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| 1 | +{ |
| 2 | + "cells": [ |
| 3 | + { |
| 4 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 5 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 6 | + "source": [ |
| 7 | + "# Python - Basic Syntax" |
| 8 | + ] |
| 9 | + }, |
| 10 | + { |
| 11 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 12 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 13 | + "source": [ |
| 14 | + "## Assignments" |
| 15 | + ] |
| 16 | + }, |
| 17 | + { |
| 18 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 19 | + "execution_count": 7, |
| 20 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 21 | + "outputs": [ |
| 22 | + { |
| 23 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 24 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 25 | + "text": [ |
| 26 | + "5\n" |
| 27 | + ] |
| 28 | + } |
| 29 | + ], |
| 30 | + "source": [ |
| 31 | + "# The following is a statement\n", |
| 32 | + "a = 5 # is an assignment\n", |
| 33 | + "print(a)" |
| 34 | + ] |
| 35 | + }, |
| 36 | + { |
| 37 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 38 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 39 | + "source": [ |
| 40 | + "## Lines & Indentation" |
| 41 | + ] |
| 42 | + }, |
| 43 | + { |
| 44 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 45 | + "execution_count": 8, |
| 46 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 47 | + "outputs": [ |
| 48 | + { |
| 49 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 50 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 51 | + "text": [ |
| 52 | + "True\n" |
| 53 | + ] |
| 54 | + } |
| 55 | + ], |
| 56 | + "source": [ |
| 57 | + "# If Statement below is with proper indentation. Works perfectly fine\n", |
| 58 | + "if True:\n", |
| 59 | + " print(\"True\")\n", |
| 60 | + "else:\n", |
| 61 | + " print(\"False\")" |
| 62 | + ] |
| 63 | + }, |
| 64 | + { |
| 65 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 66 | + "execution_count": 9, |
| 67 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 68 | + "outputs": [ |
| 69 | + { |
| 70 | + "ename": "IndentationError", |
| 71 | + "evalue": "expected an indented block (<ipython-input-9-8a6ab3e1e73f>, line 3)", |
| 72 | + "output_type": "error", |
| 73 | + "traceback": [ |
| 74 | + "\u001b[1;36m File \u001b[1;32m\"<ipython-input-9-8a6ab3e1e73f>\"\u001b[1;36m, line \u001b[1;32m3\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;33m print(\"True\")\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;37m ^\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;31mIndentationError\u001b[0m\u001b[1;31m:\u001b[0m expected an indented block\n" |
| 75 | + ] |
| 76 | + } |
| 77 | + ], |
| 78 | + "source": [ |
| 79 | + "# If statement below without indentation. Will throw error.\n", |
| 80 | + "if True:\n", |
| 81 | + "print(\"True\")\n", |
| 82 | + "else:\n", |
| 83 | + "print(\"False\")" |
| 84 | + ] |
| 85 | + }, |
| 86 | + { |
| 87 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 88 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 89 | + "source": [ |
| 90 | + "**_The above statement executed with error. Error says that after the `if True:` in line 2, it expected indented block in the next line which is missing. Hence the error_**" |
| 91 | + ] |
| 92 | + }, |
| 93 | + { |
| 94 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 95 | + "execution_count": 10, |
| 96 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 97 | + "outputs": [ |
| 98 | + { |
| 99 | + "ename": "SyntaxError", |
| 100 | + "evalue": "invalid syntax (<ipython-input-10-b90599039ce6>, line 5)", |
| 101 | + "output_type": "error", |
| 102 | + "traceback": [ |
| 103 | + "\u001b[1;36m File \u001b[1;32m\"<ipython-input-10-b90599039ce6>\"\u001b[1;36m, line \u001b[1;32m5\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;33m else:\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;37m ^\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;31mSyntaxError\u001b[0m\u001b[1;31m:\u001b[0m invalid syntax\n" |
| 104 | + ] |
| 105 | + } |
| 106 | + ], |
| 107 | + "source": [ |
| 108 | + "# If Statement with multiple statements within the blocks without indentation. Will throw error\n", |
| 109 | + "if True:\n", |
| 110 | + " print(\"Hello its\")\n", |
| 111 | + "print(\"True\")\n", |
| 112 | + "else:\n", |
| 113 | + " print(\"Hello its\")\n", |
| 114 | + "print(\"False\")" |
| 115 | + ] |
| 116 | + }, |
| 117 | + { |
| 118 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 119 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 120 | + "source": [ |
| 121 | + "**_in the above code block, the third line `print(\"True\")` should be indented which is missing. \n", |
| 122 | + "Hence python has considered this line as outside the block for `if True:`. \n", |
| 123 | + "So the `else:` is been seen as a else without a corresponding if condition. Hence the error -** `invalid syntax`\n", |
| 124 | + "\n", |
| 125 | + "The above code block with correct indentation is given below, and you can see it works fine." |
| 126 | + ] |
| 127 | + }, |
| 128 | + { |
| 129 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 130 | + "execution_count": 12, |
| 131 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 132 | + "outputs": [ |
| 133 | + { |
| 134 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 135 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 136 | + "text": [ |
| 137 | + "Hello its\n", |
| 138 | + "True\n" |
| 139 | + ] |
| 140 | + } |
| 141 | + ], |
| 142 | + "source": [ |
| 143 | + "# If Statement with multiple statements within the blocks without indentation. Will throw error\n", |
| 144 | + "if True:\n", |
| 145 | + " print(\"Hello its\")\n", |
| 146 | + " print(\"True\")\n", |
| 147 | + "else:\n", |
| 148 | + " print(\"Hello its\")\n", |
| 149 | + " print(\"False\")" |
| 150 | + ] |
| 151 | + }, |
| 152 | + { |
| 153 | + "attachments": {}, |
| 154 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 155 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 156 | + "source": [ |
| 157 | + "## Quotations in Python\n", |
| 158 | + "\n", |
| 159 | + "Python accepts single `'`, double `\"` and triple `'''` or `\"\"\"` quotes to denote string literals, as long as the same type of quote starts and ends the string." |
| 160 | + ] |
| 161 | + }, |
| 162 | + { |
| 163 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 164 | + "execution_count": 16, |
| 165 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 166 | + "outputs": [ |
| 167 | + { |
| 168 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 169 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 170 | + "text": [ |
| 171 | + "sunday\n", |
| 172 | + "\n", |
| 173 | + "Today is Sunday.\n", |
| 174 | + "\n", |
| 175 | + "Hello everyone. This para\n", |
| 176 | + "spans multiple\n", |
| 177 | + "lines.\n" |
| 178 | + ] |
| 179 | + } |
| 180 | + ], |
| 181 | + "source": [ |
| 182 | + "# String literal with single quote\n", |
| 183 | + "single_word = 'sunday\\n'\n", |
| 184 | + "print(single_word)\n", |
| 185 | + "\n", |
| 186 | + "# String literal using double quotes\n", |
| 187 | + "sentence = \"Today is Sunday.\\n\"\n", |
| 188 | + "print(sentence)\n", |
| 189 | + "\n", |
| 190 | + "# String literal using 3 double quotes. Here you can notice that the sentance spans multiple lines, but its still valid.\n", |
| 191 | + "paragraph = \"\"\"Hello everyone. This para\n", |
| 192 | + "spans multiple\n", |
| 193 | + "lines.\"\"\"\n", |
| 194 | + "print(paragraph)" |
| 195 | + ] |
| 196 | + }, |
| 197 | + { |
| 198 | + "attachments": {}, |
| 199 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 200 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 201 | + "source": [ |
| 202 | + "## Comments in Python\n", |
| 203 | + "\n", |
| 204 | + "Comments can be used to explain Python code and also to make the code more readable.<br>\n", |
| 205 | + "Comments can also be used to prevent execution when testing code.\n", |
| 206 | + "\n", |
| 207 | + "A hash sign `#` that is not inside a string literal begins a comment. All characters after the # and up to the end of the physical line are part of the comment and the Python interpreter ignores them.\n", |
| 208 | + "\n", |
| 209 | + "**_In the statement below, notice how the first line and the string after # in the second line are ignored._**" |
| 210 | + ] |
| 211 | + }, |
| 212 | + { |
| 213 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 214 | + "execution_count": 17, |
| 215 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 216 | + "outputs": [ |
| 217 | + { |
| 218 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 219 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 220 | + "text": [ |
| 221 | + "Hello Python World!\n" |
| 222 | + ] |
| 223 | + } |
| 224 | + ], |
| 225 | + "source": [ |
| 226 | + "# First comment\n", |
| 227 | + "print(\"Hello Python World!\") # second comment" |
| 228 | + ] |
| 229 | + }, |
| 230 | + { |
| 231 | + "attachments": {}, |
| 232 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 233 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 234 | + "source": [ |
| 235 | + "Comments does not have to be text to explain the code, it can also be used to prevent Python from executing code.\n", |
| 236 | + "\n", |
| 237 | + "**_In the code below, the first line is ignored_**" |
| 238 | + ] |
| 239 | + }, |
| 240 | + { |
| 241 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 242 | + "execution_count": 18, |
| 243 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 244 | + "outputs": [ |
| 245 | + { |
| 246 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 247 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 248 | + "text": [ |
| 249 | + "Hello Python World!\n" |
| 250 | + ] |
| 251 | + } |
| 252 | + ], |
| 253 | + "source": [ |
| 254 | + "# print(\"Hello Python World!\")\n", |
| 255 | + "print(\"Hello Python World!\")" |
| 256 | + ] |
| 257 | + }, |
| 258 | + { |
| 259 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 260 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 261 | + "source": [ |
| 262 | + "Python does not really have a syntax for multi-line comments. To add a multiline comment you could insert a `#` for each line." |
| 263 | + ] |
| 264 | + }, |
| 265 | + { |
| 266 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 267 | + "execution_count": 20, |
| 268 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 269 | + "outputs": [ |
| 270 | + { |
| 271 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 272 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 273 | + "text": [ |
| 274 | + "Hello Python World!\n" |
| 275 | + ] |
| 276 | + } |
| 277 | + ], |
| 278 | + "source": [ |
| 279 | + "# This is a comment.\n", |
| 280 | + "# Another comment.\n", |
| 281 | + "# Yet another comment.\n", |
| 282 | + "print(\"Hello Python World!\")" |
| 283 | + ] |
| 284 | + }, |
| 285 | + { |
| 286 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 287 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 288 | + "source": [ |
| 289 | + "Not the same as comment, you can use a multiline string.\n", |
| 290 | + "Python ignores string literals that are not assigned to a variable, you can add a multiline string (triple quotes) in your code, and place your comment inside it." |
| 291 | + ] |
| 292 | + }, |
| 293 | + { |
| 294 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 295 | + "execution_count": 21, |
| 296 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 297 | + "outputs": [ |
| 298 | + { |
| 299 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 300 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 301 | + "text": [ |
| 302 | + "Hello Python World!\n" |
| 303 | + ] |
| 304 | + } |
| 305 | + ], |
| 306 | + "source": [ |
| 307 | + "'''\n", |
| 308 | + "This is a comment.\n", |
| 309 | + "Another comment.\n", |
| 310 | + "Yet another comment.\n", |
| 311 | + "'''\n", |
| 312 | + "print(\"Hello Python World!\")" |
| 313 | + ] |
| 314 | + }, |
| 315 | + { |
| 316 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 317 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 318 | + "source": [ |
| 319 | + "**_In the above code, notice that the first 5 lines are ignored by python, just like it ignores comments._**" |
| 320 | + ] |
| 321 | + }, |
| 322 | + { |
| 323 | + "attachments": {}, |
| 324 | + "cell_type": "markdown", |
| 325 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 326 | + "source": [ |
| 327 | + "## Multiple Statements on a Single Line\n", |
| 328 | + "\n", |
| 329 | + "The semicolon ( `;` ) allows multiple statements on the single line. However, neither statement should start a new code block." |
| 330 | + ] |
| 331 | + }, |
| 332 | + { |
| 333 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 334 | + "execution_count": 27, |
| 335 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 336 | + "outputs": [ |
| 337 | + { |
| 338 | + "name": "stdout", |
| 339 | + "output_type": "stream", |
| 340 | + "text": [ |
| 341 | + "Hello\n", |
| 342 | + "another statement\n", |
| 343 | + "yet another statement\n" |
| 344 | + ] |
| 345 | + } |
| 346 | + ], |
| 347 | + "source": [ |
| 348 | + "print(\"Hello\"); print(\"another statement\"); print(\"yet another statement\");" |
| 349 | + ] |
| 350 | + }, |
| 351 | + { |
| 352 | + "cell_type": "code", |
| 353 | + "execution_count": null, |
| 354 | + "metadata": {}, |
| 355 | + "outputs": [], |
| 356 | + "source": [] |
| 357 | + } |
| 358 | + ], |
| 359 | + "metadata": { |
| 360 | + "kernelspec": { |
| 361 | + "display_name": "Python 3", |
| 362 | + "language": "python", |
| 363 | + "name": "python3" |
| 364 | + }, |
| 365 | + "language_info": { |
| 366 | + "codemirror_mode": { |
| 367 | + "name": "ipython", |
| 368 | + "version": 3 |
| 369 | + }, |
| 370 | + "file_extension": ".py", |
| 371 | + "mimetype": "text/x-python", |
| 372 | + "name": "python", |
| 373 | + "nbconvert_exporter": "python", |
| 374 | + "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", |
| 375 | + "version": "3.7.0" |
| 376 | + } |
| 377 | + }, |
| 378 | + "nbformat": 4, |
| 379 | + "nbformat_minor": 2 |
| 380 | +} |
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