Python Basics
Outline
Operators & Operands
Variable Comparison
Logical & Boolean Operations
Conditional Statements
Order of Precedence
Operator & Operands
Python has two numeric types—integers and floating-point
numbers—for working with the operators +, -, *, /, //, **, and
%.
The information stored in a computer is generally referred to
as data.
There are two types of numeric data: integers and real numbers.
Integer types (int for short) are for representing whole
numbers.
Real types are for representing numbers with a fractional
part.
Real numbers are represented as floating-point (or float) values.
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Type Conversions and Rounding
Can you perform binary operations with two operands of
different types?
Yes. If an integer and a float are involved in a binary
operation, Python automatically converts the integer to a
float value.
This is called type conversion.
If one of the
So, 3 * 4.5 is the same as 3.0 * 4.5. operands for the
numeric operators is
a float value, the
result will be a float
value.
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Type Conversions and Rounding
>>> value =
5.6
>>>
int(value)
5
>>> value =
5.6
>>>
round(value)
6
>>> value =
5.6
>>>
round(value)
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>>> value
5.6
>>> 5
Arithmetic Operators
The operators for numeric data types include the standard arithmetic operators,
as shown in Table 2.1. The operands are the values operated by an operator.
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Arithmetic Operators
The / operator performs a float division that results in
a floating number
The // operator performs an integer division; the result is an integer, and any
fractional part is truncated.
The % operator,
known as
remainder or
modulo operator,
yields the
remainder after
division.
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Variable Comparison Operators
Logical & Boolean Operations
X = true Y=false??
print('x and y is', x and y)
print('x or y is', x or y)
print('not x is', not x)
Identity Operators
Membership operators
Conditional Statements
Assignment Operators
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Evaluating Expressions and Operator
Precedence
1. Exponentiation (**) is applied first.
2. Multiplication (*), float division (/), integer division (//) ,
and remainder operators (%) are applied next.
If an expression contains several multiplication, division, and
remainder operators, they are applied from left to right.
3. Addition (+) and subtraction (-) operators are applied last.
If an expression contains several addition and subtraction
operators, they are applied from left to right.
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Operator Precedence
Python expressions are evaluated in the same way as arithmetic expressions.
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Tasks
Get date of birth from the user as input and calculate/display
age as follows:
Your age is XX years, XX months, and XX days
Write a program that reads an integer between 0 and 1000
and adds all the digits in the integer. For example, if an
integer is 932, the sum of all its digits is 14. Here is a sample
run:
Enter a number: 999 sum of digits is 27
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Summary
Operators & Operands
Variable Comparison
Logical & Boolean Operations
Conditional Statements
Order of Precedence
