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Variables_and_DataTypes

The document provides an overview of Python programming, covering topics such as running Python in Terminal and IDLE, Python's character set, and various data types including integers, floats, strings, lists, tuples, and dictionaries. It also discusses Python keywords, type conversion functions, comments, continuation statements, and rules for creating identifiers. Additionally, it highlights the case sensitivity of Python and the dynamic nature of variable assignment.

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Variables_and_DataTypes

The document provides an overview of Python programming, covering topics such as running Python in Terminal and IDLE, Python's character set, and various data types including integers, floats, strings, lists, tuples, and dictionaries. It also discusses Python keywords, type conversion functions, comments, continuation statements, and rules for creating identifiers. Additionally, it highlights the case sensitivity of Python and the dynamic nature of variable assignment.

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Running Python

 Working in Terminal mode


 Working using IDLE
 Python character set is UTF (Unicode Transformation Format) 8
 Token in python are:
 Line termination
 Indent – leading spaces / tab
 Identifiers
 Keywords
 Literals
 Operators
 Delimiters (line termination, indent, ( ), [ ], { }, ,, : , ; )
List of keywords
False class finally
is return None
continue for lambda
try True def
from nonlocal while
and del global
not with as
elif if or
yield assert else
import pass break
except in raise

Data Types
 Integer (decimal, binary, octal, hexadecimal)
❖ Maximum and minimum possible value is not restricted.
❖ Integer value without prefix is decimal value.

 Float
❖ Maximum and minimum value not restricted
❖ As per iEEE standard - it’s 64bit double precision value, in the form x*10 n
❖ where value of n can be in -324 to 307
❖ Python will store a value larger than 1.8e308 by indicating it as string – inf
(stands for infinity)
>>>a = 1.79e308
>>>a
float
>>>a = 1.8e309
>>>a
inf

 String
❖ Collection of characters, enclosed in ‘’ or “”.
❖ Using “” in string literal allows us to use ‘ as part of string
“he said ‘hello’ to her”
❖ \ is escape character
o Used to represent whitespace char
o Prefixing \ to special char converts it to normal char and vice versa.
o Prefixing a string literal with r / R changes interpretation of \
❖ ord() and chr() functions can be used to get UTF and character equivalent.
❖
Function Purpose Example
ord(character ) Displays the ASCII equivalent>>>ord(‘A’)
of the character 65
>>>ord(‘a’)
97
chr(integer ) Displays the character >>>chr(70)
corresponding to the UNICODE F
integer >>>chr(99+7)
j

 List
 Tuple
 Dictionary

Converting between types


Functions in Python :
int() anything to integer, provided result is valid integer value
float() anything to float, provided result is valid floating point value
str() will convert anything to string
Type method

 Python has an inbuilt method or function called type which can be used to
find out the type of variable at run-time. The syntax is :

type(constant/ variable name)

>>>a=90
>>>type(a)
int64

comments
 Used for annotation of code / script
 # is python comment character
>>>print ("Hello") #This is a simple print statement
 # character and everything beyond it in the line is ignored.
 So a comment can be part of line or may be an entire line.
 A comment running across multiple line can be written either using # infront of
each line or by enclosing it in triple quotes (‘’’ ……’’’ OR “”” …….. “””)

Continuation statement
 Explicit joining
 \ is used to join a python statement running across more than one line on
screen
 It can’t be used to continue comment or token (except for string literal)
 Implicit joining
 Expressions contained in (), [] or {} can be written across lines, without
using \.

Variables / identifiers
attaching name to value
 Python is case sensitive
 Rules for creating an identifier are :
▪ should start with a letter or underscore
▪ Can have any number of letter, digit or underscore
▪ Should not be keyword
 Whenever a user defined identifier is encountered in the code,
python substitute it’s attached value at that place.
 No need to declare a variable, they get created with first definition.
 Variable in Python, denotes memory space, which holds reference
of the actual value.
 A value can have more than one referencing variable.
Invalid identifier Reason
Admit card space
45lane starting with digit
All*gotit special character
d+f + not allowed
while keyword

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