PYTHON PROGRAMMING III YEAR/II SEM MRCET

SYLLABUS
MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

III Year B. Tech CSE -II SEM L T/P/D C

3 -/-/- 3
OPEN ELECTIVE III
(R17A0554) PYTHON PROGRAMMING
OBJECTIVES:
 To read and write simple Python programs.
 To develop Python programs with conditionals and loops.
 To define Python functions and call them.
 To use Python data structures –- lists, tuples, dictionaries.
 To do input/output with files in Python.
UNIT I
INTRODUCTION DATA, EXPRESSIONS, STATEMENTS
Introduction to Python and installation, data types: Int, float, Boolean, string, and list; variables,
expressions, statements, precedence of operators, comments; modules, functions--- function and its
use, flow of execution, parameters and arguments.

UNIT II
CONTROL FLOW, LOOPS
Conditionals: Boolean values and operators, conditional (if), alternative (if-else), chained conditional
(if-elif-else); Iteration: while, for, break, continue.

UNIT III
FUNCTIONS, ARRAYS
Fruitful functions: return values, parameters, local and global scope, function composition,
recursion; Strings: string slices, immutability, string functions and methods, string module; Python
arrays, Access the Elements of an Array, array methods.

UNIT IV
LISTS, TUPLES, DICTIONARIES
Lists: list operations, list slices, list methods, list loop, mutability, aliasing, cloning lists, list
parameters, list comprehension; Tuples: tuple assignment, tuple as return value, tuple comprehension;
Dictionaries: operations and methods, comprehension;

UNIT V
FILES, EXCEPTIONS, MODULES, PACKAGES
Files and exception: text files, reading and writing files, command line arguments, errors and
exceptions, handling exceptions, modules (datetime, time, OS , calendar, math module), Explore
packages.
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OUTCOMES: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
 Read, write, execute by hand simple Python programs.
 Structure simple Python programs for solving problems.
 Decompose a Python program into functions.
 Represent compound data using Python lists, tuples, dictionaries.
 Read and write data from/to files in Python Programs

TEXT BOOKS
1.Allen B. Downey, ``Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist‘‘, 2nd edition,
Updated for Python 3, Shroff/O‘Reilly Publishers, 2016.
2.R. Nageswara Rao, “Core Python Programming”, dreamtech
3. Python Programming: A Modern Approach, Vamsi Kurama, Pearson

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Core Python Programming, W.Chun, Pearson.
2. Introduction to Python, Kenneth A. Lambert, Cengage
3. Learning Python, Mark Lutz, Orielly
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INDEX
UNIT TOPIC PAGE NO
INTRODUCTION DATA,
EXPRESSIONS, STATEMENTS
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Introduction to Python and installation 1
data types: Int 6
float 7
Boolean 8
string 8
List 10
I variables 11
expressions 13
statements 16
precedence of operators 17
comments 18
modules 19
functions ---- function and its use 20
flow of execution 21
parameters and arguments 26
CONTROL FLOW, LOOPS 35
Conditionals: Boolean values and 35
operators,
II conditional (if) 36
alternative (if-else) 37
chained conditional (if-elif-else) 39
Iteration: while, for, break, continue. 41
FUNCTIONS, ARRAYS 55
Fruitful functions: return values 55
parameters 57
local and global scope 59
function composition 62
III recursion 63
Strings: string slices 64
immutability 66
string functions and methods 67
string module 72
Python arrays 73
Access the Elements of an Array 75
Array methods 76
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LISTS, TUPLES, DICTIONARIES 78
Lists 78
list operations 79
list slices 80
list methods 81
list loop 83
mutability 85
aliasing 87
IV cloning lists 88
list parameters 89
list comprehension 90
Tuples 91
tuple assignment 94
tuple as return value 95
tuple comprehension 96
Dictionaries 97
operations and methods 97
comprehension 102
V FILES, EXCEPTIONS, 103
MODULES, PACKAGES
Files and exception: text files 103
reading and writing files 104
command line arguments 109
errors and exceptions 112
handling exceptions 114
modules (datetime, time, OS , calendar, 121
math module)
Explore packages 134
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UNIT – I

INTRODUCTION DATA, EXPRESSIONS, STATEMENTS

Introduction to Python and installation, data types: Int, float, Boolean, string, and list;
variables, expressions, statements, precedence of operators, comments; modules, functions--
- function and its use, flow of execution, parameters and arguments.

Introduction to Python and installation:

Python is a widely used general-purpose, high level programming language. It was initially
designed by Guido van Rossum in 1991 and developed by Python Software Foundation. It
was mainly developed for emphasis on code readability, and its syntax allows programmers
to express concepts in fewer lines of code.
Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more
efficiently.
There are two major Python versions- Python 2 and Python 3.

• On 16 October 2000, Python 2.0 was released with many new features.
• On 3rd December 2008, Python 3.0 was released with more testing and includes new
features.

Beginning with Python programming:

1) Finding an Interpreter:
Before we start Python programming, we need to have an interpreter to interpret and run our
programs. There are certain online interpreters like https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/,
http://ideone.com/ or http://codepad.org/ that can be used to start Python without installing
an interpreter.
Windows: There are many interpreters available freely to run Python scripts like IDLE
(Integrated Development Environment) which is installed when you install the python
software from http://python.org/downloads/

2) Writing first program:

# Script Begins

Statement1

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Statement2

Statement3

# Script Ends

Differences between scripting language and programming language:

Why to use Python:

The following are the primary factors to use python in day-to-day life:

1. Python is object-oriented
Structure supports such concepts as polymorphism, operation overloading and
multiple inheritance.
2. Indentation
Indentation is one of the greatest feature in python
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3. It’s free (open source)
Downloading python and installing python is free and easy
4. It’s Powerful
 Dynamic typing
 Built-in types and tools
 Library utilities
 Third party utilities (e.g. Numeric, NumPy, sciPy)
 Automatic memory management
5. It’s Portable
 Python runs virtually every major platform used today
 As long as you have a compaitable python interpreter installed, python
programs will run in exactly the same manner, irrespective of platform.
6. It’s easy to use and learn
 No intermediate compile
 Python Programs are compiled automatically to an intermediate form called
byte code, which the interpreter then reads.
 This gives python the development speed of an interpreter without the
performance loss inherent in purely interpreted languages.
 Structure and syntax are pretty intuitive and easy to grasp.
7. Interpreted Language
Python is processed at runtime by python Interpreter
8. Interactive Programming Language
Users can interact with the python interpreter directly for writing the programs
9. Straight forward syntax
The formation of python syntax is simple and straight forward which also makes it
popular.

Installation:

There are many interpreters available freely to run Python scripts like IDLE (Integrated
Development Environment) which is installed when you install the python software
from http://python.org/downloads/
Steps to be followed and remembered:
Step 1: Select Version of Python to Install.
Step 2: Download Python Executable Installer.
Step 3: Run Executable Installer.
Step 4: Verify Python Was Installed On Windows.
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Step 5: Verify Pip Was Installed.
Step 6: Add Python Path to Environment Variables (Optional)

Working with Python

Python Code Execution:

Python’s traditional runtime execution model: Source code you type is translated to byte
code, which is then run by the Python Virtual Machine (PVM). Your code is automatically
compiled, but then it is interpreted.

Source Byte code Runtime

PVM
m.py m.pyc

Source code extension is .py

Byte code extension is .pyc (Compiled python code)

There are two modes for using the Python interpreter:

• Interactive Mode
• Script Mode

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Running Python in interactive mode:

Without passing python script file to the interpreter, directly execute code to Python prompt.
Once you’re inside the python interpreter, then you can start.

>>> print("hello world")

hello world

# Relevant output is displayed on subsequent lines without the >>> symbol

>>> x=[0,1,2]

# Quantities stored in memory are not displayed by default.

>>> x

#If a quantity is stored in memory, typing its name will display it.

[0, 1, 2]

>>> 2+3

The chevron at the beginning of the 1st line, i.e., the symbol >>> is a prompt the python
interpreter uses to indicate that it is ready. If the programmer types 2+6, the interpreter
replies 8.

Running Python in script mode:

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Alternatively, programmers can store Python script source code in a file with
the .py extension, and use the interpreter to execute the contents of the file. To execute the
script by the interpreter, you have to tell the interpreter the name of the file. For example, if
you have a script name MyFile.py and you're working on Unix, to run the script you have to
type:

python MyFile.py
Working with the interactive mode is better when Python programmers deal with small
pieces of code as you can type and execute them immediately, but when the code is more
than 2-4 lines, using the script for coding can help to modify and use the code in future.

Example:

Data types:

The data stored in memory can be of many types. For example, a student roll number is
stored as a numeric value and his or her address is stored as alphanumeric characters. Python
has various standard data types that are used to define the operations possible on them and
the storage method for each of them.

Int:

Int, or integer, is a whole number, positive or negative, without decimals, of unlimited

length.

>>> print(24656354687654+2)
24656354687656
>>> print(20)
20
>>> print(0b10)
2

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>>> print(0B10)
2
>>> print(0X20)
32
>>> 20
20
>>> 0b10
2
>>> a=10
>>> print(a)
10
# To verify the type of any object in Python, use the type() function:

>>> type(10)
<class 'int'>
>>> a=11
>>> print(type(a))
<class 'int'>
Float:

Float, or "floating point number" is a number, positive or negative, containing one or more
decimals.

Float can also be scientific numbers with an "e" to indicate the power of 10.

>>> y=2.8
>>> y
2.8
>>> y=2.8
>>> print(type(y))
<class 'float'>
>>> type(.4)
<class 'float'>
>>> 2.
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2.0
Example:
x = 35e3
y = 12E4
z = -87.7e100

print(type(x))
print(type(y))
print(type(z))

Output:

<class 'float'>
<class 'float'>
<class 'float'>

Boolean:

Objects of Boolean type may have one of two values, True or False:

>>> type(True)

<class 'bool'>

>>> type(False)

<class 'bool'>

String:

1. Strings in Python are identified as a contiguous set of characters represented in the

quotation marks. Python allows for either pairs of single or double quotes.

• 'hello' is the same as "hello".

• Strings can be output to screen using the print function. For example: print("hello").

>>> print("mrcet college")

mrcet college

>>> type("mrcet college")

<class 'str'>
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>>> print('mrcet college')

mrcet college

>>> " "

''

If you want to include either type of quote character within the string, the simplest way is to
delimit the string with the other type. If a string is to contain a single quote, delimit it with
double quotes and vice versa:

>>> print("mrcet is an autonomous (') college")

mrcet is an autonomous (') college

>>> print('mrcet is an autonomous (") college')

mrcet is an autonomous (") college

Suppressing Special Character:

Specifying a backslash (\) in front of the quote character in a string “escapes” it and causes
Python to suppress its usual special meaning. It is then interpreted simply as a literal single
quote character:

>>> print("mrcet is an autonomous (\') college")

mrcet is an autonomous (') college

>>> print('mrcet is an autonomous (\") college')

mrcet is an autonomous (") college

The following is a table of escape sequences which cause Python to suppress the usual
special interpretation of a character in a string:

>>> print('a\
....b')
a....b
>>> print('a\
b\
c')
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abc
>>> print('a \n b')
a
b
>>> print("mrcet \n college")
mrcet
college

Escape Usual Interpretation of

Sequence Character(s) After Backslash “Escaped” Interpretation
\' Terminates string with single quote opening delimiter Literal single quote (') character
\" Terminates string with double quote opening delimiter Literal double quote (") character
\newline Terminates input line Newline is ignored
\\ Introduces escape sequence Literal backslash (\) character

In Python (and almost all other common computer languages), a tab character can be
specified by the escape sequence \t:

>>> print("a\tb")
a b
List:

 It is a general purpose most widely used in data structures

 List is a collection which is ordered and changeable and allows duplicate members.
(Grow and shrink as needed, sequence type, sortable).
 To use a list, you must declare it first. Do this using square brackets and separate
values with commas.
 We can construct / create list in many ways.

Ex:
>>> list1=[1,2,3,'A','B',7,8,[10,11]]
>>> print(list1)
[1, 2, 3, 'A', 'B', 7, 8, [10, 11]]

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----------------------
>>> x=list()
>>> x
[]
--------------------------
>>> tuple1=(1,2,3,4)
>>> x=list(tuple1)
>>> x
[1, 2, 3, 4]
Variables:

Variables are nothing but reserved memory locations to store values. This means that when
you create a variable you reserve some space in memory.

Based on the data type of a variable, the interpreter allocates memory and decides what can
be stored in the reserved memory. Therefore, by assigning different data types to variables,
you can store integers, decimals or characters in these variables.

Rules for Python variables:

• A variable name must start with a letter or the underscore character

• A variable name cannot start with a number

• A variable name can only contain alpha-numeric characters and underscores (A-z, 0-9,
and _ )

• Variable names are case-sensitive (age, Age and AGE are three different variables)

Assigning Values to Variables:

Python variables do not need explicit declaration to reserve memory space. The declaration
happens automatically when you assign a value to a variable. The equal sign (=) is used to
assign values to variables.

The operand to the left of the = operator is the name of the variable and the operand to the
right of the = operator is the value stored in the variable.

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For example −

a= 100 # An integer assignment

b = 1000.0 # A floating point

c = "John" # A string

print (a)

print (b)

print (c)

This produces the following result −

100

1000.0

John

Multiple Assignment:

Python allows you to assign a single value to several variables simultaneously.

For example :

a=b=c=1

Here, an integer object is created with the value 1, and all three variables are assigned to the
same memory location. You can also assign multiple objects to multiple variables.

For example −

a,b,c = 1,2,"mrcet“

Here, two integer objects with values 1 and 2 are assigned to variables a and b respectively,
and one string object with the value "john" is assigned to the variable c.

Output Variables:

The Python print statement is often used to output variables.

Variables do not need to be declared with any particular type and can even change type after
they have been set.

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x=5 # x is of type int
x = "mrcet " # x is now of type str
print(x)

Output: mrcet

To combine both text and a variable, Python uses the “+” character:

Example

x = "awesome"
print("Python is " + x)

Output

Python is awesome

You can also use the + character to add a variable to another variable:

Example

x = "Python is "
y = "awesome"
z=x+y
print(z)

Output:

Python is awesome

Expressions:

An expression is a combination of values, variables, and operators. An expression is

evaluated using assignment operator.

Examples: Y=x + 17

>>> x=10

>>> z=x+20

>>> z

30

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>>> x=10

>>> y=20

>>> c=x+y

>>> c

30

A value all by itself is a simple expression, and so is a variable.

>>> y=20

>>> y

20

Python also defines expressions only contain identifiers, literals, and operators. So,

Identifiers: Any name that is used to define a class, function, variable module, or object is
an identifier.

Literals: These are language-independent terms in Python and should exist independently in
any programming language. In Python, there are the string literals, byte literals, integer
literals, floating point literals, and imaginary literals.

Operators: In Python you can implement the following operations using the corresponding
tokens.

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Operator Token

add +

subtract -

multiply *

Integer Division /

remainder %

Binary left shift <<

Binary right shift >>

and &

or \

Less than <

Greater than >

Less than or equal to <=

Greater than or equal to >=

Check equality ==

Check not equal !=

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Some of the python expressions are:

Generator expression:

Syntax: ( compute(var) for var in iterable )

>>> x = (i for i in 'abc') #tuple comprehension

>>> x
<generator object <genexpr> at 0x033EEC30>

>>> print(x)
<generator object <genexpr> at 0x033EEC30>

You might expect this to print as ('a', 'b', 'c') but it prints as <generator object <genexpr>
at 0x02AAD710> The result of a tuple comprehension is not a tuple: it is actually a
generator. The only thing that you need to know now about a generator now is that you
can iterate over it, but ONLY ONCE.

Conditional expression:

Syntax: true_value if Condition else false_value

>>> x = "1" if True else "2"

>>> x

'1'

Statements:

A statement is an instruction that the Python interpreter can execute. We have normally two
basic statements, the assignment statement and the print statement. Some other kinds of
statements that are if statements, while statements, and for statements generally called as
control flows.

Examples:

An assignment statement creates new variables and gives them values:

>>> x=10

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>>> college="mrcet"

An print statement is something which is an input from the user, to be printed / displayed on
to the screen (or ) monitor.

>>> print("mrcet colege")

mrcet college

Precedence of Operators:

Operator precedence affects how an expression is evaluated.

For example, x = 7 + 3 * 2; here, x is assigned 13, not 20 because operator * has higher
precedence than +, so it first multiplies 3*2 and then adds into 7.

Example 1:

>>> 3+4*2

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Multiplication gets evaluated before the addition operation

>>> (10+10)*2

40

Parentheses () overriding the precedence of the arithmetic operators

Example 2:

a = 20
b = 10
c = 15
d=5
e=0

e = (a + b) * c / d #( 30 * 15 ) / 5
print("Value of (a + b) * c / d is ", e)

e = ((a + b) * c) / d # (30 * 15 ) / 5
print("Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is ", e)

e = (a + b) * (c / d); # (30) * (15/5)

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print("Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is ", e)

e = a + (b * c) / d; # 20 + (150/5)
print("Value of a + (b * c) / d is ", e)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/opprec.py
Value of (a + b) * c / d is 90.0
Value of ((a + b) * c) / d is 90.0
Value of (a + b) * (c / d) is 90.0
Value of a + (b * c) / d is 50.0

Comments:

Single-line comments begins with a hash(#) symbol and is useful in mentioning that the
whole line should be considered as a comment until the end of line.

A Multi line comment is useful when we need to comment on many lines. In python, triple
double quote(“ “ “) and single quote(‘ ‘ ‘)are used for multi-line commenting.

Example:

Output:

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/comm.py

30

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Modules:

Modules: Python module can be defined as a python program file which contains a python
code including python functions, class, or variables. In other words, we can say that our
python code file saved with the extension (.py) is treated as the module. We may have a
runnable code inside the python module. A module in Python provides us the flexibility to
organize the code in a logical way. To use the functionality of one module into another, we
must have to import the specific module.

Syntax:

import <module-name>

Every module has its own functions, those can be accessed with . (dot)

Note: In python we have help ()

Enter the name of any module, keyword, or topic to get help on writing Python programs
and using Python modules. To quit this help utility and return to the interpreter, just type
"quit".

Some of the modules like os, date, and calendar so on……

>>> import sys

>>> print(sys.version)
3.8.0 (tags/v3.8.0:fa919fd, Oct 14 2019, 19:21:23) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Intel)]
>>> print(sys.version_info)
sys.version_info(major=3, minor=8, micro=0, releaselevel='final', serial=0)
>>> print(calendar.month(2021,5))

>>> print(calendar.isleap(2020))
True
>>> print(calendar.isleap(2017))
False
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Functions:

Functions and its use: Function is a group of related statements that perform a specific task.
Functions help break our program into smaller and modular chunks. As our program grows
larger and larger, functions make it more organized and manageable. It avoids repetition and
makes code reusable.

Basically, we can divide functions into the following two types:

1. Built-in functions - Functions that are built into Python.

Ex: abs(),all().ascii(),bool()………so on….

integer = -20

print('Absolute value of -20 is:', abs(integer))

Output:

Absolute value of -20 is: 20

2. User-defined functions - Functions defined by the users themselves.

def add_numbers(x,y):
sum = x + y
return sum

print("The sum is", add_numbers(5, 20))

Output:

The sum is 25

Flow of Execution:
1. The order in which statements are executed is called the flow of execution
2. Execution always begins at the first statement of the program.
3. Statements are executed one at a time, in order, from top to bottom.
4. Function definitions do not alter the flow of execution of the program, but remember
that statements inside the function are not executed until the function is called.
5. Function calls are like a bypass in the flow of execution. Instead of going to the next
statement, the flow jumps to the first line of the called function, executes all the
statements there, and then comes back to pick up where it left off.

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Note: When you read a program, don’t read from top to bottom. Instead, follow the flow of
execution. This means that you will read the def statements as you are scanning from top to
bottom, but you should skip the statements of the function definition until you reach a point
where that function is called.
Example:
#example for flow of execution
print("welcome")
for x in range(3):
print(x)
print("Good morning college")
Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/flowof.py
welcome
0
1
2
Good morning college
The flow/order of execution is: 2,3,4,3,4,3,4,5

------------------------------------------

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Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/flowof.py
hi
hello
Good morning
mrcet
done!
The flow/order of execution is: 2,5,6,7,2,3,4,7,8

Parameters and arguments:

Parameters are passed during the definition of function while Arguments are passed during
the function call.

Example:
#here a and b are parameters

def add(a,b): #//function definition

return a+b

#12 and 13 are arguments

#function call
result=add(12,13)
print(result)

Output:

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/paraarg.py

25

There are three types of Python function arguments using which we can call a function.

1. Default Arguments
2. Keyword Arguments
3. Variable-length Arguments

Syntax:
def functionname():
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statements
.
.
.
functionname()

Function definition consists of following components:

1. Keyword def indicates the start of function header.

2. A function name to uniquely identify it. Function naming follows the same rules of writing
identifiers in Python.
3. Parameters (arguments) through which we pass values to a function. They are optional.
4. A colon (:) to mark the end of function header.
5. Optional documentation string (docstring) to describe what the function does.
6. One or more valid python statements that make up the function body. Statements must have
same indentation level (usually 4 spaces).
7. An optional return statement to return a value from the function.

Example:

def hf():

hello world

hf()

In the above example we are just trying to execute the program by calling the function. So it
will not display any error and no output on to the screen but gets executed.

To get the statements of function need to be use print().

#calling function in python:

def hf():

print("hello world")

hf()

Output:

hello world

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def hf():

print("hw")

print("gh kfjg 66666")

hf()

hf()

hf()

Output:

hw
gh kfjg 66666
hw
gh kfjg 66666
hw
gh kfjg 66666
---------------------------------

def add(x,y):

c=x+y

print(c)

add(5,4)

Output:

def add(x,y):

c=x+y

return c

print(add(5,4))

Output:

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def add_sub(x,y):

c=x+y

d=x-y

return c,d

print(add_sub(10,5))

Output:

(15, 5)

The return statement is used to exit a function and go back to the place from where it was
called. This statement can contain expression which gets evaluated and the value is returned.
If there is no expression in the statement or the return statement itself is not present inside a
function, then the function will return the None object.

def hf():

return "hw"

print(hf())

Output:

hw

----------------------------

def hf():

return "hw"

hf()

Output:

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu.py

>>>
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def hello_f():

return "hellocollege"

print(hello_f().upper())

Output:

HELLOCOLLEGE

# Passing Arguments

def hello(wish):

return '{}'.format(wish)

print(hello("mrcet"))

Output:

mrcet

------------------------------------------------

Here, the function wish() has two parameters. Since, we have called this function with two
arguments, it runs smoothly and we do not get any error. If we call it with different number
of arguments, the interpreter will give errors.

def wish(name,msg):

"""This function greets to

the person with the provided message"""

print("Hello",name + ' ' + msg)

wish("MRCET","Good morning!")

Output:

Hello MRCET Good morning!

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Below is a call to this function with one and no arguments along with their respective error
messages.

>>> wish("MRCET") # only one argument

TypeError: wish() missing 1 required positional argument: 'msg'
>>> wish() # no arguments
TypeError: wish() missing 2 required positional arguments: 'name' and 'msg'

----------------------------------------------

def hello(wish,hello):

return “hi” '{},{}'.format(wish,hello)

print(hello("mrcet","college"))

Output:

himrcet,college

#Keyword Arguments

When we call a function with some values, these values get assigned to the arguments
according to their position.

Python allows functions to be called using keyword arguments. When we call functions in
this way, the order (position) of the arguments can be changed.

(Or)

If you have some functions with many parameters and you want to specify only some
of them, then you can give values for such parameters by naming them - this is
called keyword arguments - we use the name (keyword) instead of the position
(which we have been using all along) to specify the arguments to the function.

There are two advantages - one, using the function is easier since we do not need to
worry about the order of the arguments. Two, we can give values to only those
parameters which we want, provided that the other parameters have default argument
values.

def func(a, b=5, c=10):

print 'a is', a, 'and b is', b, 'and c is', c
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func(3, 7)
func(25, c=24)
func(c=50, a=100)

Output:

a is 3 and b is 7 and c is 10
a is 25 and b is 5 and c is 24
a is 100 and b is 5 and c is 50

Note:

The function named func has one parameter without default argument values,
followed by two parameters with default argument values.

In the first usage, func(3, 7), the parameter a gets the value 3, the parameter b gets the
value 5 and c gets the default value of 10.

In the second usage func(25, c=24), the variable a gets the value of 25 due to the
position of the argument. Then, the parameter c gets the value of 24 due to naming i.e.
keyword arguments. The variable b gets the default value of 5.

In the third usage func(c=50, a=100), we use keyword arguments completely to

specify the values. Notice, that we are specifying value for parameter c before that
for a even though a is defined before c in the function definition.

For example: if you define the function like below

def func(b=5, c=10,a): # shows error : non-default argument follows default argument

-------------------------------------------------------

def print_name(name1, name2):

""" This function prints the name """

print (name1 + " and " + name2 + " are friends")

#calling the function

print_name(name2 = 'A',name1 = 'B')

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Output:

B and A are friends

#Default Arguments

Function arguments can have default values in Python.

We can provide a default value to an argument by using the assignment operator (=)

def hello(wish,name='you'):

return '{},{}'.format(wish,name)

print(hello("good morning"))

Output:

good morning,you

---------------------------------------------

def hello(wish,name='you'):

return '{},{}'.format(wish,name) //print(wish + ‘ ‘ + name)

print(hello("good morning","nirosha")) // hello("good morning","nirosha")

Output:

good morning,nirosha // good morning nirosha

Note: Any number of arguments in a function can have a default value. But once we have a
default argument, all the arguments to its right must also have default values.

This means to say, non-default arguments cannot follow default arguments. For example, if
we had defined the function header above as:

def hello(name='you', wish):

Syntax Error: non-default argument follows default argument

------------------------------------------

def sum(a=4, b=2): #2 is supplied as default argument

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""" This function will print sum of two numbers

if the arguments are not supplied

it will add the default value """

print (a+b)

sum(1,2) #calling with arguments

sum( ) #calling without arguments

Output:

Variable-length arguments

Sometimes you may need more arguments to process function then you mentioned in the
definition. If we don’t know in advance about the arguments needed in function, we can use
variable-length arguments also called arbitrary arguments.

For this an asterisk (*) is placed before a parameter in function definition which can hold
non-keyworded variable-length arguments and a double asterisk (**) is placed before a
parameter in function which can hold keyworded variable-length arguments.

If we use one asterisk (*) like *var, then all the positional arguments from that point till the
end are collected as a tuple called ‘var’ and if we use two asterisks (**) before a variable like
**var, then all the positional arguments from that point till the end are collected as
a dictionary called ‘var’.

def wish(*names):
"""This function greets all
the person in the names tuple."""

# names is a tuple with arguments

for name in names:
print("Hello",name)

wish("MRCET","CSE","SIR","MADAM")

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Output:

Hello MRCET
Hello CSE
Hello SIR
Hello MADAM

#Program to find area of a circle using function use single return value function with
argument.

pi=3.14
def areaOfCircle(r):

return pi*r*r
r=int(input("Enter radius of circle"))

print(areaOfCircle(r))

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
Enter radius of circle 3
28.259999999999998

#Program to write sum different product and using arguments with return value
function.

def calculete(a,b):

total=a+b

diff=a-b

prod=a*b

div=a/b

mod=a%b

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return total,diff,prod,div,mod

a=int(input("Enter a value"))

b=int(input("Enter b value"))

#function call

s,d,p,q,m = calculete(a,b)

print("Sum= ",s,"diff= ",d,"mul= ",p,"div= ",q,"mod= ",m)

#print("diff= ",d)

#print("mul= ",p)

#print("div= ",q)

#print("mod= ",m)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
Enter a value 5
Enter b value 6
Sum= 11 diff= -1 mul= 30 div= 0.8333333333333334 mod= 5

#program to find biggest of two numbers using functions.

def biggest(a,b):
if a>b :
return a
else :
return b

a=int(input("Enter a value"))
b=int(input("Enter b value"))
#function call
big= biggest(a,b)
print("big number= ",big)

Output:

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C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
Enter a value 5
Enter b value-2
big number= 5

#program to find biggest of two numbers using functions. (nested if)

def biggest(a,b,c):
if a>b :
if a>c :
return a
else :
return c
else :
if b>c :
return b
else :
return c

a=int(input("Enter a value"))
b=int(input("Enter b value"))
c=int(input("Enter c value"))
#function call
big= biggest(a,b,c)
print("big number= ",big)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
Enter a value 5
Enter b value -6
Enter c value 7
big number= 7

#Writer a program to read one subject mark and print pass or fail use single return
values function with argument.

def result(a):
if a>40:
return "pass"
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else:
return "fail"
a=int(input("Enter one subject marks"))

print(result(a))

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
Enter one subject marks 35
fail

#Write a program to display mrecet cse dept 10 times on the screen. (while loop)

def usingFunctions():
count =0
while count<10:
print("mrcet cse dept",count)
count=count+1

usingFunctions()

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fu1.py
mrcet cse dept 0
mrcet cse dept 1
mrcet cse dept 2
mrcet cse dept 3
mrcet cse dept 4
mrcet cse dept 5
mrcet cse dept 6
mrcet cse dept 7
mrcet cse dept 8
mrcet cse dept 9

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UNIT – II

CONTROL FLOW, LOOPS

Conditionals: Boolean values and operators, conditional (if), alternative (if-else), chained
conditional (if-elif-else); Iteration: while, for, break, continue.

Control Flow, Loops:

Boolean Values and Operators:

A boolean expression is an expression that is either true or false. The following examples
use the operator ==, which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and
False otherwise:

>>> 5 == 5

True

>>> 5 == 6

False

True and False are special values that belong to the type bool; they are not strings:

>>> type(True)

<class 'bool'>

>>> type(False)

<class 'bool'>

The == operator is one of the relational operators; the others are: x != y # x is not equal to y

x > y # x is greater than y x < y # x is less than y

x >= y # x is greater than or equal to y x <= y # x is less than or equal to y

Note:

All expressions involving relational and logical operators will evaluate to either true or false

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Conditional (if):

The if statement contains a logical expression using which data is compared and a decision
is made based on the result of the comparison.

Syntax:
if expression:
statement(s)
If the boolean expression evaluates to TRUE, then the block of statement(s) inside the if
statement is executed. If boolean expression evaluates to FALSE, then the first set of
code after the end of the if statement(s) is executed.

if Statement Flowchart:

Fig: Operation of if statement

Example: Python if Statement

a=3
if a > 2:
print(a, "is greater")
print("done")

a = -1
if a < 0:
print(a, "a is smaller")
print("Finish")

Output:
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C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/if1.py
3 is greater
done
-1 a is smaller
Finish
--------------------------------

a=10

if a>9:

print("A is Greater than 9")

Output:

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/if2.py

A is Greater than 9

Alternative if (If-Else):

An else statement can be combined with an if statement. An else statement contains the
block of code (false block) that executes if the conditional expression in the if statement
resolves to 0 or a FALSE value.

The else statement is an optional statement and there could be at most only one else
Statement following if.

Syntax of if - else :

if test expression:
Body of if stmts
else:
Body of else stmts
If - else Flowchart :

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Fig: Operation of if – else statement

Example of if - else:

a=int(input('enter the number'))

if a>5:
print("a is greater")
else:
print("a is smaller than the input given")

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/ifelse.py
enter the number 2
a is smaller than the input given
----------------------------------------

a=10
b=20
if a>b:
print("A is Greater than B")
else:
print("B is Greater than A")

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/if2.py
B is Greater than A

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Chained Conditional: (If-elif-else):

The elif statement allows us to check multiple expressions for TRUE and execute a
block of code as soon as one of the conditions evaluates to TRUE. Similar to the else,
the elif statement is optional. However, unlike else, for which there can be at most one
statement, there can be an arbitrary number of elif statements following an if.

Syntax of if – elif - else :

If test expression:
Body of if stmts
elif test expression:
Body of elif stmts
else:
Body of else stmts

Flowchart of if – elif - else:

Fig: Operation of if – elif - else statement

Example of if - elif – else:

a=int(input('enter the number'))

b=int(input('enter the number'))
c=int(input('enter the number'))
if a>b:
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print("a is greater")
elif b>c:
print("b is greater")
else:
print("c is greater")

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/ifelse.py
enter the number5
enter the number2
enter the number9
a is greater
>>>
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/ifelse.py
enter the number2
enter the number5
enter the number9
c is greater

-----------------------------
var = 100
if var == 200:
print("1 - Got a true expression value")
print(var)
elif var == 150:
print("2 - Got a true expression value")
print(var)
elif var == 100:
print("3 - Got a true expression value")
print(var)
else:
print("4 - Got a false expression value")
print(var)
print("Good bye!")

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/ifelif.py

3 - Got a true expression value

100

Good bye!
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Iteration:
A loop statement allows us to execute a statement or group of statements multiple times as
long as the condition is true. Repeated execution of a set of statements with the help of loops
is called iteration.
Loops statements are used when we need to run same code again and again, each time with a
different value.

Statements:
In Python Iteration (Loops) statements are of three types:
1. While Loop
2. For Loop
3. Nested For Loops
While loop:

 Loops are either infinite or conditional. Python while loop keeps reiterating a block of
code defined inside it until the desired condition is met.
 The while loop contains a boolean expression and the code inside the loop is
repeatedly executed as long as the boolean expression is true.
 The statements that are executed inside while can be a single line of code or a block of
multiple statements.
Syntax:

while(expression):
Statement(s)

Flowchart:

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Example Programs:

1. --------------------------------------
i=1
while i<=6:
print("Mrcet college")
i=i+1
output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh1.py
Mrcet college
Mrcet college
Mrcet college
Mrcet college
Mrcet college
Mrcet college
2. -----------------------------------------------------
i=1

while i<=3:
print("MRCET",end=" ")
j=1
while j<=1:
print("CSE DEPT",end="")
j=j+1
i=i+1
print()
Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh2.py

MRCET CSE DEPT

MRCET CSE DEPT

MRCET CSE DEPT

3. --------------------------------------------------

i=1
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j=1
while i<=3:
print("MRCET",end=" ")

while j<=1:
print("CSE DEPT",end="")
j=j+1
i=i+1
print()
Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh3.py

MRCET CSE DEPT

MRCET
MRCET

4. ----------------------------------------

i=1
while (i < 10):
print (i)
i = i+1
Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh4.py
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

2. ---------------------------------------
a=1
b=1
while (a<10):
print ('Iteration',a)
a=a+1
b=b+1

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if (b == 4):
break
print ('While loop terminated')

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh5.py
Iteration 1
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
While loop terminated
--------------------------
count = 0
while (count < 9):
print("The count is:", count)
count = count + 1
print("Good bye!")

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/wh.py =
The count is: 0
The count is: 1
The count is: 2
The count is: 3
The count is: 4
The count is: 5
The count is: 6
The count is: 7
The count is: 8
Good bye!

For loop:

Python for loop is used for repeated execution of a group of statements for the desired
number of times. It iterates over the items of lists, tuples, strings, the dictionaries and other
iterable objects

Syntax: for var in sequence:

Statement(s) A sequence of values assigned to var in each iteration
Holds the value of item
in sequence in each iteration

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Sample Program:

numbers = [1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 20]

seq=0
for val in numbers:
seq=val*val
print(seq)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/fr.py
1
4
16
36
121
400

Flowchart:

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Iterating over a list:

#list of items
list = ['M','R','C','E','T']
i=1

#Iterating over the list

for item in list:
print ('college ',i,' is ',item)
i = i+1

Output:

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/lis.py
college 1 is M
college 2 is R
college 3 is C
college 4 is E
college 5 is T

Iterating over a Tuple:

tuple = (2,3,5,7)
print ('These are the first four prime numbers ')
#Iterating over the tuple
for a in tuple:
print (a)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/fr3.py
These are the first four prime numbers
2
3
5
7

Iterating over a dictionary:

#creating a dictionary
college = {"ces":"block1","it":"block2","ece":"block3"}

#Iterating over the dictionary to print keys

print ('Keys are:')

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for keys in college:
print (keys)

#Iterating over the dictionary to print values

print ('Values are:')
for blocks in college.values():
print(blocks)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/dic.py
Keys are:
ces
it
ece
Values are:
block1
block2
block3

Iterating over a String:

#declare a string to iterate over

college = 'MRCET'

#Iterating over the string

for name in college:
print (name)

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/strr.py
M
R
C
E
T

Nested For loop:

When one Loop defined within another Loop is called Nested Loops.
Syntax:
for val in sequence:
for val in sequence:
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statements
statements

# Example 1 of Nested For Loops (Pattern Programs)

for i in range(1,6):
for j in range(0,i):
print(i, end=" ")
print('')
Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/nesforr.py
1
22
333
4444
55555
--------------------------

# Example 2 of Nested For Loops (Pattern Programs)

for i in range(1,6):

for j in range(5,i-1,-1):

print(i, end=" ")

print('')

C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/nesforr.py

Output:
11111

2222

333

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Break and continue:

In Python, break and continue statements can alter the flow of a normal loop. Sometimes
we wish to terminate the current iteration or even the whole loop without checking test
expression. The break and continue statements are used in these cases.

Break:

The break statement terminates the loop containing it and control of the program flows to
the statement immediately after the body of the loop. If break statement is inside a nested
loop (loop inside another loop), break will terminate the innermost loop.

Flowchart:

The following shows the working of break statement in for and while loop:

for var in sequence:

# code inside for loop
If condition:
break (if break condition satisfies it jumps to outside loop)
# code inside for loop
# code outside for loop

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while test expression

# code inside while loop

If condition:
break (if break condition satisfies it jumps to outside loop)
# code inside while loop
# code outside while loop

Example:

for val in "MRCET COLLEGE":

if val == " ":
break
print(val)

print("The end")

Output:
M
R
C
E
T
The end

# Program to display all the elements before number 88

for num in [11, 9, 88, 10, 90, 3, 19]:

print(num)
if(num==88):
print("The number 88 is found")
print("Terminating the loop")
break

Output:
11
9
88
The number 88 is found

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Terminating the loop

#-------------------------------------
for letter in "Python": # First Example
if letter == "h":
break
print("Current Letter :", letter )

Output:
C:/Users/MRCET/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/pyyy/br.py =

Current Letter : P

Current Letter : y

Current Letter : t

Continue:

The continue statement is used to skip the rest of the code inside a loop for the current
iteration only. Loop does not terminate but continues on with the next iteration.

Flowchart:

The following shows the working of break statement in for and while loop:

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