Introduction to Python Programming Course Notes

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Introduction to Python ProgrammingCourse NotesPhil SpectorDepartment of Statistics, University of California BerkeleyMarch 16, 20052Contents1 What is Python ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The very Basics of Python . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Invoking Python . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Principles of Python . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic Core Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Object Oriented Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Namespaces and Variable Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . Exception Handling.

ter appropriate to your system (control-Z for Windows, control-D for Unix), or by entering import sys sys.exit() or raise SystemExit at the python prompt. For longer programs, you can compose your python code in the editor of your choice, and execute the program by …

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