% Created 2010-11-05 Fri 20:59 \documentclass[presentation]{beamer} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{fixltx2e} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{wrapfig} \usepackage{soul} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{marvosym} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{latexsym} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{hyperref} \tolerance=1000 \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{ae,aecompl} \usepackage{mathpazo,courier,euler} \usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{language=Python, basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries, commentstyle=\color{red}\itshape, stringstyle=\color{darkgreen}, showstringspaces=false, keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries} \providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \title{Getting Started -- \texttt{ipython}} \author{FOSSEE} \date{} \usetheme{Warsaw}\usecolortheme{default}\useoutertheme{infolines}\setbeamercovered{transparent} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{frame} \frametitle{Outline} \label{sec-1} \begin{itemize} \item invoke the \texttt{ipython} interpreter \item quit the \texttt{ipython} interpreter \item navigate in the history of \texttt{ipython} \item use tab-completion \item look-up documentation of functions \item interrupt incomplete or incorrect commands \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Question 1} \label{sec-2} Type \texttt{ab} and hit tab to see what happens. Next, just type \texttt{a} and hit tab to see what happens. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Solution 1} \label{sec-3} \texttt{ab} tab completes to \texttt{abs} and \texttt{a} gives us a list of all the commands starting with a. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Question 2} \label{sec-4} Look-up the documentation of \texttt{round} and see how to use it. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Solution 2} \label{sec-5} \texttt{round?} \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Question 3} \label{sec-6} Check the output of \lstset{language=Python} \begin{lstlisting} round(2.48) round(2.48, 1) round(2.48, 2) round(2.484) round(2.484, 1) round(2.484, 2) \end{lstlisting} Look-up the documentation of \texttt{round} and see how to use it. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Solution 3} \label{sec-7} We get 2.0, 2.5 and 2.48, which are what we expect. \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Question 4} \label{sec-8} Try typing \texttt{round(2.484}, and hit enter. and then cancel the command using Ctrl-C. Then, type the command, \texttt{round(2.484, 2)} and resume the video. \end{frame} \begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Solution 4} \label{sec-9} \lstset{language=Python} \begin{lstlisting} round(2.484 ^C round(2.484, 2) \end{lstlisting} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Summary} \label{sec-10} \begin{itemize} \item invoking and quitting the \texttt{ipython} interpreter \item navigating the history \item using tab-completion to work faster \item looking-up documentation using \texttt{?} \item sending keyboard interrupts using \texttt{Ctrl-C} \end{itemize} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Thank you!} \label{sec-11} \begin{block}{} \begin{center} This spoken tutorial has been produced by the \textcolor{blue}{FOSSEE} team, which is funded by the \end{center} \begin{center} \textcolor{blue}{National Mission on Education through \\ Information \& Communication Technology \\ MHRD, Govt. of India}. \end{center} \end{block} \end{frame} \end{document}