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Introduction to Python Programming

Python is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language created by Guido van Rossum, known for its ease of use and extensibility. It supports various data types, including numeric, sequence, and collection types, and everything in Python is treated as an object. The syntax is straightforward, with comments indicated by '#', and it utilizes print statements to display output.

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Introduction to Python Programming

Python is a dynamic, object-oriented programming language created by Guido van Rossum, known for its ease of use and extensibility. It supports various data types, including numeric, sequence, and collection types, and everything in Python is treated as an object. The syntax is straightforward, with comments indicated by '#', and it utilizes print statements to display output.

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Advanced Bio Informatics

What is Python?
 Guido van Rossum –
The author of Python
 Free and open source
technology
 Easy to understand
 Object oriented
language
 Dynamic typed
language
 Interpreter
Python - Introduction
What is Python?
 Dynamic typed
language which
means data types are
checked at runtime
instead of compile
time
Python - Introduction
Why Python?
 Object oriented
 Easy to learn
 Extensible
 Rich built in data
structure
Python - Introduction
Python/Emacs IDE
Python - Introduction
Syntax of a Python program

Lines # Elementary Python program


beginning print "Hello World"
with "#" are
comments,
and are ignored
by Python Single or double quotes
enclose a "string literal"
print statement tells Python to print the
following stuff to the screen
Python - Introduction
Python Data Types
 Numeric Types
• Integer, long, float,
Decimal, Complex
 Sequence Types
• String, Unicode, List,
Tuple
 Collection Types
• Dictionary, Set
 Other types such as
Boolean
Python - Introduction
More on Python
 In Python, everything
is object
 To access function
or method on object,
“.” is used. E.g.
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 Control flow (loops, if-
else) is very similar to
other languages

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