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Learn Python and IPython Note Book in A Day!

This document provides an easy guide to using iPython notebooks. It demonstrates how to install Python and iPython, create variables of different data types, use conditional and loop statements, and define functions. Basic Python concepts like printing, indexing dictionaries, and formatting strings are also illustrated through examples in the iPython notebook environment.

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Learn Python and IPython Note Book in A Day!

This document provides an easy guide to using iPython notebooks. It demonstrates how to install Python and iPython, create variables of different data types, use conditional and loop statements, and define functions. Basic Python concepts like printing, indexing dictionaries, and formatting strings are also illustrated through examples in the iPython notebook environment.

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11/9/2017 Easy Guide to iPython Note Book

Installing Python and GraphLab Create


Please follow the installation instructions here before getting started:

We have done
Installed Python
Started Ipython Notebook

Getting started with Python


In [1]:

print 'Hello World!'

Hello World!

Create some variables in Python


In [2]:

i = 4 #int

In [3]:

type(i)

Out[3]:
int

In [4]:

f = 4.1 #float

In [5]:

type(f)

Out[5]:

float

In [6]:

b = True #boolean variable

In [7]:

s = "This is a string!"

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In [8]:

print s

This is a string!

Advanced python types


In [9]:

l = [3,1,2] #list

In [10]:

print l

[3, 1, 2]

In [11]:

d = {'foo':1, 'bar':2.3, 's':'my first dictionary'} #dictionary

In [12]:

print d

{'s': 'my first dictionary', 'foo': 1, 'bar': 2.3}

In [13]:

print d['foo'] #element of a dictionary

In [14]:

n = None #Python's null type

In [15]:

type(n)

Out[15]:

NoneType

Advanced printing
In [16]:

print "Our float value is %s. Our int value is %s." % (f,i) #Python is pretty good wit
h strings

Our float value is 4.1. Our int value is 4.

Conditional statements in python


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if i == 1 and f > 4:
print "The value of i is 1 and f is greater than 4."
elif i > 4 or f > 4:
print "i or f are both greater than 4."
else:
print "both i and f are less than or equal to 4"

i or f are both greater than 4.

Conditional loops
In [18]:
print l

[3, 1, 2]

In [19]:

for e in l:
print e

3
1
2

Note that in Python, we don't use {} or other markers to indicate the part of the loop that gets iterated.
Instead, we just indent and align each of the iterated statements with spaces or tabs. (You can use as many
as you want, as long as the lines are aligned.)

In [20]:

counter = 6
while counter < 10:
print counter
counter += 1

6
7
8
9

Creating functions in Python


Again, we don't use {}, but just indent the lines that are part of the function.

In [21]:

def add2(x):
y = x + 2
return y

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