New to Python; Command equivalents

[John Roth]

"Code_Dark" <rooting_j00 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8f43ba42.0311042330.7eaa6e10 at posting.google.com...
> Hi, I'm new to the Python programming language, and eager to learn. I
> know C and C++, but I'm sure you all know that feeling when you just
> _need_ a new language. I chose python because I'd heard good things
> about it. I have python 2.3 installed on my computer, and I am glad to
> say that I've created a "Hello, World" program. Right, the only
> problem is that the only command I've been able to figure out is
> 'print'. That's quite a problem. I was just wondering if someone could
> give me the  command for 'cin' or 'scanf' in the C-based languages,
> and if it is required to define variabled before using them as in the
> C based languages (such as ;int numbofPizza' in the beginning of the
> program). Sorry for asking such newbieish questions, but I am, in
> fact, a newbie. Please reply to this, or email me at
> dshaw858 at hotmail.com ... the email address I use for my newsgroups
> (rooting_j00 at hotmail.com) isn't regularly checked because of spam...
> meh.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Code Dark

Presumably, you're not on a Windows machine, since the
install packages for Windows come with the complete
documentation.

Go to the Python web site at www.python.org, and download
the documentation package. Start reading at the tutorial. You can
even do this on the web.

John Roth