Python Programming-Skill Course - unit-i.pptx

UNIT - I
INTRODUCTION: What is a Program?– Programming Languages –Software
development – Thrust Areas of Python –Open Source Software - PARTS OF PYTHON
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE: Identifiers – Keywords - Statements and Expressions –
Variables – Operators - Precedence and Associativity - Data Types – Indentation –
Comments - Reading Input - Print Output - Type Conversions -The type() Function and
Is Operator - Dynamic and Strongly Typed Language.

What is a Program?
•A program is a set of instructions instructing a computer to do specific tasks.
•“Software” is a generic term used to describe computer programs.
• Scripts, applications, programs and a set of instructions are all terms often used
to describe software.
The software can be categorized into three categories,
1.System software
2.Programming software
3.Application software
1.System software includes device drivers, operating systems (OSs), compilers,
text editors and utilities helping the computer to operate more efficiently.
•System software serves as a base for application software.
•It is also responsible for managing hardware components.

Software categories
• 2.Programming software is a set of tools to aid developers in writing
programs.
• 3.Application software is intended to perform certain tasks.
• Examples of application software include office suites, gaming
applications, database systems and educational software.
• Application software can be a single program or a collection of small pro
grams.

Programming Languages
• Computers cannot write programs on their own.
• We can communicate with the computer through programming
languages.
• Programs are created through programming languages to control the
behavior and output of a machine.
1. Machine Language
2. Assembly Language
3. High-Level Language

Machine language
• Machine language, also called machine code, is a low-level computer language
• It is entirely comprised of binary, 0’s and 1’s.
• In machine language, all instructions, memory locations, numbers and
characters are represented in 0’s and 1’s.
• For example, a typical piece of machine language might look like, 00000100
10000000.
• The main advantage of machine language
• It can run and execute very fast as the code will be directly executed by a
computer Some of the disadvantages of machine language are,
• Machine language is almost impossible for humans to use because it consists entirely of
numbers.
• Machine language programs are hard to maintain and debug.
• Machine language has no mathematical functions available.

Assembly Language
• Machine language is extremely difficult for humans to read because it consists merely of patterns of bits (i.e., 0’s
and 1’s).
• Assembly language replaces the instructions represented by patterns of 0’s and 1’s with alphanumeric symbols
also called as mnemonics
• It is easier to remember and work with them..
• For example, the code to perform addition and subtraction is,
• ADD 3, 5, result
• SUB 1, 2, result
• Because of alphanumeric symbols, assembly language is also known as Symbolic Programming Language.
• The use of mnemonics is an advantage over machine language.
• Since the computer cannot understand assembly language, it uses another program called assembler.
• Assembler is a program that is used to convert the alphanumeric symbols written in assembly language to machine
language and this machine language can be directly executed on the computer.
• Some of the disadvantages of Assembly language are,
• There are no symbolic names for memory locations.
• It is difficult to read.
• Assembly language is machine-dependent making it difficult for portability.

High Level Language
• High-level language is more like human language.
• High-level languages are platform independent which means that the programs written in a high-
level language can be executed on different types of machines.
• A program written in the high-level language is called source program or source code and is any
collection of human-readable computer instructions.
• However, for a computer to understand and execute a source program written in high-level
language, it must be translated into machine language.
•This translation is done using either compiler or interpreter.
Advantages
• Easier to modify, faster to write code and debug as it uses English like statements.
• Portable code, as it is designed to run on multiple machines.

High Level Language
• A compiler is a system software program that transforms high-level source code written by a software
developer in a high-level programming language into a low-level machine language.
• The process of converting high-level programming language into machine language is known as compilation.
• Compilers translate source code all at once and the computer then executes the machine language
that the compiler produced.
• The generated machine language can be later executed many times against different data each time.
• Programming languages like C, C++, C# and Java use compilers.
• Compilers can be classified into
1.Native-code compilers and
2.Cross compilers
Based on their input language, output language and the platform they run on.
• A compiler that is intended to produce machine language to run on the same platform that the compiler itself
runs on is called a Native-code compiler.
• A cross compiler produces machine language that is intended to run on a different platform than it
runs on.

High Level Language
• Not all source code is compiled.
• some programming languages like Python, Ruby and Perl the source code is executed
directly using an interpreter.
• An interpreter is a program that reads source code one statement at a time, translates the
statement into machine language, executes the machine language statement, then continues
with the next statement.
• It is generally faster to run compiled code than to run a program under an interpreter.
• This is largely because the interpreter must analyze each statement in the source code each
time the program is executed and then perform the desired conversion, whereas this is not
necessary with compiled code because the source code was fully analyzed during compilation.
• However, it can take less time to interpret source code than the total time needed to both
compile and run it
• Thus interpreting is frequently used when developing and testing source code for new
programs.

High Level Language
• A programming paradigm is a style, or “way” of programming.
• Major programming paradigms are,
• Imperative -
• Logical
• Functional
• Object-Oriented

Imperative Programming Language
• Imperative programming is a paradigm of computer programming in which the
program describes a sequence of steps that change the state of the computer
as each one is executed in turn.
• Imperative programming explicitly tells the computer “how” to accomplish a
certain goal.
• Structured programming, on the other hand, is a subset of Imperative
programming.
• Popular programming language like C is imperative and structured in nature.

Logical Paradigm
• The logical paradigm fits exceptionally well when applied to problem domains
that deal with the extraction of knowledge from basic facts and rules.
• Rules are written as logical
• Clauses with a head and a body;
• For instance, "Y is true if X1, X2, and X3 are true."
• Facts are expressed similar to rules, but without a body;
• For instance, "Y is true." Example: PROLOG.

Functional programming languages
• In functional programming languages, functions are treated as first-class
objects.
• Examples of functional programming languages are F#, LISP, Scheme, and
Haskel.

Object-oriented paradigm
• Object-oriented is the term used to describe a programming approach based
on objects and classes.
• The object-oriented paradigm allows us to organize software as a collection of
objects that consist of both data and behavior.
• Festures: encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.
• These properties are very important when programs become larger and larger.
• The object-oriented paradigm provides key benefits of reusable code and code
extensibility.
• Examples of object-oriented languages are Python, C++, Java and C#.
• It is important to note that many languages, such as Python and C++, support
multiple paradigms.

Software Development
• Software Development is a process by which stand-alone or
individual software is created using a specific programming language.
• Software development may also be called application development.
• The process of software development goes through a series of stages
in stepwise fashion known as the Software Development Life Cycle
(SDLC).
• It is a systematic approach to develop software (FIGURE 1.1).
• The purpose of the SDLC process is to provide help in producing a
product that is cost effective and of high quality.

Different stages of Software Development Life Cycle
• It creates a structure for the developer to design, create and deliver high-
quality software according to the requirements of the customer.
• It also provides a methodology for improving the quality of the desired
product.

• Different stages of the Software Development Life Cycle are,
1. Planning of Project.
At this stage, the total number of resources required to implement this
project is determined by estimating the cost and size of the software product.
2.Analysis and Requirement Gathering
• At this stage, the maximum amount of information is collected from the client
about the kind of software product he desires.
• Different questions are posed to the client like:
• Who is going to use the product?
• How will they use the product?
• What kind of data is given as input to the product?
• What kind of data is expected as output from the product?

• Questionnaires enable the development team to gather overall specification of
the product in good detail.
• The software development team then analyzes all these requirements of the
client, keeping in mind the design constraints, coding standards and its validity.
• The aim of analysis and requirements gathering stage is to understand the
requirements of the client by all the members of the software development
team and see how these requirements can be implemented.
3.Design
• At this stage, the software development team analyzes whether the software
can be implemented with all the features as specified by the client.
• Software design helps the development team to define and understand the
overall architecture required for the software product and the approach is
captured in detail in a design document.

4.Development. At this stage, the development team starts building the software according to
the design document.
• The development team translates the design into a set of programs that adhere to coding
standards of their organization.
• Coding is done by dividing the specification mentioned in the design document into different
modules to provide a working and reliable product.
• This is the longest phase of SDLC.
5.Testing. At this stage, the software product is tested against the requirements specified by the
client to ensure the product is working as expected.
• The testing team is mainly responsible for checking the system to weed out bugs and to verify
that the software product is working as expected.
• Any bugs that are found in the process or any shortcomings in the features of the software
product is conveyed to the software development to rectify.
• This is the last stage of overall software development before handing over the product to the
client.

6.Deployment. At this stage, the product is released to the client to use after
testing the product thoroughly to match the requirements of the client.
• The client needs to be trained in using the software and documents should be
provided containing instructions on how to operate the software in a user-
friendly language.
7.Maintenance. The process of taking care of the developed and deployed
software product is known as Maintenance.
• When the customer starts using the deployed software product, unforeseen
problems may come up and these need to be solved.
• Also, new requirements may come up at the client’s workplace and the
software needs to be updated and upgraded to accommodate these changes.

Thrust Areas of Python
• Since 2003, Python has been consistently ranked in the top ten most popular
programming languages as measured by the TIOBE Programming Community Index.
• As of April 2018, it is in the fourth position.
• Python is ranked at first position by IEEE Spectrum ranking of top programming
languages for the year 2017 (FIGURE 1.4)
• RedMonk Programming language rankings for the year 2018 has listed Python at the
third position.

Ranking of programming languages by IEEE
(Image courtesy of IEEE Spectrum, New York.)

1. Academia
2. Scientific Tools
3. Machine Learning
4. Natural Language Processing
5. Data Analysis
6. Statistics
7. Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) Library
8. Database Connectors/ORM/NoSQL Connectors
9. Web Frameworks
10. Cloud Computing
11. Python Distributions
12. IDE Available
13. Community
14. Python Stack in Industry

1.Academia
• Python is being offered as the introductory programming language in the
majority of the computer science departments at various American universities.
• Python is being adapted by academia for research purposes at an accelerated
rate and is competing with Matlab the most preferred language for research.
• There are a few advantages of Python over Matlab, like Matlab is not a real
programming language but Python is.
• Python has lots of scientific tools which are almost as good as Matlab modules.
• Matlab is closed and proprietary with a very expensive licensing agreement,
while Python is free and open source.

2.Scientific tools
• Scientific Tools are essential for simulating and analyzing complex systems.
• The Python ecosystem consists of these core scientific packages, namely SciPy library, NumPy,
Jupyter, Sympy and Matplotlib.
• Most of these tools are available under Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license and can be
used without any restrictions.
• SciPy library is mainly used for numerical integration and optimization.
• NumPy provides N-dimensional array objects which can be used to perform linear algebra,
Fourier transform and other mathematical operations.
• Jupyter provides an interactive web-based interface which can be invoked from a browser.
• It is used to write Python programs and create embeddable plots to visualize data.
• SymPy library is used to generate symbolic mathematics.
• Matplotlib is the oldest and most popular plotting library available for Python.
• With these tools, we have better chances of solving scientific problems and create working
prototypes more quickly than any other competing tools.

3.Machine Learning
• Machine Learning is an effective and adaptive tool to learn from experience and by a
dataset.
• Many machine-learning algorithms and techniques have been developed that allow
computers to learn.
• Machine Learning has its origin in Computer Science and Statistics.
• Scikit- Learn is a well-known Machine Learning tool built on top of other Python
scientific tools like NumPy, SciPy and Matplotlib.
• This allows Scikit-Learn to be easily extended to implement new models.
• Scikit-Learn supports various models for Classification, Regression, Clustering, Model
Selection, Dimensionality Reduction and Preprocessing.
• Some of the advantages of Scikit-Learn are integration of parallelization, consistent
APIs, good documentation and it is available under BSD license as well as commercial
license with full support.

4.Natural language processing
• Natural language processing is used to read and understand the text.
• Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is the popular library used for natural
language processing in Python.
• NLTK has numerous trained algorithms to understand the text.
• NLTK has huge corpora of datasets and lexical resources like journals, chat
logs, movie reviews and many more.
• NLTK is available under Apache License V2.0.

5.Data Analysis
• Pandas library is used for data analysis and is available under BSD license.
• Pandas is built on top of NumPy and has two important data structures, namely Series and
Data Frame.
• It can hold any type of data like integers, floats, strings, objects and others.
• Each of the data stored in series is labeled after the index.
• Data Frame is a tabular data structure with labeled rows and columns similar to Excel
spreadsheet.
• In the real world, data is never in order and pandas can be used to fill in missing data,
reshaping of datasets, slicing, indexing, merging, and joining of datasets.
• Pandas can be used to read Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files, Microsoft Excel, Structured
Query Language (SQL) database and Hierarchical Data Format (HDF5) format files.

6.Statistics
• Statsmodels is a Python library used for statistical analysis.
• It supports various models and features like linear regression models,
generalized linear models, discrete choice models and functions for time
series analysis.
• To ensure the accuracy of results Statsmodels is tested thoroughly by
comparing it with other statistical packages.
• Statsmodels can also be used along with Pandas to fit statistical models.
• This package is available under modified BSD license.
• Statsmodels is used across various fields like economics, finance and
engineering.

7. Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) Library
• The Requests HTTP library is popularly referred to as the library written for
humans.
• Python has a standard HTTP library called urllib.request to carry out most of
the HTTP operations.
• But the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of urllib.request are not
easy to use and are verbose.
• To overcome these problems Requests was created as a stand- alone library.
• Common HTTP verbs like POST, GET, PUT and DELETE which correspond to
create, read, update and delete operations are fully supported.
• Also, Requests provides features like thread-safety, support for International
Domains, Cookie Persistence and Connection Timeouts.
• Requests library is available under Apache license 2.0.

8.Database connectors/ORM/NoSQL Connectors
• Database Connectors are drivers that allows us to query the database from the
programming language itself.
• MySQL and PostgreSQL are the popular open source databases.
• MySQL-Python-Connector for Python from Oracle is the most popular Python connector
available for MySQL .
• Psycopg2 is the Python connector widely used for PostgreSQL.
• Object Role Modeling (ORM) is a powerful way of querying the database to achieve
persistence so that data can live beyond the application process.
• ORM helps in mapping the data from Object-oriented languages to the Relational databases
and follows the business layer logic.
• SQLAlchemy is a highly recommended ORM toolkit for Python applications to be deployed at
the enterprise level.
• Python connectors are also available for popular NoSQL databases like MongoDB and
Cassandra.

9. Web Frameworks:
• Django and Flask are the two most popular web frameworks.
• Both have different purposes.
• Django is a full-fledged framework.
• Flask is a microframework that is used to build small applications with minimal
requirements.
• Django has built-in support for various web- related services like caching,
internationalization, serialization.
• Both of these frameworks are available under BSD derived licenses.

10.Cloud Computing
• OpenStack is entirely written in Python and is used to create a scalable
private and public cloud.
• OpenStack has decent load balancing, is highly reliable, vendor independent
and has built-in security.
• OpenStack uses the dashboard as a central unit to manage network
resources, processing power and storage in a data center.
• Linux distributions like Fedora and Ubuntu include OpenStack as part of their
package.
• Hosting of Python applications on a cloud platform is well supported by
various cloud service providers like Google App Engine, Amazon Web Services
(AWS), Heroku and Microsoft Azure.

11. Python distributions
• Python Software Foundation releases Python interpreter with standard
libraries.
• But in order to use Python in a scientific or enterprise environment other
packages needs to be installed.
• Having these packages tested for compatibility with the latest release of
Python is cumbersome and time-consuming.
• Anaconda and Enthought Canopy Express are two popular distributions that
come with core Python interpreter and popular scientific tools to help us start
working out of the box.

12. IDE Available
• Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) help in the rapid development of the
software and increase in productivity.
• PyCharm is the most popular IDE for Python programming.
• PyCharm comes in three flavors namely, Professional Edition, Community Edition
and Educational Edition.
• PyCharm has advanced features like auto code completion, code highlighting,
refactoring, remote development capabilities and support for various web
frameworks.
• PyCharm is available for various platforms like Windows, Linux and OS X.
• Microsoft has released an extension for Visual Studio called Python Tools for Visual
Studio (PTVS) which transforms Visual Studio IDE into a full-fledged Python IDE.
• Spyder is another IDE that comes as part of Anaconda distribution itself.

13.Community
• Community is what really defines the success of Open Source projects.
• By adding new features and Community members play an important role in
testing the software, recommending it to others and in documenting the
software.

14.Python Stack in Industry
• Various companies use Python stack to power up their infrastructure.
• The popular online photo sharing service Instagram uses the Django framework for
application development.
• At Mozilla, which develops the popular Firefox web browser, the majority of the web
development is done using the Django framework.
• PayPal and eBay, where transactions worth billions of dollars take place every year, swear by
the security features provided by Python libraries.
• Companies like Pinterest and Twilio have adapted Flask as their web development
framework.
• Requests library is used in major projects of companies like Amazon, Google, Washington
Post, Twitter and others.
• Python Scientific and data analysis tools are being used at LinkedIn, Boeing and NASA.
• Dropbox has hired Guido van Rossum, Father of Python programming language, to add new
features to their existing Python stack.

Open Source Software
• The term “Open Source” refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly
accessible.
• Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.
• Programmers who have access to a computer program’s source code can improve that program by adding
features to it or fixing parts that don’t always work correctly.
• Some software has source code that only the person, team, or organization who created it and maintains
exclusive control over it can modify. People call this kind of software “proprietary” or “closed source” software.
• Only the original authors of proprietary software can legally copy, inspect, and alter that software.
• And in order to use proprietary software, computer users must agree (usually by signing a license displayed the
first time they run the software) Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop are examples of proprietary software.
• Open source software is different. Its authors make its source code available to others who would like to view
that code, copy it, learn from it, alter it, or share it.
• LibreOffice and the GNU Image Manipulation Program are examples of open source software.
• As they do with proprietary software, users must accept the terms of a license when they use open source
software but the legal terms of open source licenses differ dramatically from those of proprietary licenses.
• By design, open source software licenses promote collaboration and sharing because they permit other people
to make modifications to source code and incorporate those changes into their own projects.

Why Do People Prefer Using Open Source Software?
• Control. Many people prefer open source software because they have more control over
that kind of software.
• Training. People like open source software because it helps them become better
programmers.
• Because open source code is publicly accessible, students can easily study it as they learn to
make better software.
• Security. Some people prefer open source software because they consider it more secure
and stable than proprietary software.
• Because anyone can view and modify open source software, someone might spot and
correct errors or omissions that a program’s original authors might have missed.
• Because so many programmers can work on a piece of open source software without asking
for permission from original authors, they can fix, update, and upgrade open source software
more quickly than they can do for a proprietary software.
• Stability. Many users prefer open source software to proprietary software for important,
long-term projects.
•

Open Source Licenses
• Open source software plays a very important role in our daily life.
• Some of the most popular open source software are Android, Firefox, Linux,
WordPress, 7-Zip, BitTorrent, Python and others.
• But did you know that not all open source licenses are the same?
• What are the differences and what do they mean for you?
• If you write open source software, which should you use?
• Open source licenses make it easy for others to contribute to a project without
having to seek special permission.
• It also protects you as the original creator, making sure you at least get some
credit for your contributions.
• It also helps to prevent others from claiming your work as their own.

Apache License
• Apache Software Foundation has authored the Apache License.
• Apache Software Foundation is well known for various software like
• Apache HTTP Web Server that powers a large percentage of the Internet’s websites,
Hadoop that supports the processing of large datasets and many more.
• There are more than 350 open source initiatives housed at the Apache Software
Foundation.
• Version 2.0 was released in 2004 to make it easier for non- Apache projects to use the
license and remains one of the most popular licenses to date. Some of the features of this
license are,
• It allows you to freely download and use Apache software, in whole or in part, for personal or commercial purposes.
• It requires you to include a copy of the license in any redistribution you may make that includes Apache software.
• Software can be modified to create derivative works and can also be distributed with the same or different license.
• Owner of software cannot be held liable for damages and owner’s software trade- marks cannot be used in derivative
works.
• Significant changes to original software must be noted.
• The Apache License allows you to patent the derivative works.

BSD License
• The BSD license is a class of extremely simple and very liberal licenses for
computer software that was originally developed at the University of California
at Berkeley (UCB) in 1990 and revised twice, being simplified further with each
revision. Some of the features of this license are,
• Software can be used commercially.
• Software can be modified to create derivative works which can also be distributed and commercialized.
• Owner of software cannot be held liable for damages and the original copyright and license text must be
included with the distributions.
• BSD license allows you to commercialize even the derivative works of a
software.
• While Apache license allows a patent grant for derivative works, the BSD
license does not allow the same.
• Due to the extremely minimal restrictions of BSD license, software released
under BSD can also be used in proprietary software.

GNU General Public License
• Richard Stallman, an American free software movement activist and programmer launched the
GNU Project in September 1983 to create a Unix-like computer operating system composed
entirely of free software.
• With this, he also launched the Free Software Foundation movement and wrote the GNU
General Public License (GNU GPL).
• The GNU GPL is the free software license.
• A program protected by the GNU GPL is free, but the GNU GPL also stipulates that all programs
derived from such a program preserve the same freedom.
• The license has been revised twice with each revision addressing significant issues that arose in
previous versions. Version 3 was published in 2007. Some of the features of this license are,
• Software can be modified to create derivative works and the derivative works can be
distributed provided that it is also licensed under GNU GPL 3 as well.
• Distributions must include original software, all source code, original copyright and license
text. Owner of the software cannot be held liable for damages.
• The GNU GPL guarantees “software freedom” to all users with the freedom to run, copy,
distribute, study, modify, and improve the software.

MIT License
• The MIT license is e shortest and broadest of all the popular open source
licenses.
• MIT licensing terms are very loose and more open than most other licenses.
Some of the features of this license are,
• Software licensed under MIT license can be used, copied and modified however you want. MIT licensed
software can be used with any other project, can be copied any number of times and can be changed
however you want.
• MIT licenses software can be given away for free or you can even sell it. There is no restriction on how you
intend to distribute the software.
• The only requirement is that the software should be accompanied by the MIT license agreement.
• It basically says that anyone can do whatever they want with the MIT licensed
software, as long as it is accompanied by MIT license.

Creative Commons Licenses
• Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and
reuse of creativity and knowledge.
• Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to manage the copyright
terms that attach automatically to all creative material.
• Creative Commons licenses allow the creative material to be shared and
reused.
• Creative Commons licenses may be applied to any type of work, including
educational resources, music, photographs, databases, government and
public-sector information, and many other types of material.
• The only categories of works for which Creative Commons does not
recommend its licenses are computer software and hardware.
• The latest version of the Creative Commons licenses is version 4.0.

Creative Commons Licenses
• A Creative Commons license has four basic parts, which can be endorsed individually or in combination.
• Attribution. All Creative Commons licenses require that others who use your work in any way must give you credit the way you
request, but not in a way that suggests you endorse them or their use. If they want to use your work without giving you credit
or for endorsement purposes, they must get your permission first. Beyond that, the work can be modified, distributed, copied
and otherwise used.
• Share Alike. You let others copy, distribute, display, perform, and modify your work, as long as they distribute any modified
work on the same terms.
• Non-Commercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, perform and modify and use your work for any purpose other than
commercially unless they get your permission first.
• No Derivative. You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your
work, they must get your permission first.
• These parts of the Creative Commons licenses can be mixed together.
• The least protective Creative Commons license would be the “Attribution” license, which means that as long as people credit
you, they can do whatever they like with the work.
• The most protective Creative Commons license would be the “Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives” license, which
means that others can freely share your work, but should not change it or charge for it, and they must attribute it to you as the
creator of the work.
• Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized
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PARTS OF PYTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE:
1. Identifiers
2. Keywords
3. Statements and Expressions
4. Variables
5. Operators
6. Precedence and Associativity
7. Data Types
8. Indentation
9. Comments
10. Reading Input
11. Print Output
12. Type Conversions

Identifiers
An identifier is a name given to a
- variable,
- function
- class
- module.
Identifiers may be one or more characters in the following format:
• Identifiers can be a combination of letters in lowercase (a to z) or uppercase (A to Z) or digits (0 to 9) or
an underscore (_).
• Names like myCountry, other_1 and good_ morning, all are valid examples.
• An identifier cannot start with a digit but is allowed everywhere else.
• 1plus is invalid, but plus1 is perfectly fine.
• Keywords cannot be used as identifiers.
• One cannot use spaces and special symbols like !, @, #, $, % etc. as identifiers.
• Identifier can be of any length.

Keywords
Keywords are a list of reserved words that have predefined meaning.
Keywords are special vocabulary and cannot be used by programmers as identifiers for
variables, functions, constants or with any identifier name.
Attempting to use a keyword as an identifier name will cause an error.
The following TABLE 2.1 shows the Python keywords
TABLE 2.1
List of Keywords in Python
.
and as not
assert finally or
break for pass
class from nonlocal
continue global raise
def if return
del import try
elif in while
else is with
except lambda yield
False True None

Statements and Expressions
• A statement is an instruction that the Python interpreter can execute.
• Python program consists of a sequence of statements.
• Statements are everything that can make up a line (or several lines) of Python code.
• For example, z = 1 is an assignment statement.
• Expression is an arrangement of values and operators which are evaluated to make a new value.
• Expressions are statements.
• A value is the representation of some entity like a letter or a number that can be manipulated by a program.
• A single value >>> 20 or a single variable >>> z or a combination of variable, operator and value >>> z + 20 are
all examples of expressions.
• An expression, when used in interactive mode is evaluated by the interpreter and result is displayed instantly.
• For example, >>> 8 + 2
10
• But the same expression when used in Python program does not show any output alto- gether. You need to
explicitly print the result.

Variables
• Variable is a named placeholder to hold any type of data which the program can use to
assign and modify during the course of execution.
• In Python, there is no need to declare a variable explicitly by specifying whether the
variable is an integer or a float or any other type.
• To define a new variable in Python, we simply assign a value to a name.
• If a need for variable arises you need to think of a variable name based on the rules
mentioned in the following subsection and use it in the program.
• Variable names can consist of any number of letters, underscores and digits.
• Variable should not start with a number.
• Python Keywords are not allowed as variable names.
• Variable names are case-sensitive.
• For example, computer and Computer are different variables.

Assigning Values to Variables
• The general format for assigning values to variables is as follows:
• variable_name = expression
• The equal sign (=) also known as simple assignment operator is used to assign values to variables.
• In the general format, the operand to the left of the = operator is the name of the variable and the
operand to the right of the = operator is the expression which can be a value.
• That value is stored in the variable on the execution of the assignment statement.
• For example, enter the code shown below in interactive mode and observe the results.
• >>> number =100
• >>> miles =1000.0
• >>> name ="Python"
• >>> number
• 100
• >>> miles
• 1000.0
• >>> name
• 'Python'

Assigning Values to Variables
• In Python, not only the value of a variable may change during program execution but also the
type of data that is assigned.
• You can assign an integer value to a variable, use it as an integer for a while and then assign a
string to the variable.
• A new assignment overrides any previous assignments. For example,
• >>> century = 100
• >>> century 100
• >>> century = "hundred"
• >>> century
'hundred‘
• >>> a = b = c =1
>>> a
1

Operators
• Operators are symbols, such as +, –, =, >, and <, that perform certain mathematical or logical operation to
manipulate data values and produce a result based on some rules.
• An operator manipulates the data values called operands.
• Consider the expression,
>>> 4 + 6 where 4 and 6 are operands and + is the operator.
• Python language supports a wide range of operators. They are
1. Arithmetic Operators
2. Assignment Operators
3. Comparison Operators
4. Logical Operators
5. Bitwise Operators

Operators
• Arithmetic operators are used to execute arithmetic operations such as
addition, subtraction, division, multiplication etc.
• The following TABLE 2.2 shows all the arithmetic operators.
P a rts o f Py t hon Pro g ra m m in g L a ngu ag e 39
O p e r a t o r N a m e D e s c r i p t i o n Example
+ Addition operator Adds two operands, producing their sum. p + q = 5
− Subtraction operator Subtracts the two operands, producing their
difference.
p – q = −1
* Multiplication operator Produces the product of the operands. p * q = 6
/ Division operator Produces the quotient of its operands where the
left operand is the dividend and the right operand
is the divisor.
% Modulus operator Divides left hand operand by right hand operand
and returns a remainder.
** Exponent operator Performs exponential (power) calculation on
operators.
q / p = 1 .5
q % p = 1
p**q = 8
// Floor division operator Returns the
integral part of the quotient. 9//2 = 4
and
9
.
0
/
/
2
.
0
=
4
.
0
Note: The value of p is 2 and q is 3.

ASSIGNMENT OPERATORS
• Assignment operators are used for assigning the values generated after
evaluating the right operand to the left operand.
• Assignment operation always works from right to left.
• Assignment operators are either simple assignment operator or compound
assignment operators.
• Simple assignment is done with the equal sign (=) and simply assigns the value
of its right operand to the variable on the left. For example,
>>> x = 5
>>> x = x + 1
>>> x
6

• Compound assignment operators support shorthand notation for avoiding the
repetition of the left-side variable on the right side.
• Compound assignment operators combine assignment operator with another operator
with = being placed at the end of the original operator.
• For example, the statement
• >>> x = x + 1
• can be written in a compactly form as shown below.
• >>> x += 1
• If you try to update a variable which doesn’t contain any value, you get an error.
>>> z = z + 1
• NameError: name 'z' is not defined
• Trying to update variable z which doesn’t contain any value results in an error because
Python evaluates the right side before it assigns a value to z .
➀

Parts of Python Programm ing Language 41
O p e rato r O p e r ato r N a m e D e scriptio n Example
= Assignment Assigns values from right side operands to left
side operand.
z = p + q assigns value
of p + q to z
+= Addition
Assignment
−= Subtraction
Assignment
*= Multiplication
Assignment
/= D ivision
Assignment
**= Exp onentiation
Assignment
//= Floor Division
Assignm e nt
%= Remainder
Assignment
Adds the value of right operand to the left
operand and assigns the result to left operand.
Subtracts the value of right operand from the left
Multiplies the value of right operand with the left
Divides the value of right operand with the left
Evaluates to the result of raising the first operand
to the power of the second operand.
Produces the integral part of the quotient of its
operands where the left operand is the dividend
and the right operand is the divisor.
Computes the remainder after division and
assigns the value to the left operand.
z += p is equivalent to
z = z + p
z −= p is equivalent to
z = z – p
z *= p is equivalent to
z = z * p
z /= p is equ ivalent to
z = z / p
z**= p is equivalent to
z = z ** p
z //= p is e qu ivalent to
z = z // p
z %= p is equivalent to
z = z % p

COMPARISON OPERATORS
• When the values of two operands are to be compared then comparison
operators are used.
• The output of these comparison operators is always a Boolean value, either
True or False.
• The operands can be Numbers or Strings or Boolean values.
• Strings are compared letter by letter using their ASCII values, thus, “P” is less
than “Q”, and “Aston” is greater than “Asher”.
• TABLE 2.4 shows all the comparison operators.

COMPARISON OPERATORS
42 Introduction to Python Programm ing
O p e rato r O p e rato r N a m e D e s criptio n Example
== Equal to If the values of two operands are equal, then the
condition becomes True.
!= Not Equal to If values of two operands are not equal, then the
condition becomes True.
> Greater than If the value of left operand is greater than the value of
right operand, then condition becomes True.
< Lesser than If the value of left operand is less than the value of right
operand, then condition becomes True.
(p == q) is not
True.
(p != q) is True
(p > q) is not True.
(p < q) is True.
>= Greater than or
equal to
<= Lesser than or
equal to
If the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the
value of right operand, then condition becomes True.
If the value of left operand is less than or equal to the
value of right operand, then condition becomes True.
(p >= q) is not
True.
(p <= q) is True.

LOGICAL OPERATORS
• The logical operators are used for comparing or negating the logical values of
their operands and to return the resulting logical value.
• The values of the operands on which the logical operators operate evaluate to
either True or False.
• The result of the logical operator is always a Boolean value, True or False.
TABLE 2.5 shows all the logical operators.
O p erator N a m e D escription Example
and Logical AND Performs AND operation and the result is
True when both operands are True
or Logical OR Performs OR operation and the result is True
when any one of both operand is True
p and q results in False
p or q results in True
not Logical NOT Reverses
the operand state not p results in False
P Q P andQ P or Q NotP
True
True
False
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
False
False
True
True
True
False
False
True

LOGICAL OPERATORS
• For example,
>>> True and False
False
>>> True or False
True
>>> not(True) and False
False
>>> not(True and False)
True
>>> (10 < 0) and (10 > 2)
False
>>> (10 < 0) or (10 > 2)
True
>>> not(10 < 0) or (10 > 2)
True
>>> not(10 < 0 or 10 > 2)
False

BITWISE OPERATORS
• Bitwise operators treat their operands as a sequence of bits (zeroes and ones)
and perform bit by bit operation.
• For example, the decimal number ten has a binary representation of 1010.
• Bitwise operators perform their operations on such binary Representations,
but they return standard Python numerical values.
• TABLE 2.7 shows all the bitwise operators.

BITWISE OPERATORS
List of Bitwise Operators
O p erato r O p erato r N a m e D e s criptio n Example
& Binary AND Result is one in each bit position for which
the corresponding bits of both operands
are 1s.
| B inary O R Resu lt is one in each bit p osition fo r w h ich
the corresponding bits of either or both
operands are 1s.
^ Binary XOR Result is one in each bit position for which
the corresponding bits of either but not
both operands are 1s.
p & q = 12 (m eans
0000 1100)
p | q = 61
(means 0011 1101)
(p ^ q) = 49 (means 0011 0001)
~ Binary Ones
Complement
Inverts the bits of its operand. (~p)= −61 (means 1100 0011 in
2’s complement form due to
a signed binary number.
<< Binary Left Shift The left
operands value is moved left by
the number of
bits specified
by the right
operand.
>> Binary Right Shift The left
operands value is moved right by
the number of
bits specified
by the right
operand.
Note: The value of p is 60 and q is 13.

BITWISE OPERATORS
FIGURE 2.2 shows how the expression
60 << 2 would be evaluated in a byte.
0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FIGURE 2.2
Example of bitwise left shift of two bits.
Due to this operation,
• Each of the bits in the operand (60)
is shifted two places to the left.
• The two bit positions emptied on
the right end are filled with 0s.
• The resulting value is 240.
Insert 0s

BITWISE OPERATORS
• For example,
>>> p =60
>>> p << 2
240
>>> p = 60
>>> p >> 2
15
>>> q = 13
>>> p & q
12
>>> p | q
61
>>> ~p
–61
>>> p << 2
240
>>> p >> 2
15

Precedence and Associativity
•Operator precedence determines the way in which operators are parsed
with respect to each other.
•Operators with higher precedence become the operands of operators
with lower precedence.
•Associativity determines the way in which operators of the same
precedence are parsed.
•Almost all the operators have left-to-right associativity. Operator
precedence is listed in TABLE 2.9 starting with the highest precedence to
lowest precedence.

Parts of Python Pro gram m in g Language 47
Operator Precedence in Python
O p e r a t o r s Meaning
() Parentheses
** Exponent
+x, −x, ~x Unary plus, Unary minus, Bitwise NOT
*, /, //, % M u ltip licatio n, D iv is io n, F lo or d iv isio n, M o du lu s
+, − Addition, Subtraction
<<, >> Bitwise shift operators
& B itw is e A N D
^ Bitwise XOR
| Bitw ise OR
==, !=, >, >=, <, <=,
is, is not, in, not in
Comparisons,
Identity, Membership operators
not Logical
NOT
and L o gical
A N D
or Logical
OR

• Consider the following code
1. >>> 2 + 3 * 6
20
2. >>> (2 + 3) * 6
30
>>> 6 * 4 / 2
12.0
• Expressions with higher-precedence operators are evaluated first.
• In multiplication * is having precedence over addition.
➀
• So, 3 * 6 gets evaluated first and the result is added to 2.
• This behavior can be overridden using parentheses as shown in .
➁
• Parentheses have the highest precedence and the expression inside the parentheses gets evaluated
first, which in our case is 2 + 3 and the result is multiplied with 6.
• In both multiplication and division have the same precedence hence starting from left to right, the
➂
multiplication operator is evaluated first and the result is divided by 2.

Data Types
• Data types specify the type of data like numbers and characters to be stored
and manipulated within a program.
• Basic data types of Python are
• Numbers
• Boolean
• Strings
• None

Data Types
• Numbers
• Integers
• floating point numbers
• complex numbers
• They are defined as int, float and complex class in Python.
• Integers can be of any length; it is only limited by the memory available.
• A floating point number is accurate up to 15 decimal places.
• Integer and floating points are separated by decimal points.
• 1 is an integer, 1.0 is floating point number. Complex numbers are written in the form, x + yj,
where x is the real part and y is the imaginary part.
• Booleans
• Booleans take the either True or False.
• The Boolean values, True and False are treated as reserved words.

Data Types
• Strings
• A string consists of a sequence of one or more characters, which can include letters, numbers, and
other types of characters.
• A string can also contain spaces. You can use single quotes or double quotes to represent strings and it
is also called a string literal.
• Multiline strings can be denoted using triple quotes, ''' or """.For example,
• >>> s = 'This is single quote string'
• >>> s = "This is double quote string“
>>> s = '''This is
• >>> s = "a"
• Multiline
• string'''
In a string is defined using single quotes, in a string is defined using double quotes and a multiline
➀ ➁
string is defined in , a single character is also treated as string .
➂ ➃

Data Types
• None
• None is another special data type in Python.
• None is frequently used to represent the absence of a value. For example,
• 1. >>> money = None
• None value is assigned to variable money .
➀

Indentation
• In Python, Programs get structured through indentation (FIGURE 2.3).
• Usually, we expect indentation from any program code, but in Python it is a
requirement and not a matter of style.
• This principle makes the code look cleaner and easier to understand and read.
• Any statements written under another statement with the same indentation is
interpreted to belong to the same code block.
FIGURE 2.3
Code blocks and indentation in Python

Indentation
• If there is a next statement with less indentation to the left, then it just means
the end of the previous code block.
• In other words, if a code block has to be deeply nested, then the nested
statements need to be indented further to the right.
• In the above diagram, Block 2 and Block 3 are nested under Block 1. Usually,
four whitespaces are used for indentation and are preferred over tabs.
• Incorrect indentation will result in Indentation Error.

Comments
• Comments are an important part of any program.
• A comment is a text that describes what the program or a particular part of
the program is trying to do and is ignored by the Python interpreter.
• Comments are used to help you and other programmers understand,
maintain, and debug the program.
• Python uses two types of comments: single line comment and multiline
comments.
• Single Line Comment
• In Python, use the hash (#) symbol to start writing a comment.
• Hash (#) symbol makes all text following it on the same line into a comment.
For example,
• #This is single line Python comment

Comments
• Multiline Comments
• If the comment extends multiple lines, then one way of commenting those lines is to
use hash (#) symbol at the beginning of each line.
• For example,
• #This is
• #multiline comments
• #in Python
• Another way of doing this is to use triple quotes, either ''' or """.
• These triple quotes are generally used for multiline strings.
• For example,
• '''This is
• multiline comment
• in Python using triple quotes'''

Reading Input
• In Python, input() function is used to gather data from the user.
• The syntax for input function is,
• variable_name = input([prompt])
• prompt is a string written inside the parenthesis that is printed on the screen.
• The prompt statement gives an indication to the user of the value that needs to be entered through the keyboard.
• When the user presses Enter key, the program resumes and input returns what the user typed as a string.
• Even when the user inputs a number, it is treated as a string which should be casted or converted to number
explicitly using appropriate type casting function.
• >>> person = input("What is your name?")
• What is your name?
• RAM
• >>> person
• ‘RAM'
• The input() function reads the line from the user and converts the line into a string.
• A function is a piece of code that is called by name. It can be passed data to operate on (i.e., the arguments) and
can optionally return data (the return value).

Print Output
• The print() function allows a program to display text onto the console.
• The print function will print everything as strings and anything that is not already a
string is automatically converted to its string representation.
• For example,
• 1. >>> print("Hello World!!")
• Hello World!!
• ➀ prints the string Hello World!! onto the console.
• Notice that the string Hello World is enclosed within double quotes inside the print()
function.
• Two major string formats which are used inside the print() function to display the
contents onto the console as they are less error prone and results in cleaner code.
• They are
• str.format()
• f-strings

Print Output
• str.format() method
• str.format() method if you need to insert the value of a variable, expression or an object into another string and display
it to the user as a single string.
• The format() method returns a new string with inserted values.
• The format() method works for all releases of Python 3.x.
• The format() method uses its arguments to substitute an appropriate value for each format code in the template.
• The syntax for format() method is,
• str.format(p0, p1, ..., k0=v0, k1=v1, ...)
• where p0, p1,... are called as positional arguments and, k0, k1,... are keyword arguments with their assigned values of
v0, v1,... respectively.
• Positional arguments are a list of arguments that can be accessed with an index of argument inside curly braces like
{index}.
• Index value starts from zero.
• Keyword arguments are a list of arguments of type keyword = value, that can be accessed with the name of the
argument inside curly braces like {keyword}.
• Here, str is a mixture of text and curly braces of indexed or keyword types.
• The indexed or keyword curly braces are replaced by their corresponding argument values and is displayed as a single
string to the user.

Print Output
• The term “Method” is used almost exclusively in Object-oriented programming.
• 'Method' is the object-oriented word for 'function'.
• A Method is a piece of code that is called by a name that is associated with an
object.
• 1. country = input("Which country do you live in?")
• 2. print("I live in {0}".format(country))
• Output
• Which country do you live in?
• India
• I live in India
• The 0 inside the curly braces {0} is the index of the first (0th) argument (here in
our case, it is variable country ) whose value will be inserted at that position .
➀ ➁

Print Output
• Program 2.2: Program to Demonstrate the Positional Change of Indexes of
Arguments
• 1. a = 10
• 2. b = 20
• 3. print("The values of a is {0} and b is {1}".format(a, b))
• 4. print("The values of b is {1} and a is {0}".format(a, b))
• Output
• The values of a is 10 and b is 20 The values of b is 20 and a is 10

Print Output
• You can have as many arguments as you want, as long as the indexes in
curly braces have a matching argument in the argument list . {0} index
➂
gets replaced with the data value of variable a and {1} with the data
➀
value of variable b . This allows for re-arranging the order of display
➁
without changing the arguments .
➃
• 1. >>> print("Give me {ball} ball".format(ball = "tennis")) Give me tennis
ball
• The keyword argument {ball} gets replaced with its assigned value .
➀

f-strings
• A f-string is a string literal that is prefixed with “f”.
• These strings may contain replacement fields, which are expressions enclosed within curly braces {}.
• The expressions are replaced with their values.
• An f at the beginning of the string tells Python to allow any currently valid variable names within
the string.
• Program 2.3: Code to Demonstrate the Use of f-strings with print() Function
• country = input("Which country do you live in?")
• print(f"I live in {country}")
• output
• Which country do you live in? India
• I live in India
• Input string is assigned to variable country . Observe the character
➀ f prefixed before the quotes
and the variable name is specified within the curly braces .
➁

Type Conversions
• You can explicitly cast, or convert, a variable from one type to another.
The int() Function
• To explicitly convert a float number or a string to an integer, cast the number
using int() function.
• Program 2.6: Program to Demonstrate int() Casting Function
• float_to_int = int(3.5)
• string_to_int = int("1") #number treated as string
• print(f"After Float to Integer Casting the result is {float_to_int}")
• print(f"After String to Integer Casting the result is {string_to_int}")
• Output
• After Float to Integer Casting the result is 3
• After String to Integer Casting the result is 1

Type Conversions
• >>>numerical_value = input("Enter a number")
• Enter a number 9
• >>> numerical_value
• '9'
• >>> numerical_value = int(input("Enter a number"))
• Enter a number 9
• >>> numerical_value
• 9
•

Type Conversions
• The float() function
• The float() function returns a floating point number constructed from a number
or string.
• Program 2.7: Program to Demonstrate float() Casting Function
• int_to_float = float(4)
• string_to_float = float("1") #number treated as string
• print(f"After Integer to Float Casting the result is {int_to_float}")
• print(f"After String to Float Casting the result is {string_to_float}")
• OUTPUT
• After Integer to Float Casting the result is 4.0
• After String to Float Casting the result is 1.0

Type Conversions
•The str() function
• The str() function returns a string
• Program 2.8: Program to Demonstrate str() Casting Function
• int_to_string = str(8)
• float_to_string = str(3.5)
• print(f"After Integer to String Casting the result is {int_to_string}")
• print(f"After Float to String Casting the result is {float_to_string}")
• Output
• After Integer to String Casting the result is 8
• After Float to String Casting the result is 3.5

Type Conversions
• The chr() Function
• Convert an integer to a string of one character whose ASCII code is same as the
integer using chr() function.
• The integer value should be in the range of 0–255.
• Program 2.9: Program to Demonstrate chr() Casting Function
• ascii_to_char = chr(100)
• print(f'Equivalent Character for ASCII value of 100 is
{ascii_to_char}')
•
• Output
• Equivalent Character for ASCII value of 100 is d

Type Conversions
• Complex() Function
• Use complex() function to print a complex number with the value real + imag*j or convert a string or number to
a complex number.
• If the first argument for the function is a string, it will be interpreted as a complex number and the function
must be called without a second parameter.
• The second parameter can never be a string.
• Each argument may be any numeric type (including complex).
• If imag is omitted, it defaults to zero and the function serves as a numeric conversion function like int(), long()
and float().
• If both arguments are omitted, the complex() function returns 0j.
• Program 2.10: Program to Demonstrate complex() Casting Function
• complex_with_string = complex("1")
• complex_with_number = complex(5, 8)
• print(f"Result after using string in real part {complex_with_string}")
• print(f"Result after using numbers in real and imaginary part {complex_with_ number}")
Output
• Result after using string in real part (1+0j)
• Result after using numbers in real and imaginary part (5+8j)

The type() Function and Is Operator
• The syntax for type() function is,
• type(object)
• The type() function returns the data type of the given object.
• 1. >>> type(1)
• <class 'int'>
• 2. >>> type(6.4)
• <class 'float'>
• 3. >>> type("A")
• <class 'str'>
• 4. >>> type(True)
• <class 'bool'>
• The type() function comes in handy if you forget the type of variable or an object during the
course of writing programs.

The type() Function and Is Operator
• The operators is and is not are identity operators.
• Operator is evaluates to True if the values of operands on either side of the
operator point to the same object and False otherwise.
• The operator is not evaluates to False if the values of operands on either side
of the operator point to the same object and True otherwise.
• >>> x = "Seattle"
• >>> y = "Seattle"
• >>> x is y
• True
•

Dynamic and Strongly Typed Language
• Python is a dynamic language as the type of the variable is determined during run-time by the interpreter.
• Python is also a strongly typed language as the interpreter keeps track of all the variables types.
• In a strongly typed language, you are simply not allowed to do anything that’s incompatible with the type
of data you are working with.
• For example,
• 1. >>> 5 + 10
• 15
• 2. >>> 1 + "a"
• Traceback (most recent call last):
• File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
• TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'int' and 'str'
• In values which are of integer types are added and they are compatible. However, in when you try to
➀ ➁
add 1, which is an integer type with "a" which is string type, then it results in Traceback as they are not
compatible.
• In Python, Traceback is printed when an error occurs.
• The last line tells us the kind of error that occurred which in our case is the unsupported operand type(s).

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