Engr. Ranel O. Padon PYTHON PROGRAMMING II. The Basics
PYTHON PROGRAMMING TOPICS I •  Introduction to Python Programming II •  Python Basics III •  Controlling the Program Flow IV •  Program Components: Functions, Classes, Modules, and Packages V •  Sequences (List and Tuples), and Dictionaries VI •  Object-Based Programming: Classes and Objects VII •  Customizing Classes and Operator Overloading VIII •  Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism IX •  Randomization Algorithms X •  Exception Handling and Assertions XI •  String Manipulation and Regular Expressions XII •  File Handling and Processing XIII •  GUI Programming Using Tkinter
RUNNING A COMPUTER PROGRAM Source Translator Target Low-Level Language Assembler Machine Code High-Level Language Compiler Interpreter
RUNNING A PYTHON PROGRAM to write & run a Python program you need a Text Editor and a Python Interpreter (preferably Version 2.x since version 3.x is not yet mainstream) 
 Possible Ways (Common Ones) 1. Atom/Notepad++/Sublime Text and command prompt 2. Atom/Notepad++/Sublime Text and IDLE 3. IDLE
 4. PyCharm, PyScripter, Aptana Studio, NINJA IDE…
HELLO WORLD as a salute to all programmers in the world, beginning programmers usually print in the console the infamous Hello World mystical line
 
 
 
 
 
 print	“Hello	World”
HELLO WORLD IN 2 LINES print	“Hello” print	“World” in Python, the print statement will always move the cursor to the next line after printing
 
 
 
 
 

HELLO WORLD, SUPRESSING NEWLINES print	“Hello”, print	“World” A comma (,) will suppress the auto newline insertion in print statements; it will add a space instead.
 
 
 
 
 
 

FORCING NEW LINES 
 
 
 
 
 
 print	“Hello	nWorld	nPo!” n = new line
 
 
 
 
 

FORCING NEW LINES & TABS 
 
 
 
 
 
 print	“Hello	ntWorld	ntPo!” t = tab
 
 
 
 
 

ESCAPE SEQUENCES 
 
 
 
 
 
 print	“Hello	ntWorld	ntPo!” t = tab
 
 
 
 
 

EXERCISE Using Escape Sequences, print the following, including the punctuations:
 
 “Mahal ko po si Migueeeel!”, sabi ni Amanda. 
 
 “Hindi maari yan, lalo na’t si Miguel ay isang Halimaw!”, ang tugon ng kanyang ina.
 
 
 
 

COMMENTS comments don’t do anything except to serve as a documentation part of a program
 
 use comments as often as you can because programmers tend to forget what they’ve programmed after a month or so
 
 
 
 
 
 #this	is	a	comment print	‘Magandang	Araw	Po!’ #this	function	computes	the	sum	of	two	integers def	sum(x,	y):	...
RAW INPUT, TEXT 
 
 
 
 
 
 x	=	raw_input(“Unang	Salita:”) y	=	raw_input(“Pangalawang	Salita:”) print	x	+	y raw_input is a built-in function; it’s included in the standard library & returns a string data type
 
 
 
 

RAW INPUT, TEXT TO INTEGER 
 
 
 
 
 
 x	=	int(raw_input(“Unang	Numero:”)) y	=	int(raw_input(“Pangalawang	Numero:”)) print	x	+	y int is a built-in function; it’s included in the standard library & converts a string to integer
 
 
 
 

INPUT, AUTO TEXT TO INTEGER 
 
 
 
 
 
 x	=	input(“Unang	Numero:”) y	=	input(“Pangalawang	Numero:”) print	x	+	y input is a built-in function; it’s included in the standard library & converts a string number to integer.
 
 
 
 

VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT 
 
 
 
 
 
 x	=	input(“Unang	Numero:”) y	=	input(“Pangalawang	Numero:”) sum	=	x	+	y print	“Ang	sum	po	ay”,	sum results could be printed directly or assigned to a variable before printing
 
 
 
 

MEMORY CONCEPTS 
 
 
 
 
 
 x	=	raw_input(“Unang	Numero:”) x	=	int(x) print	x
ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS 
 
 
 
 
 

TRUE DIVISION RESULT 
 
 
 
 
 

TRUE DIVISION RESULT 
 
 
 
 
 

THE PEMMDAS PRECEDENCE 
 
 
 
 
 

THE PEMMDAS PRECEDENCE 
 
 
 
 
 

THE PEMMDAS PRECEDENCE 
 
 
 
 
 

ASSOCIATIVITY 
 
 
 
 
 
 import	arcpy input_file	=	"D:/Project/PRTSAS/Geodatabases/ Market_Values/Pasong	Tamo	Creek/ GIS_Computed_Market_Values.shp" rows	=	arcpy.SearchCursor(input_file)
STRING FORMATTING 
 
 
 
 
 

STRING FORMATTING 1. Rounding-off floating-point values 2. Representing numbers in exponential notation 
 3. Aligning a column of numbers 
 
 4. Right-justifying and left-justifying outputs
 5. Inserting characters or strings at precise locations 
 
 6. Displaying with fixed-size field widths and precision
STRING FORMATTING
STRING FORMATTING
STRING FORMATTING
STRING FORMATTING
STRING CONVERSION SPECIFIER
STRING CONVERSION SPECIFIER
RELATIONAL OPERATOR
COMMON ERROR Error: inserting spaces between the pair of symbols:
 
 ==, !=, >= and <=
COMMON ERROR reversing the order of the pair of operators in any of the operators: ! =, <>, >= and <= Error: writing them as =!, ><, => and =<
COMMON ERROR Confusing the equality operator == with the assignment symbol = is an error. 
 
 The equality operator should be read “is equal to” and the assignment symbol should be read “gets,” “gets the value of” or “is assigned the value of.” 
 
 In Python, the assignment symbol causes a syntax error when used in a conditional statement.
KEYWORDS/RESERVED WORDS They cannot be used as identifiers.

RELATIONAL OPERATOR
RELATIONAL OPERATOR
RELATIONAL OPERATOR
PROPER INDENTATION
COMMON ERROR Failure to insert a colon (:) in an if structure.
 
 Failure to indent the body of an if structure.
LINE CONTINUATION A lengthy statement may be spread over several lines with the backslash () line continuation character. 
 
 If a single statement must be split across lines, choose breaking points that make sense, such as after a comma in a print statement or after an operator in a lengthy expression.
LINE CONTINUATION 
 
 
 
 
 
 import	arcpy input_file	=	"D:/Project/PRTSAS/Geodatabases/ Market_Values/Pasong	Tamo	Creek/ GIS_Computed_Market_Values.shp" rows	=	arcpy.SearchCursor(input_file)
ZEN OF PYTHON (import this) 
 
 
 
 
 
 q  typing import	this	will yield an awesome narrative
PRACTICE EXERCISE 1
PRACTICE EXERCISE 2 Write a program that requests the user to enter two numbers and prints the sum, product, difference and quotient of the two numbers.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 3 Write a program that reads in the radius of a circle and prints the circle’s diameter, circumference and area. Use the constant value 3.14159 for π. Do these calculations in output statements.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 4 Write a program that reads in two integers and determines and prints whether the first is a multiple of the second.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 Write a program that reads in a 3-digit number, dissects the number and prints the 3 individual numbers.
 
 For example, 214 will be printed as:
 Hundreds: 2
 Tens: 1
 Ones: 4
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 | SOLUTION a = 14 print "Tens:", a/10 print "Ones:", a%10
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 | SOLUTION a = 214 print "Hundreds:", a/100 hundreds_remainder = a%100 print "Tens:", hundreds_remainder/10 tens_remainder = hundreds_remainder%10 print "Ones:", tens_remainder
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 | DEBUGGING a = 214 print "Hundreds:", a/100 remainder_100 = a%100 print remainder_100 print "Tens:", remainder_100/10 remainder_10 = remainder_100%10 print "Ones:", remainder_10
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 | DEBUGGING a = 214 print "Hundreds:", a/100 remainder_100 = a%100 print "Tens:", remainder_100/10 remainder_10 = remainder_100%10 print "Ones:", remainder_10
PRACTICE EXERCISE 5 | SOLUTION a = input(“Magbigay ng 3-digit na numero:”) print "Hundreds:", a/100 remainder_100 = a%100 print "Tens:", remainder_100/10 remainder_10 = remainder_100%10 print "Ones:", remainder_10
PRACTICE EXERCISE 6 Write a program that reads in 3 integers and determines and prints the largest number.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 6 | SOLUTION a = 2 b = 1 c = 4 max = a if b > max: max = b if c > max: max = c print max
PRACTICE EXERCISE 6 | SOLUTION a = input("Unang Numero Po:") b = input("Pangalawang Numero Po:") c = input("Pangatlong Numero Po:") max = a if b > max: max = b if c > max: max = c print max
PRACTICE EXERCISE 7 Write a program that reads in 3 integers and determines and prints the smallest & largest numbers.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 7 | SOLUTION a = input("Unang Numero Po:") b = input("Pangalawang Numero Po:") c = input("Pangatlong Numero Po:") max = a min = a if b > max: max = b if c > max: max = c print max if b < min: min = b if c < min: min = c print min
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REFERENCES q  Deitel, Deitel, Liperi, & Wiedermann - Python: How to Program (2001). q  Disclaimer: Most of the images/information used here have no proper source citation, and I do not claim ownership of these either. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel, and I just want to reuse and reintegrate materials that I think are useful or cool, then present them in another light, form, or perspective. Moreover, the images/information here are mainly used for illustration/educational purposes only, in the spirit of openness of data, spreading light, and empowering people with knowledge. J

Python Programming - II. The Basics