Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python , 4th Edition

2WRITING PROGRAMS

Now let’s see what Python can do with text. Almost all programs display text to the user, and the user enters text into programs through the keyboard. In this chapter, you’ll make your first program, which does both of these things. You’ll learn how to store text in variables, combine text, and display text on the screen. The program you’ll create displays the greeting Hello world! and asks for the user’s name.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER

• Strings

• String concatenation

• Data types (such as strings or integers)

• Using the file editor to write programs

• Saving and running programs in IDLE

• Flow of execution

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