Introduction to Python for Engineers and Scientists: Open Source Solutions for Numerical Computation

© Sandeep Nagar 2018

Sandeep NagarIntroduction to Python for Engineers and Scientistshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3204-0_2

2. Introduction to Python Basics

Sandeep Nagar¹ 

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New York, USA

 

2.1 Introduction

The best way to learn Python is to try Python on the Python interpreter. In this chapter, we will illustrate how to install and use the Python interpreter. Installation can be done on all popular operating systems. As examples, we will demonstrate installion on Windows, Ubuntu (Linux), and Mac OS X.

2.2 Installation

The Python interpreter has been provided for a variety of platforms. An operating system defines a scheme to store files and run codes in a specific manner. These different schemes require different settings of the Python interpreter ...