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Python Lecture 2-Python-Basics

The document provides an overview of Python programming basics, covering syntax, semantics, debugging, and data types such as integers, floats, strings, and booleans. It discusses operators, assignment, comparison operators, conditionals, and user input. A sample program is included to illustrate the concepts presented.

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Python Lecture 2-Python-Basics

The document provides an overview of Python programming basics, covering syntax, semantics, debugging, and data types such as integers, floats, strings, and booleans. It discusses operators, assignment, comparison operators, conditionals, and user input. A sample program is included to illustrate the concepts presented.

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Python: Some Basics

Syntax and Semantics

• Syntax
Rules of the programming language
a=5+4
print a
print (a) (syntactically correct)
• Semantics
Meaning or the logic of the program
Above the program adds two values and prints, if it were
to multiply then semantics is wrong.
• Debugging
Correcting the syntax and semantics
Python

• A high level programming language


• Interpreted
• Two modes of operations
Interactive
Script
Variables and Constants

• Variables
– Can hold any value
– a, x2, myname, ..
• Constant
– Hold a fixed value
– 5, 1.5, ‘hello’
Data (Object) Types

• int
– Integer valued numbers
• float
– Floating point numbers
• str
– Characters, string
• bool
– {true, false}
Data (Object) Types

• >>>> a=3
• >>>> type(a)
• >>>> <type, ‘int’>
• Indicates that the type is ‘int’
• >>>> float(a)
– will convert a into floating point
Operators
• >>>> 2+3
• >>>> 5
• >>>> 5 * 7
• >>>> 35
• >>>> 8/5
• >>>> 1.6
• >>>> 8%5
• >>>> 3
• >>>>2**3
• >>>>8
Operators
Operators
• Precedence order
• **
• *
• /
• + and -
• Use of brackets
• >>>>(5*6)+(4/2)
Assignment
• >>>> n = 2+3
• >>>> print (n)
• >>>> 5
• >>>> a = 2
• >>>> b =3
• >>>> c = a + b
• >>>> print (c)
• >>>> 5
Comparison Operators
• >, <, <=, >=, ==, !=
• Return ‘True’ or ‘False’
• >>>> a=4
• >>>> a == 4
• >>>> True
Conditionals
• Defined over Boolean variables
• if <condition> :
• <code>
• else :
• <code>

Indentation is important
Input
• >>>> n = input(‘Please input a number:’)
• Please input a number:5
• >>>> print (n)
• >>>> ‘5’
• >>>>n = int (input(‘Please input a number:’))
• Please input a number:5
• >>>>print (n)
• >>>> 5
Sample program
a=int(input('Please input a number:'))
print(a)
if (a==5):
print('a is equal to 5')
else:
print('a is not equal to 5')

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