This document outlines basic coding skills for Python programming, including the importance of proper indentation, comments, and function usage. It explains the significance of a shebang line, how to create comments, and the mechanics of using built-in functions like input() and print(). The overview serves as an introduction to foundational concepts essential for coding in Python.

1. PYTHON PROGRAMMING
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2. Basic Coding Skills
• Python programming relies on proper indentation
• Case sensitive
• Standard indentation is four spaces
• Implicit continuation (use four spaces in the
continuation line)
print ("Sum = ", str(10+20)
+ "Diff = ", str(20-10))
• Explicit continuation (it is not recommended)
print ("Sum = ", str(10+20)
+ "Diff = ", str(20-10))
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3. Basic Coding Skills
• A program typically starts with a shebang line that
begins with a hash (#) symbol followed by a bang (!)
symbol. (identifies the interpreter when running the
program).
• If you're using IDLE to run your programs, you don't
need a shebang line.
• However, it's generally considered a good practice to
include one.
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4. Comments
• Comments can be used to disable statements that you
don't want to run when you compile and run a program.
• Comments starts with a #, and Python will ignore them.
• Two types
– Block comments
– Inline comments
• Guidelines for using comments
– Use comments
• to describe portions of code that are hard to understand, but
don't overdo them.
• to comment out statements that you don't want to test.
– If you change the code that's described by comments,
change the comments too.
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5. Comments
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6. Comments
• Python does not really have a syntax for multi line comments.
• To add a multiline comment you could insert a # for each line.
• For writing “proper” multi-line comments in Python is to use
multi-line strings with the """ syntax in creative ways. Here’s an
example:
"""
This is a "block comment" in Python, made
out of a mult-line string constant.
This actually works quite well!
""“
• However, be careful where you place these “comments” in the
code. If the string follows right after a function signature, a
class definition, or at the start of a module, it turns into a
docstring which has a different meaning altogether in Python:
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7. How to use functions ?
• A function is a reusable unit of code that performs a
specific task.
• Many built-in functions (in Python) that do common
tasks like getting input, printing output and etc.
• When you call a function, you code the name of the
function followed by a pair of parentheses. Within
the parentheses, you code any arguments that the
function requires, and you separate multiple
arguments with commas.
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8. How to use functions ? – print()
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9. How to use functions ? – input()
• The input() function allows a user to insert a value
into a program.
• input() returns a string value. You can convert the
contents of an input using any data type.
• For instance, you can convert the value a user inserts
to a floating-point number.
• For example:
x=input("Enter your name")
print("Welcome to Python Programming ", x)
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