Basic Python for Data Management, Finance, and Marketing: Advance Your Career by Learning the Most Powerful Analytical Tool

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A. YudinBasic Python for Data Management, Finance, and Marketinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7189-6_2

2. Writing Your Own Python Scripts

Art Yudin¹  

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South Amboy, NJ, USA

 

In the previous chapter, we have covered all the basics of Python. Here, we will take a look at essential control flow statements and will learn how to structure a program. We will learn how to use for and while loops and compose custom functions. Also, we will get familiar with a decisive Python data structure – dictionary.

As we move through the chapter, we will solve a couple of interesting and beneficial challenges. The exercises we are about to take on will demonstrate how to ...