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Hello Python

This document introduces Python by discussing that it is a general purpose, open source programming language used for many applications including data science. It describes how to use the IPython shell to execute Python commands and Python scripts to write and run code. Python variables can store different data types like integers, floats, strings, and booleans. The document demonstrates calculating BMI from height and weight variables and checking the variable types. It emphasizes that Python has different behaviors depending on the types of values used.

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Hello Python

This document introduces Python by discussing that it is a general purpose, open source programming language used for many applications including data science. It describes how to use the IPython shell to execute Python commands and Python scripts to write and run code. Python variables can store different data types like integers, floats, strings, and booleans. The document demonstrates calculating BMI from height and weight variables and checking the variable types. It emphasizes that Python has different behaviors depending on the types of values used.

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Hello Python!

I N T R O D U C T I O N TO P Y T H O N

Hugo Bowne-Anderson
Data Scientist at DataCamp
How you will learn

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Python

General purpose: build anything

Open source! Free!

Python packages, also for data science


Many applications and elds

Version 3.x - https://www.python.org/downloads/

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IPython Shell
Execute Python commands

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IPython Shell

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Python Script
Text les - .py

List of Python commands

Similar to typing in IPython Shell

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Python Script

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Python Script

Use print() to generate output from script

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DataCamp Interface

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Let's practice!
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Variables and Types
I N T R O D U C T I O N TO P Y T H O N

Hugo Bowne-Anderson
Data Scientist at DataCamp
Variable
Speci c, case-sensitive name

Call up value through variable name

1.79 m - 68.7 kg

height = 1.79
weight = 68.7

height

1.79

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Calculate BMI
height = 1.79 68.7 / 1.79 ** 2
weight = 68.7

height
21.4413

1.79 weight / height ** 2

weight
BMI = 21.4413
height2

bmi = weight / height ** 2


bmi

21.4413

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Reproducibility
height = 1.79
weight = 68.7
bmi = weight / height ** 2
print(bmi)

21.4413

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Reproducibility
height = 1.79
weight = 74.2 # <-
bmi = weight / height ** 2
print(bmi)

23.1578

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Python Types
type(bmi)

float

day_of_week = 5
type(day_of_week)

int

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Python Types (2)
x = "body mass index"
y = 'this works too'

type(y)

str

z = True
type(z)

bool

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Python Types (3)
2 + 3

'ab' + 'cd'

'abcd'

Different type = different behavior!

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Let's practice!
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