The script to which you can gradually add the code is available here: ex_01.py. The solution is available in: ex_01_solution.py.
We will discuss the following topics in the exercise:
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Dynamic typing
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Garbage collector
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Working environment:
- ipython
- Magic command,% hist
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Basic data types:
- numbers (int, long, float, complex)
- string:
- immutable
- literal for long string
- encoding (prefix u)
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list, tuple
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dict
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Singletons:
None,True,False -
Syntax basics:
- Comments (+ docstring)
- Assignment to a variable
- Calling functions
- print (basic
{}substitution) - Conditions (possibility to bypass the absence of the switch)
- Cycles:
- for
- while
- Function definition
Recommended for practice:
A script from the 2011/2012 academic year that also includes recursion: ex_01_extended.py. (solution: cv1_labs_extended_full.py).