Introduction to Python Programming and Data Structures, 3rd Edition by Pearson

CHAPTER 2

Elementary Programming

 

Objectives

• To write programs that perform simple computations (§2.2).
• To obtain input from a program’s user by using the input function and to convert strings to numbers using the int and float functions (§2.3).
• To use identifiers to name elements such as variables and functions (§2.4).
• To assign data to variables (§2.5).
• To perform simultaneous assignment (§2.6).
• To define named constants (§2.7).
• To use the operators +, −, *, /, //, %, and ** (§2.8).
• To program using division and remainder operators (§2.9).
• To write and evaluate numeric expressions (§2.10).
• To use augmented assignment operators to simplify coding (§2.11).
• To perform numeric type conversion and rounding with the round function (§2.12). ...