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authorShantanu Choudhary2010-04-27 14:37:48 +0530
committerShantanu Choudhary2010-04-27 14:37:48 +0530
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@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@
look at how to do elementary string manipulation, and simple input
and output operations.
- In this tuotrial we shall use concepts of writing python scripts and basics of lists that have been covered in previous session
+ In this tuotrial we shall use concepts of writing python scripts and
+ basics of lists that have been covered in previous session
Lets get started by opening ipython interpreter.
We shall create some
a string by typing
a = open single quote 'This is a string' close single quote
- print a
- a contains the string
+ print a
+ a contains the string
we can check for datatype of a by using type(a) and shows it is 'str'
consider the case when string contains single quote.
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@
so when you do
c = '''Iam also a string'''
print c
- and c is also string variable
+ and c is also string variable
and even
d = """And one more."""
print d
- d is also a string
+ d is also a string
These strings enclosed in triple quotes are special type of strings, called docstrings, and they shall
be discussed in detail along with functions
@@ -154,12 +155,12 @@
raw_input takes input only as a string
we cannot do mathematical operations on it
- but we can use type conversion similar to that shown in previous tutorial
+ but we can use type conversion similar to that shown in previous tutorial
b = int(a)
a has now been converted to an integer and stored in b
type(b) gives int
- b can be used here for mathematical operations.
+ b can be used here for mathematical operations.
For console output, we have been using print which is pretty straightforward.
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@
Note the difference in the output.
- The comma adds a space at the end of the line, instead
+ The comma adds a space at the end of the line, instead
of a new line character that is normally added.
Before we wind up, a couple of miscellaneous things.
@@ -192,9 +193,9 @@
a = 1 and here a is integer
lets store a float value in a by doing
- a = 1.1
- and print a
- now a is float
+ a = 1.1
+ and print a
+ now a is float
a = "Now I am a string!"
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