Python Basics

Display text:

print("Hi there")

- This will display the text to the console

- Alternatively you can replace each double quote symbol with a single quote

Add comments:

# My comment

- Anything you type to the right of "#" is a comment and will not be read as code

- You can have a comment block (multiple lines) by putting code between two sets of 3 quote symbols ''' single quote ''' , or """ double quotes """

Store values (variables):

x = 5

- You can then access this value later by name

- A variable name can be more than 1 letter, and names with multiple words are usually separated with an underscore (e.g. 'my_value')

- You can also store text, e.g. my_name = "Bob"

Do Math:

365 / 7

- You can also use +, -, *, ...

Display multiple things:

print("I am", x, "years old")

- This will display "I am 5 years old", assuming you ran the code to give x a value

All together:

name = "Jane" # Set name age = 22 # Set age print(name, "is at least", age * 12, "months old" )

- This will display "Jane is at least 264 months old"

Challenge

Write a program that will calculate and display how many $16 items Bob can buy with his savings. Store the savings as a variable value, first set it to $736, then $1232.

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