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LECTURE 5 Cheat Sheet Python

This document provides a cheat sheet on beginner Python concepts including variables, strings, lists, tuples, if/else statements, user input, and while loops. It defines key terms like variables, strings, lists, tuples, and ranges. It provides syntax examples for printing, concatenating strings, accessing/modifying lists, conditional tests, prompting for user input, and using while loops. The cheat sheet is a concise reference for Python fundamentals.

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LECTURE 5 Cheat Sheet Python

This document provides a cheat sheet on beginner Python concepts including variables, strings, lists, tuples, if/else statements, user input, and while loops. It defines key terms like variables, strings, lists, tuples, and ranges. It provides syntax examples for printing, concatenating strings, accessing/modifying lists, conditional tests, prompting for user input, and using while loops. The cheat sheet is a concise reference for Python fundamentals.

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BEGINNER’S

PYTHON CHEAT
SHEET
VARIABLE AND STRINGS
• Variables are used to store values. A string is a series of characters, surrounded by single or double quotes.

Hello World! Hello World! (w/ a variable)


Syntax: msg = “Hello World!”
Syntax: print (“Hello World!) print (msg)

Concatenation (combining strings)


Syntax: first_name = “Albert”
last_name = “Einstein”
full_name = first_name + ‘ ‘ + last_name
LIST
• A list stores a series of items in a particular order.You access items using an index, or within a loop.

Make a list
Syntax: Bikes = [“trek” , “redline” , “giant” ]
Get the first item in a list
Syntax: first_bike = bike[0]
Get the last item in a list
Syntax: first_bike = bike[-1]
LIST (CONT…) Making a numerical list
Syntax: squares = []
Looping through a list for x in range (1, 11):
Syntax: for bike in bikes:
print (bike)
squares.append(x**2)
List comprehensions
Syntax: squares = [x**2 for x in range (1,11)
Adding items to a list
Syntax: bikes = [] Slicing a list
bikes.append (“trek”) Syntax: finisher = [“sam”, “bob”, “ada”, “bea”]
bikes.append (“redline”) first_two = finisher [:2]
bikes.append (“giant”)
Copying a list
Syntax: copy_of_bikes = bike[:]
THE RANGE() FUNCTION
• You can use the range() function to work with a set of numbers efficiently.The range() function starts at 0
by default, and stops one number below the number passed to it.You can use the list() function to
efficiently generate a large list of numbers.

Printing the nos. 0 to 1000 Printing the nos. 1 to 1000


Syntax: for number in range (1001): Syntax: for number in range (1, 1001):
print (number) print (number)

Making a list of number from 1 to a mil.


Syntax: numbers = list(range(1, 1000001))
LIST METHODS

• list.append(elem) -- adds a single element to the end of the list. Common error: does not return the new list, just
modifies the original.
• list.insert(index, elem) -- inserts the element at the given index, shifting elements to the right.
• list.extend(list2) adds the elements in list2 to the end of the list. Using + or += on a list is similar to using extend().
• list.index(elem) -- searches for the given element from the start of the list and returns its index. Throws a ValueError if
the element does not appear (use "in" to check without a ValueError).
• list.remove(elem) -- searches for the first instance of the given element and removes it (throws ValueError if not
present)
• list.sort() -- sorts the list in place (does not return it). (The sorted() function shown later is preferred.)
• list.reverse() -- reverses the list in place (does not return it)
• list.pop(index) -- removes and returns the element at the given index. Returns the rightmost element if index is
omitted (roughly the opposite of append()).
LIST LENGTH
• The len() function returns the number of items in a list.

Find the length of a list


Syntax: word = “Hello”
length_word = len(word)
TUPLES
• Tuples are similar to lists, but the items in a tuple can't be modified.
Making a tuple
Syntax: dimensions = (1920, 1080)
IF STATEMENTS
• If statements are used to test for particular conditions and respond appropriately.

Conditional tests
Conditional test with List
Equals x == 42
Not equal x != 42 Syntax: “trek” in bikes
Greater than x > 42
“surly” not in bikes
Greater than or equal to x >=42
Less than x < 42
Assigning Boolean values
Less than or equal to x <= 42
Syntax: game_active = True
can_edit = False
IF STATEMENTS (CONT…)
A simple if test
Syntax: if age > 18:
print(“ You can vote!”)
If-elif-else statment
Syntax: if age < 4:
ticket_price = 0
elif age < 18:
ticket_price = 10
else:
ticket_price = 15
USER INPUT
• Your programs can prompt the user for input

Prompting for a value


Syntax: name = raw_input(“What’s your name?”)
print (Hello,” + name + “!”)

Prompting for Numerical Input


Syntax: age = raw_input(“How old are you?”)
age = int(age)

pi = raw_input(“What’s the value of pi?”)


pi = float(age)
WHILE LOOPS
• A while loop repeats a block of code as long as a condition is True.

Counting to 5
Syntax: current_number = 1
while current_number <= 5:
print (current_number)
current_number += 1

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