Lesson 13. Introducing decisions in programs
After reading lesson 13, you’ll be able to
- Understand how the Python interpreter makes decisions
- Understand which lines of code get executed when a decision is made
- Write code that automatically decides which lines to execute depending on user input
When you write a program, you write lines of code. Each line of code is called a statement. You’ve been writing linear code, which means that when you run your program, every line of code is executed in the order that you wrote it; none of the lines are executed more than once, and none of the lines are skipped. This is equivalent to going through life without being allowed to make any decisions; this would be a constraining way to experience the world. ...
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