You can also use: import module*, hich willimport everything defined within the named module. However is often regarded as a waste of resources, butit works onetheles. Finally, modules canbe imported as alases ‘import math as m print(m.pi) OF course, adding comments helps to tell others what's going on es => First Steps into Python) Python Errors Ieee Tes Cate ere eur mec RT Event sc rics not able to continue due to something being missed out, wron CP oan aon cate nunca oh T acca DEBUGGING Errors in code are called bugs, they're perfectly normal and can often be easily rect isto keep looking, experimenting, and testing. Eventually your code will be bug free. Code ct as fluid a the written word,.no matter how good the procramming language's. Python is certainly easier than most languages, bt even tis prone to some “annoying bugs. The most common are typos bythe user, and while easy to find in simple dozertne code, imagine having to debug ‘mult-thousand tne code. Ba 1d with a litle patience. The ‘Thankfully Python is helpful when it comes to displaying error messages. when yourecelve an error inredink from the IDLE Shel til define the error itself, ‘alongwith the line number where the error has occurred, While in the IDLE Ector this alte daunting for lots of code, text editors help by including tine numbering Asie ve mentioned, the most common oF rors it Biee the typo, often at the command level, mistyping the pn commander example. However, the ale occ whee ‘ot numerous arable allof wich have lengthy names The est. ‘thceisto simply othvough the cade and checkyour speling (Dremirone =e x seston PEPE Syntax rors are probably the second most common erors you'll come across a programmer. Evenif the spellings corcect, the actual command teal wrong, In Python 3 ths often occurs when Python 2 syntaxes ae applied. The ‘mast annoying of these is the print Function In Pythan 3, we use print words"), whereas Python2 uses print “words” oineasvia =a x (_ Python Errors Cl ATED Pes) brackets are also a culos of programming ‘errs, especially when you have something ke: print(batanced_checkCinput©))) Remember tat for every''there must be an equal numberof There are thousand of online Python resources, Bee code snippets, and lengthy discussions across forumton how best to aleve something We 99% fk good cose, dart ays be re inte copsng an pasting random codeine your edt More ften than ot, won warkand Trateatingy, you wont have earned aryhing FRED csvset vores from the Conditions and Loops section, where the colon means everything indented Fellowing the statementisto be executed along as t's true? Missing the indent or having too much oF an indent, will come back with an errr, Anexcellent way to check your code step-bystep is touse Python Tutor's Visualse web page, Found at ‘wurw pythontutor.com/visvalizehtmlsmode=edit. Simply paste your code into the editor and cick the Visualize Execution button to run the code line-byine. Thishelp to ear bugs, andany rmisunderstandings. Planing mates fr good code, While te old Sie ‘school, it's a good habit to plan what your code will obefore sting down totypeteout Usk thevaribes that lle Used, along with the modules, and write outa serpt for any user Interaction o outputs, PRPETBD Purely cut of interest, the word debuaging in ‘computing terms comes From Admiral Grace Hopper, who, back inthe 0s, was working on a monolithic Harvard Markl lectromechanical computer. According to legend, Hopper Found a moth tuck n a relay, thus preventing the system from working. Removal ofthe moth was hence called: debuosing, ZZ » Steps into Python ) Combining What You Know So Far NST A TM To ure Rol a ree CEL eo coke EA looked at so Far and apply it to writing a piece of code. This code can then be used to Resa ane eM aa usu n Ua PLAYING WITH PI For this example, we're going to create a program that will calculate the value of Pito a set number of decimal places; as described by the user. It combines much of what we've learned, anda litle more. BEER %2"tby opening Python and creating a New Fein thatcan accurately calculate P without rendering the computer's (CPU useless For several minutes. The recommended calculation Lsedin such creumstancesis the Chudnovsky Algorithm, you can find more information about at enwikipedia.org/wik/ (Chudnovsky_algorithm, the Editor Fist, we need to get hold of an equation ‘We can utilise the Chudnovsky Algorithm to create (ur own Python script based on te calculation. \We'l begin by importing some important modules and Functions within the modules Bee from decinal import Decimal, getcontext ‘import math ‘This uses the decimal and getcontext functions from the decimal ‘module, both of which deal with lage decal place numbers, and, naturally, the math module BRPED ow we can incertthe Pi calculation algorithm pattof the code. This is aversion ofthe CChudnovsky Algorithm: ED -serostcvoncon The preiosstep define the les that makeup Siz both the algorithm and creating the string that wi evetualy ply thevalve of according tothe Chudrovaly brothers algo. syou have na doubt alead surmise, would be hands tact autpt the value of ito the scree, To recy that wean ad printGcale(1)) aE You c27 save and execute the code at this pont if you tke. The output wil print the value of Pito 27 decimal places: 3.181592653889734207668453591. hile pretty impressive on its on, we want some user interaction to ask the \seras to how many places Pishouid be calculated. 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Factorial (k)**Decimal (3))*(640320**(3*K)) i 4= Decimal (t)/Decimal (deno) pi = pi * Decimal (12)/ Decimal (640320**Decimal(1.5)) pi = pi return str(pi) print cale(1)) rintCFore.RED + “\nTine token:”, time.time() ~ start_time) Manipulating Data Data is everything. It’s more valuable than gold or oil. With data, governments can change the world, politicians can rise or fall, and companies, large or small, can impact our Future in ways we wouldn't have imagined just a Few years ago. Data is power, and learning how to manipulate and control it are essential aspects of any coding language. Here we'll take a look at how you can use date and time functions, write to filesin your system, and even create graphical user interfaces that will take your coding skills to new levels and open more doors for you. sts Tuple Dictionarie: and Time 9 File toFile Pyth mbini FE) Weritnoose Lists Lists are one of the most common types of data structures you will comes across in Python. 4 list is simply a collection of items, or data if you prefer, which can be accessed asa whole, or individually if wanted. WORKING WITH LISTS. Lists are extremely handy in Python. A list can be strings, integers, and also variables. You can even include Functions in iss, ‘and lists within lst. Brea Alistisa sequence of data values called tems. You create the name of your ist followed by an equal ‘sign, then square brackets and the items separated by commas, note that strings use quotes: (Beuirone = ERT Once youve defined your list. you can call each by referencing its name folowed by number. ists starthe fist tem entry a5 0, followed by 1, 2,3, and so on. Forexample: ‘umber ‘ocalluptheentie contents of the Uist. ‘umbers[3] “Tocallthe tem thie rom zero inthe list (21 inthis cas). You can also access or index, the lastitem in alist by Using the minus sign before the item number [-1], or the second to las item with [2], and so on. Trying to reference an Rem that isnt in thelist, such as [10] will rebum an error FEEL Sicraissimiarto indexing, butyou can retrieve ‘multiple items ina ist by separating tem numbers vith acolon.For examle: ‘willoutput 4 and 7, those beng item numbers 1 and2. Note that the returned values don’ include the second index position (as you ‘would numbers{t:3] to return 4 7 and 21), Bea You can update items within an existing list, remove items, and evenjoin ists together, For example, to Join two lists we can use: ‘everything = nunbers + mythical_creatures ‘Then view the combined lst with PD tems canbe added toa list by entering runbers=nunbers+[201) OcForstrings (Or by using the append function: FE scr icn excite soe ntn is yer BED veovcaneeee tmowaierortee avatar ceos eta roe Inserts the number 62 at tem index 4. Ane: ill emove FEAT) You alo use thelist function tobreak string down Into its components. Fr example: ListC*Devid") Breaks the name David into'D, toanewist: 1, V, 1, 'e This can then be passed Siery is by the item number: “The second, byitem name: Removal ofitems can be done n two ways. The First ‘Based on that, we can create a program to store someone'sname and age asalist: “The combined name and age ist called user, which canbe called byentering ser into the Shel. Experiment and see what you can do, oe ED) ov Tuples Tuples are virtually identical to lists, however, where lists can be updated, deleted, or changed in some way, a tuple remains a constant. This is called immutable, and pened une neek elo THE IMMUTABLE TUPLE Reasons for having tuples vary depending on what the program is intended to do. Mostly a tupleis reserved for something ‘special, but they/re also used, as an example, in an adventure game where non-playing character names are stored. FSPTSEM 2 tule iscreatedthesame mayacalis, but inthis BRIER You can create grouped tuples int its that contain Instance you use curved brackets instead of square multiple sets of data. For instance, here we havea brackets For example: tuple called NPC (Non Playable Characters) containing the character ‘name, and their combat rating, for an adventure game: Dineen =e | [Brmmivonn aaa ries rd ws heencaon, a PR Ea *Svithlists.theitemswithinanamestuplecenbe — EATER Each ofthese dota items canbe accessed asa whole indexed according to their position in the data range: ‘by entering NPC into the Shell, or they can be mieetnorse Coermminihcll econeonderbe sorted Shaolin wtom eo tase on Horr amy aang det rag toene NCIC Sireinatereneset vie. ’sworth noting that when referencing mutiple tuples within ais, the indexing is ight different From the norm. You would expect the 95 combatting ofthe character Valeria to be NPC[a[], however its not, k's actually wecr2]t1 cy FID this means, of couse, thatthe indexing follows thus: This, as you can imagine, gets little confusing when you have alot of tuple data to deal with, Now unpack the tuple into two Bea corresponding variables: ‘You can now check the values by entering name and combat_rating cr Remember, as witht, you can also index tuples sing negative numbers, which count backwards Fromthe end ofthe data. So, Fr our example, using the tuple with multipe data items, we would reference the Valera character wit: Nect2]¢-01 iB BETTER) Terles though, utilse a feature called unpacking, where the data items stored within a tuple are ‘assigned variables Fst, create the tuple with two ers (name and ‘combat rating) we can vsethe max andmin fonctions to rhe SuzMO highest and lowest values of a tuple composed of rpumbers For example: “The numbers canbe integers and floats. To output the highest and lowest, use rimtCnaxCnunbers)) Print(minCnunbers)) a oe: ED) ov 70 Dictionaries Lists are extremely useful, but dictionaries in Python are by Far the more technical way of dealing with data items. Although they can be tricky to get to grips with at First, Nem er ee ee cen ence KEY PAIRS ‘A dictionary is tke a list, But instead each data item comes as a pair, the {are known as Key and Value. The Key part must be ‘unique and can either be a number or string, but the Value can be any data item you like. Brea Lev'ssay you want to create a phonebook in Python. You would create the dilonary name, and contain the data in curt brackets, separating the key and value bya colon Key: Value. 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Using the same process asin Step 5, we can enter Phonebook[nane] = nunber Dice come FER sacs ssntwes encour cesegs ED eee ee trannaousaronantine hero eceal eaten cy BETTE Now when we save and execute the code, Python wil ask fora name and a number. wil then insert those entries int the phonebook dictionary, which we can test by entering nto the Shell: Ifthe number needs to contain spaces youineedto makeita string, so remove the int par-of the input. wonbampabiatenscom Manipulating Data Splitting and Joining Strings When dealing with data in Python, especially from a user's input, you will undoubtedly come across long sets of strings. A useful skill to learn, in Python programming, is being able to split those long strings For better readability. 7 STRING THEORIES. ‘We've already looked at some list functions, using .nsert, remove, and .pop, but there are also functions that can be applied tostrings. 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For example: ‘titlesconan the cimmerian” title.capitalizeQ title CeO a ‘good example of sing the jon functions when you have list of words you want to combine into ‘asentence Note the space between the quotes before the jon function (where there were no quotesin Step 6 joi). Te? 10 ERD secrete Meee tpewaterscriortracencematienes wmtinesicconon QI Manipulating Data Formatting Strings As you work with data, creating lists, dictionaries, and objects you'll often want to print eaten raha ses ear alo eeu Meso Rel a a ane ee neon coe oes] 8 RU acid STRING FORMATTING ‘Since Python 3, string Formatting has become a much neater process, using the format function combined with curly brackets. ‘This makes things easier to Follow and, as with most coding, there are other ways to do things but this ways recommended. 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You can include multiple cases oF _youhere, and others can be significantly more complex. all string frmatingin single pit Function: a x EE te incinccrsitmonreuge: seve EREEPB) tec wenmesowsrutins te EESD wiscercnsctow es ae Tree Sette oon tee Tom mcnonnbetoen derbies sated wih eoeaieoreet ae ae arguments asi converts the time tuple into a string For exemple, to display the current day ofthe week we can use: tinder aes ‘ime. strftime KA") 8 kage ye os (Doenane a : ond 061 (06 me apse) © coyotes 096 (0 Monday) 7 oyot yee 12026 eta dy) © bape saings 0,1, 2 means tary eters OST BED vserostcvoncon Naturally this means you can incorporate various Functions into your own code, such a5: Bea Note the last two entries, with SH and HIKM, as {you can see, these ae the hours and minutes and as the lst entry indicates entering them as GM doesnt display the time carecly inthe Shell we can easy rectify this wath ‘ime. steftine 38") @ (Date and Time Cl ‘example, taking the above code, we can alter itsightly by including \We can also use the Time maduleto display the amount o time taken fr an event to happen. For The output wil look similar tothe screenshot below. ‘The timer Function needs tobe ether side oF the input statement, as thats when the variable name f being created — ‘epending on havi long the user took taog in The length of time & then displayed on the last ine ofthe code, asthe endtime variable. Pod = x ‘This means you'te going to be abe to display ether thecurene ime, orthe time when something ‘eccurted such asa user entering ther name. Try this code inthe Eto ‘Trytocextendit further toinclude day, month, year, and s0 on BPE there's alot thatcan be done with the Time rmadule, some of itis quite complex too such aslsplaying the number of seconds since January 1st 1970. Fyou ‘ane to dill dawn Futher into the Time module, then inthe Shel, enter-he1pCtime to display the curent Python version help ile For the Time madule. @ 7 Manipulating Data Opening Files ene u ican aN hemor Car) eae ee lor in en Mat Me ene tical etter Tne eos era h Cn eRe ot ti os OPEN, READ AND WRITE InPython, you create a file objec, similar to creating a variab usualy categorised as text or binary. Startby entering some textinto your system's text editor. The text editor is preferable toa word processor, 3s word processors incude background Formatting and ‘other elements. n our example, we have the poem The Cimmerian, byRobert E Howard, and we've saved the leas poem. You se the open Fnceonto pass the eins Gie2 variable as an object. You can name the file object anything yo tte, bt youve tall enon the ame oe lortonof the text ieyos reopening ‘The eason fr the double slash (\)isbecause Python wil read this _as Unicode Error, thinking you've entered: \U-Thisis Windows-only, Lux and Mac worthave tis sue Donnene : seston only you pass in the file using the open() Function. Files are ESTED "you now enter poem into the Shell you wil get some information regarding the tet file you'vejust asked tobe opened, We can now use the poem variable to read the contents ofthe Fle: Note than a/nentryin the textrepresents 2 newline, as wehave sed previous. [a Ifyou enter poem ead) a second time, you wil notice tat the texthas been removed From the file, You wil need to enter poeriopen("C:\\Users\\david\\ Docurtent's\\poem. txt”) again to recreate the ile, Thistime, however, enter: Now the /nenties ae removed in Favour of new tinesand Feadabletext. Demian 5 Bea Forexample: oem.read(S) Dispaysthe Fis Five characters, while entering; oem.read(S) ‘llislay the next ve. Entering (1 wil display one character at atime, ‘As with sts, tuples, dictionaries and soon, you're able ta index individual characters ofthe text & poem.readlinec) ‘ll display the Fist ine ofthe text. And poem.readlinec) ‘ll display the nest tne of text. Similarly, you can dsplay one tine of text at atime by {sing the readline Function. For example. FEE cscs cstroecyncnsreieoe BED sitccrecnaeiees multiple tists, These canthen be stored as variable ‘We can also use the fr statement to read the lines cof text backtous: ‘And, since hiss Python there are other ways to produce the same output: ‘As you may suspect, you can pass the readtine() Function into a variable, allowing youto calli again, Letsimagine that you wanted to print the text character at time, a5 would an old dot matiix printer. We can use the Time madule mixed with what we've looked there. Ty this: oe: (0 Cl (Opening Files Manipulating Data Writing to Files Being able to read external files within Python is certainly handy, but writing to a file can be even more useful. Using the write() Function, you're able to output the results of a program to a file, which you can then use to read() back into Python, or as a text Geert WRITE AND CLOSE “The write() Function is slightly more complex than read(). Along with the filename, you must also include an access mode that. determines whether the file in question isin read or write mode. Start by opening IDLE and enter the following (ebviously entering your oun username location): ‘Thiscode wil create tent Fle, called text.btin write mode, using the variable there's no fil ofthat name inthe locaton, it wl ‘create one. Fone already exis, iwll overmite so be careful vein ox wean nou totetexFlewng the wnte0 Guee function. This works opposite to read(), writing lines instead of reading them Try this: Note the 109, t's the numberof characters you've entered. (Bet =a * However, the actual text fief still blank (you can check by opening itup) This is because you've "urtten the line oF text tothe fle object, but not committed itto the fle itsel Part ofthe write Functions that we needto commit the changes tothe Fle, we can dothisby entering: Hyourowopen the tex feithatet ear yout see thatthe line you created has been writtento the fle This gives us the Foundation Fo some interesting posses, perhaps the creation of your own logfile, or even the begining oF an adventure game, SS Ry Sgar one te a a, hr 8 Fe occa neces ED ieee sen sreewoticgn ie mest tesdetne we can keep extending the text tne byline SiGe ending each with a new line (\n). When you're done, Finish the code wth tclose(),and open the filein text ‘editor ta see the results: (writing to Files Cl \We can pass variables toa file that we've created In ython, Perhaps we want the value of Pito be ‘written toile, We can cal Pifrom the Math module, create anew file, and pass the output of Pinto the new file: | Wie also need to create anew file to write Pi to Now e's create a variable called pi, and assign itthe value oF i Remember to change you le location to your own particular system setup, & FE re vcs iperottcesta coer ED icc esses rere sancti encore Tenth we en vesting fomatingtoclthe SuzMO variable and write it to the file, then commit the changes and close the file: ‘Asyou can see from the results, you're able to passany variable to afle, ED) ov Exceptions PON ee EI on ean a Ec eee ess cr circumstances that are mostly out of your control. Let’s assume you aska user to divide two numbers, and they try to divide by zero. This will create an error, and break your code. EXCEPTIONAL OBJECTS Rather than stop the flow of your code, Python includes exception objects, which handle unexpected errors in the code. We ‘can combat errors by creating conditions where exceptions may occur. You can create an exception error by simply tying \We can use the Functions raise exception to create todivide anumber by zero. This wil report back ‘our awn eror handling code within Python. Lets ‘ith the ZeraDivsiontrror: Division by zero message, as seen assume your code has you warping around the cosmos, to0 much, the screenshot. The ZeroDiisionéiror parts the exception class, of however, results ina warp core breach Tostop the game from hich there ae mary. exting ue t the warp core going supernova, we can create 3 ——— asst exception: 5 Nostexeptons Tolzagarveorin theca we can erase the ue are raised ue? potential error within a try: block. This block consists: dutomataly when Pon oF ty excep can here ode heist nef eres Conese samen tats sree ianenede odessa a inert wrong with che cde. fowevee wees ese curt, = sy ‘exceptions that are designed to ‘contain the potential ertor and Feact tot, 35 opposedto letting the code fall. Deornig Sinica * lets assume you want to open afile and write to ERT Fo" example, using the divide by zero error, we can create an exception where the code can handle the ‘error without Python quitting due to the problem: TED ¥0u can useexcentions to hance a variety of useful tasks, Using an example from our previous tutorials, (Exceptions Cl ESTE i2tuclly, we can quickly Fixthe issue by changing the read onl instance with a"w' for wte This, asyoualready know, wil create the Fle and write the content then ‘ommitthe changes to the ie, The end result wil report aifferent seto cumstances in this case, a successful execution of the code 5 You canals us aia back which woksina up ‘Similar Fashion, but you cannot use else with it. Hint: ‘ound to delete the este ile om your folder. being opened as read only (the “part. So inthis. ‘ase rather than Python teling us we're doing something wrong we've created an exception, using the IOError clas, informing the user that the permissions ae incorrect. — = or Obviously this wont work due to the fie textfiletxt ‘Asbeforeanerrorwilocau seve wed the Sie read-only permission. IF we change itto a “w", then the code will enecute without the eror being depayed inthe DLE Shel. Nedless to say, it can bea tricky getting the exception code right the first time. Practise though, and you will get the hang of i ew Base ms wmiinesicconon CE Manipulating Data Python Graphics RGR een insta eee eee ue ne ae aie Rem eu se neces ee hia einte ne) has numerous ways in which to include graphics, and they're surprisingly powerful too. 5 GOING GRAPHICAL ‘You can draw simple graphics, tines, squares and so on, or you can use one of the many Python modules available to bring out some spectacular effects. ne ofthe best graphical modules to begin learning Python grapicsis Turtle. The Turtle module sas the name suggests, based onthe turtle robots used in many schools that canbe programmed to draw something ona large piece of paper on the Floor. The Turtle madule can be Imported with: Import tutte. Let's beain by Grawing a simple circle. Start a New SLED tren ever the folowing cove ‘import turtle turtle. circle so) ‘turtle. getscreen()._root.nainloop) ‘As usual pres FS to save the code and execute It This wll open up ew window and the Turtle’ wil draw circle. woubampabiacenscom The command trtecrle(S) i what draws the circle on the sceen, with 50 being the size. You «can play around withthe sizes i you tke, going upto 100, 150, and beyond: you can draw an ar by entering tuntle-cincle(S0, 180), where the sizes 50, but ou'e telling Python to only draw 480° ofthecirce, ‘The ast part of the cicle code tes Python tokeeo 5 SeatdechesSescers ersten remain open, sothe user can cco else it. Now let's make a square ‘You'l notice weve inserted loop to draw the sides ofthe square. PTET To add some colour we can addanewlineto the square code turtle.color¢“Red”) ‘And.we can even change the character to an actual turtle by entering turtle. shopec“turtle") ‘we can aso use the command turtle begin Fill, andturtle.end_ Fill to filin the square with the chosen colours inthis ase, red outline, and yellow il PETTSTD) *syoucan see, the Turtle madule can draw out some pretty good shapes, and become alittle more complex, asyou begin to master the way it works. Enter this example: from turtle import * color¢‘red’, *yellow’) begin ALIO | while True: formard(200) ef EC170) if abs(pos@) < 1: break end F110) ‘done We'sacifferent method, but very effective, * STEED iow let's get thecodeby importing the pygame module import pygane pygane. init ‘mg = pygae. mage, LoadC*RPi pro”) white = (255, 255, 255) w= 900 h= 450 screen = pygane. display. set nodeCn, HD) sereen.6UUCGohited) screen.flL(Guhite)) screen: bLitCing, (0,09) pygane display. AipC) vile True: FETED the oreviousstep we've imported pygame, intated the pygame engine, and asked it to import cur saved Raspberry Pilogo image, saved as RPpng, Next, we efined the background colour a the window to dspay the image, and the window size as per the actual image cimensions. Finally, we have aloop to cose the window. w= 900 | h = 450 screen ~ pygame.display.set_mode((m, h)) screen. fill((nhite)) screen. fill((white)) screen.blit(ing, (0,0)) pygame. display. flip() while Tru for event in pygame-event.get(): if event.type == pygame. QUIT pygame.quit() FERED other way you can csplay oraphics iby using the Pygame module, There are numerous ways in ‘hich pygame can help you output raphicsto the screen, but for ow lets ook at displaying a pre-defined image. Start by opening 2 browser and finding an image, then saveitto the Flder where you save your Python code. as u Bs Ei se FRRBTDD ress FS to save and execute the code, and your image willbe displayed in anew window. Have 8 play around with the colours, sizes and so on, and take time to look ‘Up the many Functions within the Pygame module to. jaspberryPi oe: (_ Python Graphics ¢ a Manipulating Data Combining What You Know So Far CEE Too Rar AM Lo ee Mea es Lee ook a EI Reo AY Rn) piece of code that can easily be applied into a real-world situation; or at the very least, Puna R nek etReulueen ec ian eta ileus LOGGING IN For this example, let's look to apiece of code that will create user Logins then allow them to log nto the system, and write the time at which they logged in, We can even include an option to quit the program by pressing 'q. 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We have login and pasow variables, which are then matched tothe users dictionary IF theresa match, then we have a successfllogin ‘andthe time and date ofthe loginis outputted. If they don't match, then we printan error, and the process starts again and gan Stil ope seen on, came scene) (Combining What You Know So Far < O mm Finaly we eed to conta heck thatthe ey hasn't been pressed to exi the program. We can do Athousha seemingly minor wo lines the wile SIEE loop is what keeps the program running. At the end ef every funtion checked agate current salue of tu F that olba lust then the program continues. F's eq ‘then te roar can aut. while status status gn mainMenu () You cannow crate users, and then login th Suz their names and passwords, with the logins.txt Flebeing cesta store the login dita and sce logins bing timestamped, Now ts upto youto futher imprvethe code Pernaps ou can mpot thei of created ses rom aprevous seson and spon aaicesullgh, dep gph? VV ola AinYeRVlan Sena Modules 2 Working with Modules Modules are where you can take Python programming to new heights; they are the key ingredients to better code. You can create your own modules, or you can use some of those already available, to help convert a mundane piece of code into something spectacular. Want to see how to make better use of these modules to adda little something extra to your code? Then read on and learn how they can be used to forge Fantastic programs. Using the => Working with Modules ) / Calendar Module Beyond the Time module, the Calendar module can produce some interesting results Rieu te ten anol Rer Ma cae enema Cates time module-like Format, you can actually call up a wall-calendar type display. WORKING WITH DATES ‘The Calendar modules built into Python 3. However, if, it’s not installed, you can add it using pip instal calendar, as 2 ‘Windows administrator, or sudo pip install calendar for Linux and macOS. ESTEE 2uncneython3 andenter: import calendarto RSTSEY «al up the module andisinheretFuetons. Once istoaded into memory, startby entering ‘There are numerous Functions, within the Calendar ‘module that may be of interest to you when Forming your own code. For example, you can splay the number oF sep=cal endar.TextCatendar calendar .SUNDAY), panels sep.prmonth(2019, 9) eops=calendar.Lecpdays(1900, 2019) — _ Print Cleaps) Rar eka es ae eT ‘The result fs 29, starting From 1904 onward. Fn fot Su Oy Cis Winton tp ATES) You cansee that the days oF September 2019 are EBABY You could even Fashion that particular examole into displayedina wall calendar fashion, Naturally you apiece of working, ser interactive Python code: ‘an change the 2019, 9 partofthe second ine to any year and ‘month you want, a birthday for example (1973, 6 The Fist ine ‘configures TextCalendar to start ts weeks ona Sunday; you can ont For Monday if you prefer. EE) -serostasoncon

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