Python 101
A beginners guide to getting started with python programming.
Installation instructions
We will be using Python 3.5 for the workshop.
Ubuntu
If you are using ubuntu, python will be installed by default. With Ubuntu 14.04, you will get python 3.4
.
Lets install python 3.5
.
Open a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T
.
Execute the following commands.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3.5
Type python3.5
and press enter, you should see something like this
$ python3.5
Python 3.5.0 (default, Sep 17 2015, 00:00:00)
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Mac
-
To install any developer tools in OS X, XCode Command Line Tools are mandatory.
-
brew is extremely popular package manager in OS X.
brew
is similar toapt-get
oryum
in GNU/Linux operating system. -
brew update && brew install python3
. This will install latest Python version ie. Python 3.5. -
Type
python3.5
in terminal or shell.
➜ ~ python3.5
Python 3.5.0 (default, Sep 23 2015, 04:42:00)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 7.0.0 (clang-700.0.72)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
- If you don't like to use any package manager, download official python package.
Windows
If you are using windows, go to python downloads page and download python executable file.
Once it is downloaded, double click on it to install python.
Press Windows + R
to open Run
. Type python
and press enter which opens up a python interpreter like this.
Open python idle and run
import os
import sys
print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
If cmd
is not able to find python, then set PATH
variable.
My computer -> Properties -> Advanced settingss -> Env variables -> New
PATH
Also include Scripts
folder.
Content
Demo
Simple python projects that can be done in few minutes to few hours.
- Tetris game
- Weather widget
- Django admin
- Auto download subtitles for movies
Using the Python Interpreter
Calculator
Mathematical operator works similar to other languages.
>>> 2 + 2
4
>>> 50 - 5*6
20
>>> (50 - 5*6) / 4
5.0
>>> 8 / 5 # division always returns a floating point number
1.6
>>> 12 ** 2
144
>>> 2 ** 3
8
/
always returns a float.//
can be used to discard the fractional part%
can be used to calculate the remainder**
is used to calculate powers=
is used to assign a value to a variable
Quiz
What is simple and compound interest for 50,000 Rs at 8 % per annum for 10 years?
Variable assignment:
>>> a = 12
>>> b = 14
>>> a + b
26
>>> c = a + b
>>> c
26
In interactive mode the last printed expression is assigned to a variable named _
You don't need to define the type of variable before hand.
In [2]: a = 'hello'
In [3]: a
Out[3]: 'hello'
In [4]: a = 1
In [5]: a
Out[5]: 1
Quiz
Swap 2 variables with and without temporary variable
Strings
- Strings can be enclosed in single quotes (
'...'
)or double quotes("..."
). \
Can be used for escaped characters- We can use a combination of single quotes and double quotes to avoid use of
\
before escaped character
>>> 'This is BangPypers'
'This is BangPypers'
>>> "Hari don't know why"
"Hari don't know why"
print()
function omits the enclosing quotes.
>>> print("Hari loves python")
Hari loves python
- If you want to print the string as it is without interpreting prefaced
\
as a special character then use raw strings
>>> print('home\abc')
homebc
>>> print(r'home\abc')
home\abc
- If string is too long use triple quotes,
("""...""" or '''...''')
>>> print(""" Python is very easy
... I am learning python
... It is a beautiful language """)
Python is very easy
I am learning python
It is a beautiful language
>>>
- Strings can be concatenated using
+
and repeated with*
>>> "p" + "y" * 5 + "thon"
'pyyyyython'
- Two or more string literals, next to each other are automatically concatenated.
- To concatenate a string literal and a string variable we must use
+
>>> "hello" "world"
'helloworld'
>>> var = "abc"
>>> var + "def"
'abcdef'
>>> var "def" # This will give syntax error
File "<stdin>", line 1
var "def"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
String Indexing
- First character of a string has index 0
- Character is a string of size 1
- If index is a negative number, it starts counting form the right
- Negative indices start form -1
>>> word = "This is Python Bangpypers"
>>> word[0] # Indexing starts from 0
'T'
>>> word[1]
'h'
>>> word[5]
'i'
>>> word[12]
'o'
>>> word[-1] # -ve indexing starts form -1 and it points to last character
's'
>>> word[-2]
'r'
>>> word[-5]
'y'
>>>
String Slicing
- To obtain substring we use word slicing
- In
word[2:10]
, character at index2
is included and at index10
is excluded - Slices have default indices. An omitted first index defaults to
0
and omitted 2nd index defaults to size of the string
>>> word[15:-1] # -ve index also works in slicing
'Bangpyper'
>>> word[15:] # last index defaults to length of the string
'Bangpypers'
>>> word[1:]
'his is Python Bangpypers'
>>> word[:] # First index defaults to 0
'This is Python Bangpypers'
>>> word[0:5]
'This '
- Python strings are immutable
>>> word[5] = 'a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
String Methods
capitalize()
: Return a copy of the string with its first character capitalized and the rest lowercasedcenter(width[, fillchar])
: Return centered in a string of length widthcount(sub[, start[, end]])
: Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring sub in the range [start, end]find(sub[, start[, end]])
: Return the lowest index in the string where substring sub is foundformat()
: Returns a copy of the string where each replacement field is replaced with the string value of the corresponding argument.
>>> "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)
'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'
isalnum()
: Returns true if the string is alphanumericisalpha()
,isdecimal()
,isdigit()
, orisnumeric()
join()
: Return a string which is the concatenation of the strings, passed as argument in join.
#!/usr/bin/python
s = "-";
seq = ("a", "b", "c"); # This is sequence of strings.
print s.join( seq )
split
: The method split() returns a list of all the words in the string, using str as the separator optionally limiting the number of splits to num.
#!/usr/bin/python
str = "Line1-abcdef \nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd";
print str.split( )
print str.split(' ', 1 )
output:
['Line1-abcdef', 'Line2-abc', 'Line4-abcd']
['Line1-abcdef', '\nLine2-abc \nLine4-abcd']
- There are many other predefined methods for strings, see here
String Formating printf-style
See the examples below
>>> print("My name is %s, I am %d yrs old" %("rajiv", 15)) # As tuples
My name is rajiv, I am 15 yrs old
>>> print('%(language)s has %(number)03d quote types.' % # As dictionary
... {'language': "Python", "number": 2})
Python has 002 quote types.
in and len()
len(str)
: This will return the length of the string,str
"abc" in str
: Will returntrue
if "abc" is substring ofstr
str
is a string variable
Quiz
Check if given word is a polindrome?
Data Structures
Lists
- Comma separated values between square brackets
- Lists can also be indexed and sliced
- List also support concatenation by
+
- Lists are mutable
- To add items at the end of the list use
append()
>>> list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> list
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> list[0] # indexing returns the item
1
>>> list[4] # indexing returns the item
5
>>> list[-1] # indexing returns the item
6
>>> list[2:] # Slicing returns a new list
[3, 4, 5, 6]
>>> list + [12, 13, 14] # list support concatenation
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14]
>>> list[4] = 1000 # lists are mutable
>>> list
[1, 2, 3, 4, 1000, 6]
>>> list.append("Bangalore") # Will append bangalore at the end of the list
>>> list
[1, 2, 3, 4, 1000, 6, 'Bangalore']
>>> list[2:4] = ["Python"] # Slices can also be initialized
>>> list
[1, 2, 'Python', 1000, 6, 'Bangalore']
>>> len(list) # length of list can be found using len
6
>>> ### Nesting of list
...
>>>
>>> a = [1, 2, 3]
>>> b = ["m", "n", "o"]
>>> nlist = [a, b]
>>> nlist
[[1, 2, 3], ['m', 'n', 'o']]
>>> nlist[0]
[1, 2, 3]
>>> nlist[1]
['m', 'n', 'o']
>>> nlist[1][0]
'm'
>>> nlist[0][2]
3
List Methods
- list.append(x): Add an item,
x
to the end of thelist
- list.extend(L): Append the list,
L
tolist
- list.insert(i, x): Insert item,
x
at index,i
in the givenlist
- list.remove(x): Remove item,
x
from thelist
- list.pop(i): remove an item at ith position from the list and return that value. If no index given it returns the last item.
- list.clear(): removes all items form the list
- list.index(x): index of item,
x
in the list - list.count(x): returns the number of times item,
x
appears in the list - list.reverse(): reverse the elements in the list in place
- list.copy(): returns a copy of the list
- list.sort(reverse=false): sort the list in ascending order if
reverse
is false and vice versa
del
statement
The >>> a = [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5]
>>> del a[0] # delete an item at ith index
>>> a
[1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5]
>>> del a[2:4] # delete sublist
>>> a
[1, 66.25, 1234.5]
>>> del a[:] # delete whole list
>>> a
[]
>>> del a # delete the entire variable
Quiz:
numbers = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Replace all even numbers with 0
.
Tuples
- All tuples are enclosed in paranthesis, to support nested tuples
- But input may or may not be surrounded by parenthesis
- Tuples are immutable
- But they can contain mutable objects, i.e. lists
- Empty tuples are created by empty pair of parenthesis
- Singleton tuples are created by having tuple value followed by a comma.
t = 12345, 54321, 'hello!'
is calledtuple packing
- the reverse is
tuple unpacking
i.e.x, y, z = t
.
>>> t = 12345, 54321, 'hello!'
>>> t[0]
12345
>>> t
(12345, 54321, 'hello!')
>>> # Tuples may be nested:
... u = t, (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
>>> u
((12345, 54321, 'hello!'), (1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
>>> # Tuples are immutable:
... t[0] = 88888
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment
>>> # but they can contain mutable objects:
... v = ([1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 1])
>>> v
([1, 2, 3], [3, 2, 1])
>>> empty = ()
>>> singleton = 'hello',
>>> len(empty)
0
>>> len(singleton)
1
>>> singleton
('hello',)
Sets
Please the examples below
>>> basket = {'apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'}
>>> print(basket) # show that duplicates have been removed
{'orange', 'banana', 'pear', 'apple'}
>>> 'orange' in basket # fast membership testing
True
>>> 'crabgrass' in basket
False
>>> # Demonstrate set operations on unique letters from two words
...
>>> a = set('abracadabra')
>>> b = set('alacazam')
>>> a # unique letters in a
{'a', 'r', 'b', 'c', 'd'}
>>> a - b # letters in a but not in b
{'r', 'd', 'b'}
>>> a | b # letters in either a or b
{'a', 'c', 'r', 'd', 'b', 'm', 'z', 'l'}
>>> a & b # letters in both a and b
{'a', 'c'}
>>> a ^ b # letters in a or b but not both
{'r', 'd', 'b', 'm', 'z', 'l'}
Quiz
In [23]: A = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 }
In [24]: B = { 1, -2, 3, 4, 5, 6 }
In [25]: C = { 2, 4, 6, 7 }
Proove venn associative property with python A u (B n C) = (A u B) n (A u C)
>>> numbers = [1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 1, 2, 5]
Remove duplicate elements from a list?
Dictionaries
- Called associative arrays in other languages
- They are indexed by user defined keys
- Keys are immutable
- Keys can only be strings and numbers
- Tuples can also be used as keys if they contain only strings and numbers
- Any mutable object cannot be used as a key, e.g lists, slices etc
- Dictionaries can be defined as unorderd set of "key, value" pairs
- it is possible to delete a "key, value" pair using del key
list(d.keys())
returns the list of keys of dictionaryd
sorted(d.keys())
to get the keys in sorted order- to check if
key
is present in dictionary we can usein
keyword
Some examples
>>> score = {'harry': 75, 'snape': 97}
>>> score['ron'] = 50
>>> score
{'snape': 97, 'ron': 50, 'harry': 75}
>>> score['harry']
75
>>> del score['snape']
>>> score['voldemort'] = 60
>>> score
{'ron': 50, 'voldemort': 60, 'harry': 75}
>>> list(score.keys())
['voldemort', 'ron', 'harry']
>>> sorted(score.keys())
['ron', 'voldemort', 'harry']
>>> 'ron' in score
True
>>> 'harry' not in score
False
The dict() constructor
- used to build dictionary form a sequence of "key, value" pairs
- It can also be done by specifying pairs using keyword arguments
>>> dict([('sape', 4139), ('guido', 4127), ('jack', 4098)])
{'sape': 4139, 'jack': 4098, 'guido': 4127}
>>> dict(sape=4139, guido=4127, jack=4098)
{'sape': 4139, 'jack': 4098, 'guido': 4127}
Quiz
>>> data = {'bengaluru': '560029', 'moodbidri': '574227', 'mangaluru': '575001'}
Swap keys and values in a dictionary
Control Flow Tools
if Statement
See the example below
>>> # Program to find if number is multiple of 2 or 3
...
>>> x = int(input("Please enter an integer number: "))
Please enter an integer number: 56
>>> if x%2 == 0:
... print("x is a multiple of 2")
... elif x%3 == 0:
... print("x is a multiple of 3")
... else:
... print("x is not a multiple of 2 or 3")
...
x is a multiple of 2
Note
- There can be zero or more
elif
block andelse
block is optional
while loop
Lets see this with the help of an example
>>> # first n Fibbonaci numbers
>>> n = 20 # single assignment
>>> a, b = 0, 1 # multi assignment
>>> while n > 0:
... print(a)
... a, b, n = b, a+b, n-1 # multi assignment
...
0
1
1
2
3
5
8
13
21
#deleting the rest.
To Note here apart form syntax of while
- we can assign variables in the same line as shown in above example
print
is printing each output in different lines
Conditions in python
- any non-zero integer value evaluates to
true
and zero isfalse
- condition can also be a string or list value (anything with non-zero length is
true
) - Empty list, string or any sequence is false
- standard comparison operators are:
<, >, ==, <=, >=, and !=
More about print statement
- you can print any number of values using print statement followed by end of line
>>> a, b = 10, 12
>>> print("value of a is: ", a, "value of b is: ", b)
value of a is: 10 value of b is: 12
- To avoid end of line use the keyword argument
end
.
>>> a, b = 0, 1
>>> while b < 1000:
... print(a, end=',')
... a, b = b, a+b
...
0, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377,610,987,
for Statements
See the example below to understand about for
statement in python
>>> ## To capitalize each statement in a string
... stringList = ["ravi got his pocket money.",
"he decided to buy an ice cream.",
"he ran to the ice ream shop, but in hurry he forgot the money",
"ravi came back home and kept the money in his piggy bank"]
>>> for str in stringList:
... print(str.capitalize())
...
Ravi got his pocket money.
He decided to buy an ice cream.
He ran to the ice cream shop, but in hurry he forgot the money
Ravi came back home and kept the money in his piggy bank
- If the sequence itself needs to be modified while looping then its recommended to create a copy of same sequence using slice.
>>> for w in words[:]: # Loop over a slice copy of the entire list.
... if len(w) > 6:
... words.insert(0, w)
...
>>> words
['defenestrate', 'cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
Looping over integers
- Use
range()
function range()
can be used in three waysrange(n)
: will contain numbers form0
throughn-1
range(x, y)
: will start fromx
and end aty - 1
range(x, y, z)
: will start atx
and continue asx + z
,x + 2z
untilx + kz
is less thany
range(5, 10)
5 through 9
range(0, 10, 3)
0, 3, 6, 9
range(-10, -100, -30)
-10, -40, -70
To iterate over indices of a sequence
>>> a = ['Mary', 'had', 'a', 'little', 'lamb']
>>> for i in range(len(a)):
... print(i, a[i])
...
0 Mary
1 had
2 a
3 little
4 lamb
To iterate over dictionary
>>> knights = {'gallahad': 'the pure', 'robin': 'the brave'}
>>> for k, v in knights.items():
... print(k, v)
...
gallahad the pure
robin the brave
>>> for i, v in enumerate(['tic', 'tac', 'toe']):
... print(i, v)
...
0 tic
1 tac
2 toe
>>> for i in reversed(range(1, 10, 2)):
... print(i)
...
9
7
5
3
1
- To convert
range
into a list uselist(range(5))
input()
- Input is taken as a raw string which is then typecasted into its respective type.
break
continue
and else
pythons break
: breaks out of the loopcontinue
: continues with the next iteration of the loopelse
: It is executed when loop terminates through exhaution of the list (in case offor
) or when loops condition becomes false (in case ofwhile
)
>>> for n in range(2, 10):
... for x in range(2, n):
... if n % x == 0:
... print(n, 'equals', x, '*', n//x)
... break
... else:
... # loop fell through without finding a factor
... print(n, 'is a prime number')
...
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
7 is a prime number
8 equals 2 * 4
9 equals 3 * 3
pass
statement
The - It does nothing
>>> if True:
... pass
>>>
Functions
Defining functions
Keyword def
is used to create new function.
>>> def sum_n(n):
... """ Prints sum of n natural numbers. """
... print(n * (n + 1) / 2)
...
def
is followed by function name sum_n
, followed by arguements in parens n
.
Statements followed by definition form body of function and they should be indented properly.
It can also have doc string to summarize what a function does. This is optional.
You can check whether an object is a function.
>>> type(sum_n)
<class 'function'>
Calling a function with approriate arguements executes the function.
>>> sum_n()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: sum_n() missing 1 required positional argument: 'n'
>>> sum_n(5)
15.0
Functions are objects. They can be passed around just like variables.
>>> add_n = sum_n
>>> add_n(5)
15.0
Return statement
Every function returns some value.
If user doesn't return any value, None
will be returned.
>>> x = sum_n(5)
15.0
>>> print(x)
None
Values can be returned from function using return
statement.
We can modify previous function to return value instead of printing it.
>>> def sum_n(n):
... """ Returns sum of n natural numbers. """
... return (n * (n + 1) / 2)
...
>>> x = sum_n(5)
>>> print(x)
15.0
Function arguments
Arguements can be either positional or keyword.
>>> def power(base, exponent):
... return pow(base, exponent)
...
>>> power(2, 3)
8
>>> power(base=2, exponent=3)
8
Keyword arguements can be passed in any order.
>>> power(exponent=3, base=2)
8
>>> power(base=2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: power() missing 1 required positional argument: 'exponent'
We can assign default values to arguements to make them optional.
>>> def power(base, exponent=1):
... return pow(base, exponent)
...
>>> power(2)
2
>>> power(2, 3)
8
>>> power(exponent=3, base=2)
8
Builtin functions
Python has some builtin functions which are always available.
>>> help()
>>> print('python')
python
>>> score = [45, 67, 89, -12]
>>> sum(score)
189
>>> len(score)
4
>>> max(score)
89
>>> min(score)
-12
>>> range(5)
range(0, 5)
>>> list(range(5))
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> pow(3, 4)
81
Full list of functions can be found here
Lets try to understand Lambda
.
Small anonymous functions can be created with the lambda keyword
def sumof(x,y):
return x+y
Above function can also be represented using lambda
lambda x,y: x+y
Lambda functions can be used wherever function objects are required. Said that, let us try some inbuilt
functions like map, filter
As help help of map
map(func, *iterables) --> map object
|
| Make an iterator that computes the function using arguments from
| each of the iterables. Stops when the shortest iterable is exhausted.
we either can define a function first and then pass it as first param, or use lambda instead.
map(sumof, [1,2,3], [4,5,6])
or
map(lambda x,y: x+y, [1,2,3], [4,5,6])
File handling
Files can read/write using open
function.
You should pass filename(string) as argument.
You can also pass mode('r'
, 'w'
), which is optional.
>>> f = open('data.txt')
>>> f
<open file 'data.txt', mode 'r' at 0x7fd3513d54b0>
>>> f = open('data.txt')
>>> for line in f:
... print(line)
...
If you are reading this using python,
You are on your way to become awesome python programmer.
Now that you have read the file,
try writing some text into a file.
>>>
Lets create and write something into a file.
>>> f = open('story.txt')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'story.txt'
>>> f = open('story.txt', 'w')
>>> f.write('Once there lived a python programmer.')
>>> f.write('foo bar baz.')
>>> f.write('more foo')
>>> f.close()
Classes
A class is a specification (think of it as a blueprint or pattern and a set of instructions) of how to provide some service. Engineers and construction and factory workers use blueprints to build cars, buildings, bridges, virtually anything. Tailors, seamsters, printers use patterns to make the clothes we wear, books we read. Chefs follow recipes to put together meals.
>>> class Maths:
def sumof(self, x, y):
return x+y
def mulof(self, x, y):
return x*y
>>> obj = Maths()
>>> obj.sumof(3,4)
7
>>> obj.mulof(3,4)
12
Common mistakes while coding during initial days
>>> class Maths:
def sumof(x, y):
return x+y
def mulof(x, y):
return x*y
>>> obj = Maths()
>>> obj.sumof(3,4)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#49>", line 1, in <module>
obj.sumof(3,4)
TypeError: sumof() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given
Below example from taken from http://anandology.com/python-practice-book/object_oriented_programming.html#classes-and-objects
class BankAccount:
def __init__(self):
self.balance = 0
def withdraw(self, amount):
self.balance -= amount
return self.balance
def deposit(self, amount):
self.balance += amount
return self.balance
>>> a = BankAccount()
>>> b = BankAccount()
>>> a.deposit(100)
100
>>> b.deposit(50)
50
>>> b.withdraw(10)
40
>>> a.withdraw(10)
90
class BankAccount:
def __init__(self, initial_balance=0):
self.balance = initial_balance
def withdraw(self, amount):
self.balance -= amount
return self.balance
def deposit(self, amount):
self.balance += amount
return self.balance
>>> obj = BankAccount(200)
>>> obj.balance
200
>>> obj.withdraw(50)
150
>>> obj.deposit(150)
300
Use docstring while writing code, that can be used to create documentation or while doing help to the object
>>> class BankAccount:
"""This class can be used to get the bank account details
and also to do transaction.
"""
def __init__(self, initial_balance=0):
"""Account holder can open their account with certail
Initial balance, otherwise initial balace will be 0
"""
self.balance = initial_balance
def withdraw(self, amount):
"""This function can be used to withdraw amount from
your account.
"""
self.balance -= amount
return self.balance
def deposit(self, amount):
"""This function can be used to deposit amount into
your account.
"""
self.balance += amount
return self.balance
>>> help(BankAccount)
Help on class BankAccount in module __main__:
class BankAccount(builtins.object)
| This class can be used to get the bank account details
| and also to do transaction.
|
| Methods defined here:
|
| __init__(self, initial_balance=0)
| Account holder can open their account with certail
| Initial balance, otherwise initial balace will be 0
|
| deposit(self, amount)
| This function can be used to deposit amount into
| your account.
|
| withdraw(self, amount)
| This function can be used to withdraw amount from
| your account.
Inheritance
A language feature would not be worthy of the name “class” without supporting inheritance. The syntax for a derived class definition looks like this:
class DerivedClassName(BaseClassName):
<statement-1>
.
.
.
<statement-N>
Example
>> class Alto:
def price(self):
return '3L INR'
def power(self):
return '800cc'
def maker(self):
return 'Maruti'
>>> obj = Alto()
>>> obj.maker()
'Maruti'
>>> obj.power()
'800cc'
>>>
>>>
>>> class Swift(Alto):
def new_features(self):
return 'airbag, bluetooth'
>>> sw_obj = Swift()
>>> sw_obj.maker()
'Maruti'
>>> sw_obj.power()
'800cc'
>>> sw_obj.new_features()
'airbag, bluetooth'
>>>
>>> class Swift_newgen(Swift):
def price(self):
return '5L INR'
def power(self):
return '1200cc'
>>> ng_obj = Swift_newgen()
>>> ng_obj.price()
'5L INR'
>>> ng_obj.power()
'1200cc'
>>> ng_obj.maker()
'Maruti'
>>>
Note: Some of the examples in this tutorial are taken form official documentation/tutorial of python3. [See here] https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
Argument Passing
The python script name and additional arguments thereafter are turned into a list of string and assigned into argv variable in sys module.
- When no script and no argument:
sys.argv[0]
is an empty string - When script name is given as -:
sys.argv[0]
is set to "-" - When
-c
or-m
command is used:sys.argv[0]
is set to-c
or-m
respectively
python -c 'print(hello world)'
Here -c
stands for a python command
Anything written after -c
must be a valid python command
python -m pdb python-101.py
-m
stands for module
pdb
stands for python debugger
python-101.py
is a file containing the python code
python -i python-101.py
-i
means, python will run the program, python-101.py
and dump you into
interactive interpreter
It helps in monitoring the variables at the end of the program.
To enter directly into python interpreter just type:
python
Another way using python interpreter: Create a file named foo.py
The content of the file foo.py:
#!/usr/bin/env python
print("This is python-101")
There are two ways to run this file:
python foo.py
- Make it executable
chmod +x foo.py
and run the executable./foo.py
Modules
Standard library
sys
import sys
sys.platform
sys.path
os
import os
os.listdir('.')
os.path.getsize('index.html')
collections
python -m http.server
Django admin portal
install django
python -m pip install django
django-admin startproject library
django-admin startapp books
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py runserver
Resources
People
Find other Python developers near you and get real time help from them. Python mailing lists
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Books
Courses
https://www.edx.org/course/subject/computer-science/python
https://www.coursera.org/learn/python
https://www.edx.org/course/subject/computer-science/python
Material
https://github.com/ChillarAnand/python-101