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# String data type
# literal assignment (Literals in python are fixed values that represent constant data in Python
code. They are utilized to relegate values to variables, define constants, and perform different
operations within the code.)
first = "Edwin"
last = "TS"
# print(type(first))
# print(type(first) == str)
# print(isinstance(first, str)) Note: isinstance is a function
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Output:
<class ‘str’>
True
True
# constructor function (Constructors in Python is a special class method for creating and initializing
an object instance at that class.)
# pizza = str("Pepperoni")
# print(type(pizza))
# print(type(pizza) == str)
# print(isinstance(pizza, str))
# Concatenation (String concatenation means add strings together. Use the + character to add a
variable to another variable.)
fullname = first + " " + last
print(fullname)
fullname += "!"
print(fullname)
# Casting a number to a string (The str() function is the simplest and most commonly used method
to convert an integer to a string. Python.)
decade = str(1980)
print(type(decade))
print(decade)
statement = "I like rock music from the " + decade + "s."
print(statement)
# Multiple lines
multiline = '''
Hey, how are you?
I was just checking in.
All good?
'''
print(multiline)
# Escaping special characters
sentence = 'I\'m back at work!\tHey!\n\nWhere\'s this at\\located?'
print(sentence)
# String Methods
print(first)
print(first.lower())
print(first.upper())
print(first)
print(multiline.title())
print(multiline.replace("good", "ok"))
print(multiline)
print(len(multiline))
multiline += " "
multiline = " " + multiline
print(len(multiline))
print(len(multiline.strip()))
print(len(multiline.lstrip()))
print(len(multiline.rstrip()))
print("")
# Build a menu
title = "menu".upper()
print(title.center(20, "="))
print("Coffee".ljust(16, ".") + "$1".rjust(4))
print("Muffin".ljust(16, ".") + "$2".rjust(4))
print("Cheesecake".ljust(16, ".") + "$4".rjust(4))
print("")
# string index values
print(first[1])
print(first[-1])
print(first[1:-1])
print(first[1:])
# Some methods return boolean data
print(first.startswith("D"))
print(first.endswith("Z"))
# Boolean data type
myvalue = True
x = bool(False)
print(type(x))
print(isinstance(myvalue, bool))
# Numeric data types
# integer type
price = 100
best_price = int(80)
print(type(price))
print(isinstance(best_price, int))
# float type
gpa = 3.28
y = float(1.14)
print(type(gpa))
# complex type
comp_value = 5+3j
print(type(comp_value))
print(comp_value.real)
print(comp_value.imag)
# Built-in functions for numbers
print(abs(gpa))
print(abs(gpa * -1))
print(round(gpa))
print(round(gpa, 1))
print(math.pi)
print(math.sqrt(64))
print(math.ceil(gpa))
print(math.floor(gpa))
# Casting a string to a number
zipcode = "10001"
zip_value = int(zipcode)
print(type(zip_value))
# Error if you attempt to cast incorrect data
# zip_value = int("New York")
How to create a game using User Input and Control Flow in Python
import sys
import random
from enum import Enum
class RPS(Enum):
ROCK = 1
PAPER = 2
SCISSORS = 3
print("")
playerchoice = input(
"Enter...\n1 for Rock,\n2 for Paper, or \n3 for Scissors:\n\n")
player = int(playerchoice)
if player < 1 or player > 3:
sys.exit("You must enter 1, 2, or 3.")
computerchoice = random.choice("123")
computer = int(computerchoice)
print("")
print("You chose " + str(RPS(player)).replace('RPS.', '') + ".")
print("Python chose " + str(RPS(computer)).replace('RPS.', '') + ".")
print("")
if player == 1 and computer == 3:
print(" You win!")
elif player == 2 and computer == 1:
print(" You win!")
elif player == 3 and computer == 2:
print(" You win!")
elif player == computer:
print(" Tie game!")
else:
print(" Python wins!")
