April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
426 pages
11h 13m
English
Content preview from Mastering Python for Finance - Second Edition
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Getting Python
At the time of writing, the latest Python version is 3.7.0. You may download the latest version for Windows, macOS X, Linux/UNIX, and other operating systems from the official Python website at https://www.python.org/downloads/. Follow the installation instructions to install the base Python interpreter on your operating system.
The installation process should add Python to your environment path. To check the version of your installed Python, type the following command into the terminal if you are using macOS X/Linux, or the command prompt on Windows:
$ python --versionPython 3.7.0
For easy installation of Python libraries, consider using an all-in-one Python distribution such as Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/download/ ...