[Tutor] pyhton

alan.gauld@bt.com alan.gauld@bt.com
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:42:59 -0000


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>  hello my name is ted and i have a few questions about pyhton. i have
never  
>  worked with programing but i have worked with computers for a while.  
 
Thats my target audience on my web tutor :-)
 
 > do you know any were it gives more "hands on traingin" and more in depth
help. 
 
Visit the Python web site and go to the Intros and Begginers 
sections where several tutors exist, including mine. 

also i cannot get this program to work maby you can tell me whats wrong?
 
>>>input("what is your name?") if ted print"hello ted" else: print"who are
you?"
 

Split it onto several lines:
 
>>> name = raw_input("Whats your name? ")   #use raw_input for characters
Whats your name? ted
>>> if name == "ted":   # must have a colon ':' after the test
...       print "Hello ted"
... else: print "Who are you?"
...
Hello ted
>>>
 
You are very close but there's a few concepts missing. Try one of the tutors
and 
don't rush it, there's a lot of things to pick up at the beginning, if you
miss them 
early on it will just make life harder later on as you have to unlearn bad
habits.
Alan g.
Author of the 'Learning to Program' web site
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
<http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld>  


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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>&gt; &nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>hello my name is ted 
and i have a few questions about pyhton. i have never&nbsp;<SPAN 
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color=#0000ff>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>&gt; </FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN>worked with programing 
but i have worked with computers for a while.&nbsp;<SPAN 
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color=#0000ff>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=230464116-26122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001>Thats my 
target audience on my web tutor :-)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=230464116-26122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>do you know any 
were it gives more "hands on traingin" and more in depth help.<SPAN 
class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
color=#0000ff>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN 
class=230464116-26122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>Visit the Python web site and go to the Intros 
and Begginers </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT 
face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>sections where several tutors exist, including 
mine.</FONT>&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>also i cannot get this program to work maby you 
  can tell me whats wrong?</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt;input("what is your name?") if ted 
  print"hello ted" else: print"who are you?"</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Split it 
onto several lines:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt; name = raw_input("Whats your name? ")&nbsp;&nbsp; #use 
raw_input for characters</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>Whats your name? ted</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt; if name == "ted":&nbsp;&nbsp; # must have a colon ':' after 
the test</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; print "Hello 
ted"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>... 
else: print "Who are you?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>Hello ted</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face="Courier New" 
size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>You are very 
close but there's a few concepts missing. Try one of the tutors and 
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>don't rush 
it, there's a lot of things to pick up at the beginning, if you miss them 
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=230464116-26122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>early on it 
will just make life harder later on as you have to unlearn bad 
habits.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<P><FONT size=2>Alan g.<BR>Author of the 'Learning to Program' web site<BR><A 
target=_blank 
href="http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld">http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld</A></FONT> 
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