PythonAnIntroduction

Arulalan.T
[email protected]
CentreforAtmosphericScience
IndianInstituteofTechnologyDelhi

PythonisaProgrammingLanguage

Therearesomany

ProgrammingLanguages.

WhyPython

Pythonissimpleandbeautiful

PythonisEasytoLearn

PythonisFreeOpenSourceSoftware

Can Do

TextHandling

Games

SystemAdministration

NLP

GUIprogramming

WebApplications

...

DatabaseApps

ScientificApplications

Hi s t o r y

GuidovanRossum
FatherofPython
1991

PerlJavaPythonRubyPHP

1987199119931995

What is

Python?

Python is...

A dynamic,open source programming

QuickandEasy
IntrepretedScriptingLanguage
Variabledeclarationsareunnecessary
Variablesarenottyped
Syntaxissimpleandconsistent
Memorymanagementisautomatic

ObjectOrientedProgramming

Classes
Methods
Inheritance
Modules
etc.,

Examples!

printHelloWorld

NoSemicolons!

Indentation

Youhavetofollow
theIndentation
Correctly.
Otherwise,
Pythonwillbeat
you!

Discipline
Makes
Good

Variables

colored_index_cards

NoNeedtoDeclareVariableTypes!

PythonKnowsEverything!

value=10
printvalue
value=100.50
printvalue
value=ThisisString
printvalue*3

Input

name = raw_input(What

is Your name?)

print "Hello" , name , "Welcome"

Flow

if score >= 5000 :

Loop

foriinrange(1,5):
printi
else:
print'Theforloopisover'

number=23
running=True
whilerunning:
guess=int(raw_input('Enteraninteger:'))
ifguess==number:
print'Congratulations,youguessedit.'
running=False
elifguess<number:
print'No,itisalittlehigherthanthat.'
else:
print'No,itisalittlelowerthanthat.'
print'Done'

Array

List=Array

numbers=["zero","one","two","three",
"FOUR"]

List=Array
numbers=["zero","one","two","three",
"FOUR"]
numbers[0]
>>>zero
numbers[4]numbers[1]
>>>FOUR>>>FOUR
numbers[2]
>>>three

MultiDimensionList
numbers=[["zero","one"],["two","three",
"FOUR"]]
numbers[0]
>>>["zero","one"]
numbers[0][0]numbers[1][1]
>>>zero>>>FOUR
len(numbers)
>>>2

SortList

primes = [ 11, 5, 7, 2, 13, 3 ]

SortList

primes = [ 11, 5, 7, 2, 13, 3 ]

SortList

primes = [ 11, 5, 7, 2, 13, 3 ]

SortList
names = [ "Shrini", "Bala", "Suresh",
"Arul"]
names.sort()
>>> ["Arul", "Bala","Shrini","Suresh"]
names.reverse()
>>> ["Suresh","Shrini","Bala","Arul"]

MixedList
names = [ "Shrini", 10, "Arul", 75.54]
names[1]+10
>>> 20
names[2].upper()
>>> ARUL

MixedList
names = [ "Shrini", 10, "Arul", 75.54]
names[1]+10
>>> 20
names[2].upper()
>>> ARUL

AppendonList

numbers=[1,3,5,7]
numbers.append(9)
>>>[1,3,5,7,9]

Tuples
immutable

names=('Arul','Dhastha','Raj')
name.append('Selva')
Error:Cannotmodifythetuple
Tupleisimmutabletype

String

name='Arul'
name[0]
>>>'A'

myname='Arul'+'alan'
>>>'Arulalan'

split
name='Thisispythonstring'
name.split('')
>>>['This','is','python','string']
comma='Shrini,Arul,Suresh'
comma.split(',')

join
li=['a','b','c','d']
s=''
new=s.join(li)
>>>abcd
new.split('')
>>>['a','b','c','d']

'small'.upper()
>>>'SMALL'
'BIG'.lower()
>>>'big'
'mIxEd'.swapcase()
>>>'MiXwD'

Dictionary

menu = {
idly
dosai
coffee
ice_cream
100
}
menu[idly]
2.50
menu[100]
Hundred

:
:
:
:
:

2.50,
10.00,
5.00,
5.00,
Hundred

Function

defsayHello():
print'HelloWorld!'#blockbelongingoffn
#Endoffunction
sayHello()#callthefunction

defprintMax(a,b):
ifa>b:
printa,'ismaximum'
else:
printb,'ismaximum'
printMax(3,4)

UsinginbuiltModules

#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename:using_sys.py
importtime
print'Thesleepstarted'
time.sleep(3)
print'Thesleepfinished'

#!/usr/bin/python
importos
os.listdir('/home/arulalan')
os.walk('/home/arulalan')

MakingOurOwnModules

#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename:mymodule.py
defsayhi():
printHi,thisismymodulespeaking.
version='0.1'
#Endofmymodule.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename:mymodule_demo.py
importmymodule
mymodule.sayhi()
print'Version',mymodule.version

#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename:mymodule_demo2.py
frommymoduleimportsayhi,version
#Alternative:
#frommymoduleimport*
sayhi()
print'Version',version

Class

Classes
classPerson:
pass#Anemptyblock
p=Person()
printp

Classes
classPerson:
defsayHi(self):
print'Hello,howareyou?'
p=Person()
p.sayHi()

Classes
classPerson:
def__init__(self,name):
#likecontstructor
self.name=name
defsayHi(self):
print'Hello,mynameis',self.name
p=Person('Arulalan.T')
p.sayHi()

Classes

Inheritance

Classes
classA:
def hello(self):
print'Iamsuperclass'
classB(A):
defbye(self):
print'Iamsubclass'
p=B()
p.hello()
p.bye()

Classes

classA:
Var=10
def __init__(self):
self.public=100
self._protected_='protected'
self.__private__='private'
ClassB(A):
pass
p=B()

FileHandling

FileWriting

poem='''Programmingisfun
Whentheworkisdone
ifyouwannamakeyourworkalsofun:
usePython!
'''
f=file('poem.txt','w')#openfor'w'riting
f.write(poem)#writetexttofile
f.close()

FileReading

f=file('poem.txt','r')
forlineinf.readlines():
printline
f.close()

DatabaseIntergration

importpsycopg2

conn=psycopg2.connect("dbname='pg_database'
user='dbuser'host='localhost'password='dbpass'")
cur=conn.cursor()
cur.execute("""SELECT*frompg_table""")
rows=cur.fetchall()
printrows
cur.close()
conn.close()

importpsycopg2

conn=psycopg2.connect("dbname='pg_database'
user='dbuser'host='localhost'password='dbpass'")
cur=conn.cursor()
cur.execute("'insertintopg_tablevalues(1,'python')"')
conn.commit()
cur.close()
conn.close()

THEEND
ofcode:)

Howtolearn?

PythonShell

InteractivePython

InstanceResponce

Learnasyoutype

bpython
ipython

teachyouveryeasily

Pythoncancommunicate
With
Other
Languages

C
+
Python

Java
+
Python

GUI
With
Python

Glade
+
Python
+
GTK
=
GUIAPP

GLADE

UsingGlade+Python

Web

Web

WebFrameWorkinPython