When learning a new programming language, it is customary to start with an "hello world"
example. As simple as it is, this one line of code will ensure that we know how to print a
string in output and how to execute code within cells in a notebook.
# Try your first Python output
print('Hello, Python!')
After executing the cell above, you should see that Python prints Hello, Python!.
Congratulations on running your first Python code!
# Practice on writing comments
print('Hello, Python!') # This line prints a string
# print('Hi')
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# Integer
11
# Float
2.14
# String
"Hello, Python 101!"
# Type of 12
type(12)
# Type of 2.14
type(2.14)
# Type of "Hello, Python 101!"
type("Hello, Python 101!")
In the code cell below, use the type() function to check the object type of 12.0.
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type(12.0)
float
We can verify this is the case by using, you guessed it, the type() function:
# Print the type of -1
type(-1)
# Print the type of 4
type(4)
# Print the type of 0
type(0)
Once again, can test some examples with the type() function:
# Print the type of 1.0
type(1.0) # Notice that 1 is an int, and 1.0 is a float
# Print the type of 0.5
type(0.5)
# Print the type of 0.56
type(0.56)
# System settings about float type
sys.float_info
# Verify that this is an integer
type(2)
# Convert 2 to a float
float(2)
# Convert integer 2 to a float and check its type
type(float(2))
# Casting 1.1 to integer will result in loss of information
int(1.1)
# Convert a string into an integer
int('1')
# Convert a string into an integer with error
int('1 or 2 people')
# Convert the string "1.2" into a float
float('1.2')
# Convert an integer to a string
str(1)
# Convert a float to a string
str(1.2)
# Value true
True
# Value false
False
# Type of True
type(True)
# Type of False
type(False)
# Convert True to int
int(True)
# Convert 1 to boolean
bool(1)
# Convert 0 to boolean
bool(0)
# Convert True to float
float(True)
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# Addition operation expression
43 + 60 + 16 + 41
# Subtraction operation expression
50 - 60
# Multiplication operation expression
5 * 5
We can also perform division with the forward slash:
# Division operation expression
25 / 5
# Division operation expression
25 / 6
As seen in the quiz above, we can use the double slash for integer division, where the result
is rounded down to the nearest integer:
# Integer division operation expression
25 // 5
# Integer division operation expression
25 // 6
Let's write an expression that calculates how many hours there are in 160 minutes:
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Python follows well accepted mathematical conventions when evaluating mathematical
expressions. In the following example, Python adds 30 to the result of the multiplication
(i.e., 120).
# Mathematical expression
30 + 2 * 60
And just like mathematics, expressions enclosed in parentheses have priority. So the
following multiplies 32 by 60.
# Mathematical expression
(30 + 2) * 60
# Store value into variable
x = 43 + 60 + 16 + 41
# Print out the value in variable
# Use another variable to store the result of the operation between
variable and value
y = x / 60
y
# Overwrite variable with new value
x = x / 60
x
# Name the variables meaningfully
total_min = 43 + 42 + 57 # Total length of albums in minutes
total_min
# Name the variables meaningfully
total_hours = total_min / 60 # Total length of albums in hours
total_hours
# Complicate expression
total_hours = (43 + 42 + 57) / 60 # Total hours in a single
expression
total_hours
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