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Introduction to Python

Introduction to Python. Lesson 2a Print and Types. Learning Outcomes. In this lesson the students will: Print a message that contains text, numbers and calculations Create variables with proper names Perform calculations using addition, subtraction and multiplication.

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Introduction to Python

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  1. Introduction to Python Lesson 2a Print and Types

  2. Learning Outcomes • In this lesson the students will: • Print a message that contains text, numbers and calculations • Create variables with proper names • Perform calculations using addition, subtraction and multiplication

  3. More on printing: print() • print() can print text in quotes, numbers and calculations separated by commas • For example: print(“1+2 = ”, 1+2) 1+2 = 3

  4. Variables and values • A variable is a named piece of memory that stores a value • To create a variable in Python: • write the name of the variable and assign it a value num_1 = 10 = means assignment (store the value on the right in the variable on the left)

  5. Example • So what if I wanted to create another variable to store the value 7 and print it to the screen? • Let’s do it in IDLE together

  6. Sample code num_1=7 print(num_1)# Easy print example print(“The value is ”, num_1) # better example

  7. Naming variables • Must begin with a letter (a - z, A - Z) or underscore (_) • Remaining characters can be letters, numbers or _ • Case Sensitive • Can be any (reasonable) length • Can’t be a keyword • The following is recommended: • Always start a variable name with a lowercase letter. • Use underscores to separate words. • Use meaningful names

  8. Valid names • My_var • my_var • $_123 • number! • thisIsAVARiableDoYOuLikeIT • print

  9. Kinds of values • Python allows us to store different types of values (data types or classes). For example: • Integers: whole numbers e.g. 5, 899, 12 • Strings: A stringis a sequence of one or more characters. • Strings start and end with quote " or apostrophe ' characters. name = "Hello"str1= "This is a string"str2 ="This is a really reallyreally long string!"

  10. Example • Write a program that creates two Strings. The first String should store your first name and the second string should store your surname. Print your full name to the screen on a single line. • Write a program that has two integer variables, one with the value 100 and the other with the value 15. Print out the values in the variables.

  11. Sample Code first_name = “John” surname=“Doe” print(first_name, surname) ____________________________________________ num_1 = 100 num_2 = 15 print(num_1, num_2)# better with a message

  12. Operations and Expressions

  13. Example • Write a program that creates two integer variables, gives them values and then prints the sum of the variables to the screen.

  14. Sample Code num_1 = 10 num_2 = 20 print(num_1,“+”, num_2, “=”, num_1+num_2)

  15. Lesson Review • In this lesson …

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