Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

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M. L. Hetland, F. NelliBeginning Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0196-9_5

5. Conditionals, Loops, and Some Other Statements

Magnus Lie Hetland¹   and Fabio Nelli²

(1)

Trondheim, Norway

(2)

ROMA, Roma, Italy

 

By now, I’m sure you are getting a bit impatient. All right—all these data types are just dandy, but you can’t really do much with them, can you?

Let’s crank up the pace a bit. You’ve already encountered a few statement types (print statements, import statements, and assignments). Let’s first take a look at some more ways of using these before diving into the world of conditionals and loops. Then you’ll see how list comprehensions work almost like ...