Short break

No posts in the next couple of days due to school & work deadlines approaching at speed.

Comic relief #2

King Arthur would make a great programmer. Look at his problem solving skills.

More on strings and data in general

IDLE 1.2.1 #That's my Windows Python GUI
>>> x = 'hello'
>>> y = 'll'
>>> x in y
False
>>> y in x
True

Methods

A simple example that explains it all:

>>> 'bob' .upper()
'BOB'

Comic relief #1

Looking at all the spamify() functions in my Python manuals reminded me of the great heritage Python advertises and at the same time gave me an idea about making this blog a tad more colorful. The first of the comic reliefs. A true classic.

Monty Python attacks for the first time - strings

#!/usr/bin/python

print 'Spam' + 'Eggs'
print "Ni!" * 10

Both single and double quotes accepted.

Simple math

#! /usr/bin/python
# kg 2 stone converter

print "Mass in kilos?"
mass_kg = int(raw_input())
mass_stone = mass_kg * 2.2 / 14
print "Mass in stones is" + str(mass_stone) + " stone."

Conditions (if) and indenting

>>> world_flat=1
>>> if world_flat:
... print "You can fall off!" #this line is indented
...
You can fall off!

Config stuff for Unix and Windows machines

Usual location of the interpreter:
/usr/local/bin/python (Unix)
C:\Python25 or sth similar (Windows)

Environment path setting (Windows)
set path path=%path%;C:\python25

Drill #1

# <-comment
>>> a = 4 #assignment
>>> if a%2==0: #condition
print "whatever"

First notes

Python characteristics:

-interpreted
-creates bytecode normally saved to disk (one compilation)
-allows OO
-spaces matter
-indentation for indicating where block starts and ends ('{}' in C)
-dynamically typed (data type based on the stored value)

Python Programming

I´m beginning to think it would be a good subject for the otherwise unproductive process. Having actual content is the only way to go with blogs AND I have access to a Web-connected Linux machine these days.

It's bloggering time.

Test post

Editor works.

Teacher´s mail jic

mrebollo at dsic.upv.es

notes:
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First post

I don´t even know.