LEARN JOURNAL OF UNIT 1 PYTHON UOPEOPLE
LEANRING FROM YOUR MISTAKES!
In Chapter 1, section 1.9 Exercises (pg. 7) of your textbook, Exercise 1.1
Question a
a. If you are trying to print your name, what happens if you leave out one of the
quotation marks or both and why?
Answer :
My name is Thierry Murhondezi Bisimwa
So I tried to write a program that displays my name on the screen, but left l the LAST
quotation marks of a string away ,
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Input :
‘Thierry Murhondezi Bisimwa
Out put
File "<stdin>", line 1
print ('Thierry Murhondezi Bisimwa)
^
SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (detected at line 1)
Explanation
In fact this is a syntax error; the “quotation marks” indicates the beginning and the end of a
string text …. So by missing away on of both the quotations marks , the computer program
doesn’t know where your string starts or where it ends , in our case , it’s the end of the
string that is not defined into our syntax
Question b
b. What is the difference between * and ** operators in Python? Explain with the help
of an example.
* operator : stands for multiplication
For example
>>>2*3
6
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** Operator : stands for exponentiation
For example
>>>2**3
8
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Question C
c. In Python, is it possible to display an integer like 09? Justify your answer.
Answer
No , it is not possible to display integer 09 , because Python interprets it as a sequence with
a significant integer that is 9
Python says :
Input
>>> type(09)
Output
File "<stdin>", line 1
type(09)
^
SyntaxError: leading zeros in decimal integer literals are not permitted; use an 0o prefix for
octal integers
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Question D
d. Run the commands type('67') and type(67). What is the difference in the output
and why?
Answer
>>> type('69')
<class 'str'>
>>> type(67)
<class 'int'>
>>>
The difference is that having put ‘69’ into quotation marks , indicates it as an integer to
string to python , not as an integer , while type(69) , gives us the output indicating that 69 is
a regular integer
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Part 2:
Question A
a. To multiply your age by 2 and display it. For example, if your age is 16, so 16 * 2 =
32
>>>32*2
64
Screen
Question B
b. To Display the name of the city, country and continent you are living in.
answer
>>>print(‘Kentucky’)
Kentucky
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