Python Tutorial
Python Tutorial
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Welcome Python Programming
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Welcome Python Programming
The Programming Cycle for Python
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Run
with some input
Write/Edit
OK?
NO
YES
YES
NO More
Inputs?
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User Program
Filename, preferred extension is py
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IN[1]: Python Shell Prompt
IN[2]:
User Commands
IN[3]: (Statements)
IN[4]: ( )
Outputs
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input
• Take as argument a string to print as a prompt
• Returns the user typed value as a string
– details of how to process user string later
IN[1]:
IN[2]: ( )
IN[3]:
Programming 8
Elements of Python
• A Python program is a sequence of definitions
and commands (statements)
• Commands manipulate objects
• Each object is associated with a Type
• Type:
– A set of values
– A set of operations on these values
• Expressions: An operation (combination of
objects and operators)
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Types in Python
• int
– Bounded integers, e.g. 732 or -5
• float
– Real numbers, e.g. 3.14 or 2.0
• long
– Long integers with unlimited precision
• str
– Strings, e.g. ‘hello’ or ‘C’
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Types in Python
• Scalar
– Indivisible objects that do not have internal
structure
– int (signed integers), float (floating point), bool
(Boolean), NoneType
• NoneType is a special type with a single value
• The value is called None
• Non-Scalar
– Objects having internal structure
– str (strings)
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Example of Types
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Type Conversion (Type Cast)
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Type Conversion Examples
Note that float to int
conversion
is truncation, not rounding off
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Type Conversion and Input
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Operators
• Arithmetic + - * // / % **
• Comparison == != > < >= <=
• Assignment = += -= *= //= /= %= **=
• Logical and or not
• Bitwise & | ^ ~ >> <<
• Membership in not in
• Identity is is not
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Variables
• A name associated with an m
object 64
• Assignment used for binding Acads
m = 64; c
c = ‘Acads’; 3.1416
f = 3.1416;
f
• Variables can change their
bindings 2.7183
f = 2.7183;
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Assignment Statement
• A simple assignment statement
Variable = Expression;
• Computes the value (object) of the expression
on the right hand side expression (RHS)
• Associates the name (variable) on the left
hand side (LHS) with the RHS value
• = is known as the assignment operator.
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Multiple Assignments
• Python allows multiple assignments
x, y = 10, 20 Binds x to 10 and y to 20
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Binary Operations
Op Meaning Example Remarks
+ Addition 9+2 is 11
9.1+2.0 is 11.1
- Subtraction 9-2 is 7
9.1-2.0 is 7.1
* Multiplication 9*2 is 18
9.1*2.0 is 18.2
/ Division 9/2 is 4.25 In Python3
9.1/2.0 is 4.55 Real div.
// Integer Division 9//2 is 4
% Remainder 9%2 is 1
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The // operator
•
Ideally: x == (x//y)*y + x %y
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Conditional Statements
• In daily routine
– If it is very hot, I will skip
exercise.
– If there is a quiz tomorrow, I will
first study and then sleep.
Otherwise I will sleep now.
– If I have to buy coffee, I will
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if-else statement
• Compare two integers and print the min.
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Indentation
• Indentation is important in Python
– grouping of statement (block of statements)
– no explicit brackets, e.g. { }, to group statements
x,y = 6,10 Run
x the program
y
if x < y: 6 10
print (x)
else:
print (y) ippe Output
s k
print (‘is the
d min’) 6 26
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if statement (no else!)
• General form of the if statement
e
if boolean-expr :
fals
tru
e
S1
S1
S2
• Execution of if statement S2
– First the expression is evaluated.
– If it evaluates to a true value, then S1 is
executed and then control moves to the S2.
– If expression evaluates to false, then control
moves to the S2 directly.
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if-else statement
• General form of the if-else statement
if boolean-expr : e
tru
fa
ls
S1
e
else: S1 S2
S2
S3 S3
• Execution of if-else statement
– First the expression is evaluated.
– If it evaluates to a true value, then S1 is executed and
then control moves to S3.
– If expression evaluates to false, then S2 is executed
and then control moves to S3.
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Nested if, if-else
if a <= b:
if a <= c:
…
else:
…
else:
if b <= c) :
…
else:
… 29
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Elif
• A special kind of nesting is the chain of
if-else-if-else-… statements
• Can be written elegantly using if-elif-..-else
if cond1: if cond1:
s1 s1
else: elif cond2:
if cond2: s2
s2 elif cond3:
else: s3
if cond3: elif …
s3 else
else: last-block-of-stmt
…
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Summary of if, if-else
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Class Quiz
• What is the value of expression:
(5<2) and (3/0 > 1)
c) False
The correct answer is
False
d) True
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Short-circuit Evaluation
• Do not evaluate the second operand of binary
short-circuit logical operator if the result can be
deduced from the first operand
– Also applies to nested logical operators
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Caution about Using Floats
• The value stored internally for the decimal
number 0.1 is the binary fraction
0.000110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110
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• Equivalent to decimal value
0.100000000000000005551115123125782702118158340454101562
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• Approximation is similar to decimal
approximation 1/3 = 0.333333333...
• No matter how many digits you use, you have
an approximation
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Comparing Floats
• Because of the approximations, comparison of
floats is not exact.
• Solution?
• Instead of
x == y
use
abs(x-y) <= epsilon
where epsilon is a suitably chosen small value
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Programming using Python
Loops
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Printing Multiplication Table
5 X 1 = 5
5 X 2 = 10
5 X 3 = 15
5 X 4 = 20
5 X 5 = 25
5 X 6 = 30
5 X 7 = 35
5 X 8 = 40
5 X 9 = 45
5 X 10 = 50
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Program…
n = int(input('Enter a Too
number:
much '))
print (n, 'X', 1, '=', n*1)
repetition!
print (n, 'X', 2, '=', n*2)
Can I avoid
print (n, 'X', 3, '=', n*3)it?
print (n, 'X', 4, '=', n*4)
print (n, 'X', 5, '=', n*5)
print (n, 'X', 6, '=', n*6)
….
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Printing Multiplication Table
Loop Exit
i <=10
TRUE FALSE
Loop
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Printing Multiplication Table
Input n
i=1
TRUE
FALSE n = int(input('n=? '))
i <=10
i=1
Print n x i = ni Stop
i = i+1
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While Statement
while (expression):
S1 FALSE
expression
S2
TRUE
S1 S2
1. Evaluate expression
2. If TRUE then
a) execute statement1
b) goto step 1.
3. If FALSE then execute statement2.
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For Loop
• Print the sum of the reciprocals of the
first 100 natural numbers.
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range
• range(s, e, d)
– generates the list:
[s, s+d, s+2*d, …, s+k*d]
where s+k*d < e <= s+(k+1)*d
• range(s, e) is equivalent to range(s, e, 1)
• range(e) is equivalent to range(0, e)
Exercise: What if d is negative? Use
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Quiz
• What will be the output of the following
program
f(unctions)
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Parts of a function
Input
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Programming, Functions
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def max (a, b):
‘’’return maximum among a and b’’’
keyword if (a > b):
return a 2 arguments
else: a and b
Function Name return b (formal args)
In[3] : help(max)
Help on function max in module __main__:
max(a, b)
return maximum among a and b
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Keyword Arguments
Note use of [0]
def printName(first, last, initials) : to get the first
if initials: character of a
string. More on
print (first[0] + '. ' + last[0] + '.') this later.
else:
print (first, last)
Call Output
printName('Acads', 'Institute', False) Acads Institute
printName('Acads', 'Institute', True) A. I.
printName(last='Institute', initials=False, first='Acads') Acads Institute
printName('Acads', initials=True, last='Institute') A. I.
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Keyword Arguments
• Parameter passing where formal is bound to
actual using formal's name
• Can mix keyword and non-keyword arguments
– All non-keyword arguments precede keyword
arguments in the call
– Non-keyword arguments are matched by position
(order is important)
– Order of keyword arguments is not important
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Default Values
def printName(first, last, initials=False) :
if initials:
print (first[0] + '. ' + last[0] + '.')
Note the use
else: of “default”
value
print (first, last)
Call Output
printName('Acads', 'Institute') Acads Institute
printName(first='Acads', last='Institute', initials=True) A. I.
printName(last='Institute', first='Acads') Acads Institute
printName('Acads', last='Institute') Acads Institute
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Default Values
• Allows user to call a function with fewer
arguments
• Useful when some argument has a fixed value
for most of the calls
• All arguments with default values must be at
the end of argument list
– non-default argument can not follow default
argument
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Globals
• Globals allow functions to communicate with
each other indirectly
– Without parameter passing/return value
• Convenient when two seemingly “far-apart”
functions want to share data
– No direct caller/callee relation
• If a function has to update a global, it must
re-declare the global variable with global
keyword.
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Globals
PI = 3.14 >>> print(area (100))
def perimeter(r): 31400.0
return 2 * PI * r >>> print(perimeter(10))
def area(r): 62.800000000000004
return PI * r * r >>> update_pi()
def update_pi(): >>> print(area(100))
global PI 31415.999999999996
PI = 3.14159 >>> print(perimeter(10))
62.832
defines PI to be of float type with value
3.14. PI can be used across functions. Any
change to PI in update_pi will be visible to
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Programming with Python
S TR NGS
T U IPL E S
LI STS
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Strings
• Strings in Python have type str
• They represent sequence of characters
– Python does not have a type corresponding to
character.
• Strings are enclosed in single quotes(') or
double quotes(“)
– Both are equivalent
• Backslash (\) is used to escape quotes and
special characters
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Strings
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Length of a String
• len function gives the length of a string
\n is a single
character: the special
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representing newline
Programming
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Concatenate and Repeat
• In Python, + and * operations have special
meaning when operating on strings
• + is used for concatenation of (two) strings
• * is used to repeat a string, an int number of
time
• Function/Operator Overloading
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Concatenate and Repeat
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Indexing
• Strings can be indexed
• First character has index 0
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Indexing
• Negative indices start counting from the right
• Negatives indices start from -1
• -1 means last, -2 second last, ...
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Indexing
• Using an index that is too large or too small
results in “index out of range” error
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Slicing
• To obtain a substring
• s[start:end] means substring of s starting at
index start and ending at index end-1
• s[0:len(s)] is same as s
• Both start and end are optional
– If start is omitted, it defaults to 0
– If end is omitted, it defaults to the length of string
• s[:] is same as s[0:len(s)], that is same as s
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Slicing
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More Slicing
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Tuples
Tuples are used to store multiple items in a single
variable.
Tuple is one of 4 built-in data types in Python
used to store collections of data, the other 3
are List, Set, and Dictionary, all with different
qualities and usage.
A tuple is a collection which is ordered
and unchangeable.
Tuples are written with round brackets.
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Tuples
• A tuple consists of a number of values
separated by commas
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Nested Tuples
• Tuples can be nested
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Length of a Tuple
• len function gives the length of a tuple
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More Operations on Tuples
• Tuples can be concatenated, repeated,
indexed and sliced
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Unpacking Sequences
• Strings and Tuples are examples of sequences
– Indexing, slicing, concatenation, repetition
operations applicable on sequences
• Sequence Unpacking operation can be applied
to sequences to get the components
– Multiple assignment statement
– LHS and RHS must have equal length
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Unpacking Sequences
( )
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Lists
• Ordered sequence of values
• Written as a sequence of comma-separated
values between square brackets
• Values can be of different types
– usually the items all have the same type
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Lists
• List is also a sequence type
– Sequence operations are applicable
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Lists
• List is also a sequence type
– Sequence operations are applicable
Repetition
( )
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More Operations on Lists
•[Link](x) •[Link]()
•[Link](seq) •[Link](x)
•[Link](i, x) •[Link](x)
•[Link](x) •[Link]()
•[Link](i) •[Link]()
x is any value, seq is a sequence value (list, string,
tuple, …),
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is an integer value Programming
Mutable and Immutable Types
• Tuples and List types look very similar
• However, there is one major difference: Lists
are mutable
– Contents of a list can be modified
• Tuples and Strings are immutable
– Contents can not be modified
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Summary of Sequences
Operation Meaning
seq[i] i-th element of the sequence
len(seq) Length of the sequence
seq1 + seq2 Concatenate the two sequences
num*seq
Repeat seq num times
seq*num
seq[start:end] slice starting from start, and ending at end-1
e in seq True if e is present is seq, False otherwise
e not in seq True if e is not present is seq, False otherwise
for e in seq Iterate over all elements in seq (e is bound to one element per
iteration)
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Programming with Python
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Sets
• An unordered collection with no duplicate
elements
• Supports
– membership testing
– eliminating duplicate entries
– Set operations: union, intersection, difference,
and symmetric difference.
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Sets
{ }
Create a set
from
a sequence
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Set Operations
{ }
{ }
{ }
{ }
{ }
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Dictionaries
• Unordered set of key:value pairs,
• Keys have to be unique and immutable
• Key:value pairs enclosed inside curly braces
{...}
• Empty dictionary is created by writing {}
• Dictionaries are mutable
– add new key:value pairs,
– change the pairing
– delete a key (and associated value)
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Operations on Dictionaries
Operation Meaning
len(d) Number of key:value pairs in d
[Link]() List containing the keys in d
[Link]() List containing the values in d
k in d True if key k is in d
d[k] Value associated with key k in d
[Link](k, v) If k is present in d, then d[k] else v
d[k] = v Map the value v to key k in d
(replace d[k] if present)
del d[k] Remove key k (and associated value) from d
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Operations on Dictionaries
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Operations on Dictionaries
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Operations on Dictionaries
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Dictionary Construction
• The dict constructor: builds dictionaries
directly from sequences of key-value pairs
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Programming with Python
File I/O
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File I/O
• Files are persistent storage
• Allow data to be stored beyond program
lifetime
• The basic operations on files are
– open, close, read, write
• Python treat files as sequence of lines
– sequence operations work for the data read from
files
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File I/O: open and close
open(filename, mode)
• While opening a file, you need to supply
– The name of the file, including the path
– The mode in which you want to open a file
– Common modes are r (read), w (write), a (append)
• Mode is optional, defaults to r
• open(..) returns a file object
• close() on the file object closes the file
– finishes any buffered operations
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File I/O: Example
• Do some writing
• How to do it?
• see the next few slides
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File I/O: read, write and append
• Reading from an open file returns the
contents of the file
– as sequence of lines in the program
• Writing to a file
– IMPORTANT: If opened with mode 'w', clears the
existing contents of the file
– Use append mode ('a') to preserve the contents
– Writing happens at the end
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File I/O: Examples
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File I/O: Examples
( )
( )
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File I/O: Examples
( )
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File I/O: Examples
Note the use of for ...
in
for sequence
( )
]
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File I/O: Examples
( )
( )
( )
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Programming using Python
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Welcome Python Programming
Modules
• As program gets longer, need to organize them for
easier access and easier maintenance.
• Reuse same functions across programs without
copying its definition into each program.
• Python allows putting definitions in a file
– use them in a script or in an interactive instance of the
interpreter
• Such a file is called a module
– definitions from a module can be imported into other
modules or into the main module
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Modules
• A module is a file containing Python
definitions and statements.
• The file name is the module name with the
suffix .py appended.
• Within a module, the module’s name is
available in the global variable __name__.
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Modules Example
[Link] -
C:\
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Modules Example
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Importing ALL Functions
• To import all functions from a module, in the current
symbol table
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A sound Package
[Link]
l 117
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A sound Package
[Link]
l 118
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__init.py__
• The __init__.py files are required to make
Python treat directories containing the file as
packages.
• This prevents directories with a common name,
such as string, unintentionally hiding valid
modules that occur later on the module search
path.
• __init__.py can just be an empty file
• It can also execute initialization code for the
package
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Importing Modules from Packages
[Link]
ml 120
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Importing Modules from Packages
import [Link]
[Link](
input, output,
delay=0.7, atten=4
)
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Importing Modules from Packages
from [Link] import echo
• This also loads the submodule echo
• Makes it available without package prefix
• It can be used as:
[Link](
input, output,
delay=0.7, atten=4
)
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Importing Modules from Packages
from [Link] import
echofilter
echofilter(input, output,
delay=0.7, atten=4)
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Popular Packages
• pandas, numpy, scipy, matplotlib, …
• Provide a lot of useful functions
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