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authorMadhusudan.C.S2009-10-28 20:32:52 +0530
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Fixed typos and hanging words in Session 1 day 2.
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--- a/day2/session1.tex
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Title page
-\title[Basic Python]{Python:\\A formal approach}
+\title[Basic Python]{Python language: Basics}
\author[FOSSEE Team] {The FOSSEE Group}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{Numbers}
\begin{itemize}
- \item \kwrd{int}\\ Any whole number is an \kwrd{int}, no matter what the size!
+ \item \kwrd{int}\\ \kwrd{int} = whole number, no matter what the size!
\begin{lstlisting}
In [1]: a = 13
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ In [2]: p = 'World'
In [3]: s + p
Out[3]: 'Hello World'
-In [4]: s * 12
-Out[4]: 'Hello Hello Hello Hello ...'
+In [4]: s * 4
+Out[4]: 'Hello Hello Hello Hello'
\end{lstlisting}
\end{frame}
@@ -369,24 +369,36 @@ In [3]: a = "Now I am a string!"
\item Comments:
\begin{lstlisting}
In [4]: a = 1 # In-line comments
-In [5]: # Comment in a line to itself.
-In [6]: a = "# This is not a comment!"
+In [5]: # A comment line.
+In [6]: a = "# Not a comment!"
\end{lstlisting}
\end{itemize}
\inctime{15}
\end{frame}
\section{Simple IO}
-\begin{frame}{Simple IO}
- \begin{block}
- {Console Input}
- \texttt{raw\_input()} waits for user input.\\Prompt string is optional.\\
- All keystrokes are Strings!\\\texttt{int()} converts string to int.
- \end{block}
- \begin{block}
- {Console output}
- \texttt{print} is straight forward. Note the distinction between \texttt{print x} and \texttt{print x,}
- \end{block}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+ \frametitle{Simple IO: Console Input}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item raw\_input() waits for user input.
+ \begin{lstlisting}
+In [1]: a = raw_input()
+5
+
+In [2]: a = raw_input('prompt > ')
+prompt > 5
+ \end{lstlisting}
+ \item Prompt string is optional.
+ \item All keystrokes are Strings!
+ \item \texttt{int()} converts string to int.
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Simple IO: Console output}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item \texttt{print} is straight forward
+ \item Note the distinction between \texttt{print x} and \texttt{print x,}
+ \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\section{Control flow}
@@ -437,8 +449,9 @@ while b < 10:
\frametitle{\typ{range()}}
\kwrd{range([start,] stop[, step])}\\
\begin{itemize}
- \item \alert {range() returns a list of integers}
- \item \alert {The start and the step arguments are optional}
+ \item range() returns a list of integers
+ \item The \emph{start} and the \emph{step} arguments are optional
+ \item \emph{stop} argument is not included in the list
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
@@ -448,8 +461,8 @@ Example: print squares of first \typ{n} numbers
\begin{lstlisting}
In []: for i in range(5):
....: print i, i * i
- ....:
- ....:
+ ....:
+ ....:
0 0
1 1
2 4
@@ -460,20 +473,13 @@ In []: for i in range(5):
\end{frame}
\subsection{Exercises}
-\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Problem set 1}
- \begin{itemize}
- \item All the problems can be\\
- solved using \kwrd{if} and \kwrd{while}
- \end{itemize}
-\end{frame}
-\begin{frame}{Problem 1.1}
+\begin{frame}{Problem set 1: Problem 1.1}
Write a program that displays all three digit numbers that are equal to the sum of the cubes of their digits. That is, print numbers $abc$ that have the property $abc = a^3 + b^3 + c^3$\\
\vspace*{0.2in}
\emphbar{These are called $Armstrong$ numbers.}
\end{frame}
-
+
\begin{frame}{Problem 1.2 - Collatz sequence}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Start with an arbitrary (positive) integer.
@@ -495,14 +501,14 @@ In []: for i in range(5):
The number of lines must be obtained from the user as input.\\
\pause
\emphbar{When can your code fail?}
-\only<2->{\inctime{10}}
+\inctime{5}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}[fragile]
\frametitle{What did we learn?}
\begin{itemize}
\item Basic data types
- \item Arithematic, logical and relational operations
+ \item Operators
\item Conditional structures
\item Loops
\end{itemize}