Basic Python Programming. Prerequisites: None

1. Python Programming
Mohamed Ramadan
Application Developer
Java Certified Associative
Cognitive Computing certified practitioner
Agile – Design Thinking Certified Practitioner
Day 1

2. Course Specification
Course Coverage
80 % desired to be covered with the
lecture
20% to be covered in self study basis.
Course Evaluation
40% for labs.
60% for final project.
Lectures
80 % 20% 60 % 40%
Self study Project Labs

3. AGENDA
INTRODUCTION
◈ When Python
◈ Which Python
◈ Why Python
◈ Who Python
◈ Run Python
◈ How Python
GETTING INTO
◈ Numbers
◈ String
◈ Sequences
⬥ List
⬥ Tuple
⬥ Dictionary
⬥ Array
BASICS
◈ Flow Control
◈ Loop
◈ Functions
◈ Scope
◈ File IO
◈ Lab

4. Python Was Invented
by Guido Van Rossum
in late 80s

5. INTRO
WHY PYTHON
◈ Simple Syntax, Easy for Beginners, Strong for Professionals
◈ Clean Code Enforcements through Indentations
◈ Cross Platform running every where (Windows - Linux - Mac)
◈ Many Libraries and Modules to import and use
◈ Large and supportive helpful community
WHO PYTHON
◈ Google, YouTube, Instagram, Dropbox,
Twitter, Reddit, …

6. INTRO
◈ Python foundations (non profit) sponsored
by Google and Microsoft
Python versions
◈ Python 2.7.12 VS Python 3.5.2

7. INTRO
WHICH PYTHON
“Python 3 is a nicer and more consistent language, BUT,
there is very limited third-party module support for it.
So, all major frameworks still run on Python 2, and will
continue to do so for a significant time. Therefore, if you
learn Python today, you should learn Python 2, because
that is the version you are going to end up actually
using.” [Laurence Bradford ]

8. Linux comes with both
python 2 and python 3
installed.
Considering that Python 2 is
the default version.
Checking python verions 
INSTALLING PYTHON
:~$ python --version
Python 2.7.12
:~$ python3 –version
Python 3.5.2

9. 3 Ways to:
◈ Using shell .
⬥ By typing Python on terminal
◈ Run python script
◈ Shebang method
⬥ Let the First line in your file.py
be #!/usr/bin/env python
⬥ Give the file execute permission
and execute it.
RUN PYTHON
:~$ python
>>>
:~$ python file.py
:~$ sudo chmod +x ./file.py
:~$ ./file.py3
2
1

10. HOW PYTHON WORKS
Compiler
Interpreter
Source
Code
Source
Code
Compiler
Object
Code
Executor
Output
OutputInterpreter
Python is an interpreted language

11. NUMBERS
◈ Data types int, float, decimal & all operators + - / *
12 / 5→ 2 #would give the integer value, if you need the float tell python.
12.0 / 5 OR 12 / 5.0 OR 12. / 5 OR 12 / 5.
◈ 5**3 → 125 #since the * means multiplication the ** is the exponent.
Exponent can also be done through pow(base, exponent) function
So 5**3 is the same as pow(5, 3)
◈ Parentheses ( ) can be used for grouping
◈ Python doesn’t have ++
but += works
◈ abs(number) → the absolute value of number
◈ Swapping x, y = 4, 5 x, y = y, x

12. STRING
◈ single ‘ ’ Double “ ” and triple “”” “”” quotes
◈ Concatenation with + for same type and comma , for different types
◈ my_str[:3] #[from:before] it doesn’t consider the before index
◈ len(my_str) #return the length of the string
◈ my_str.lower() # to lower case
◈ my_str.upper() # to upper case
◈ my_str.isalpha() # return true if the entire elements were character not
Special character, space or numbers
◈ my_str.isdigit() # return true if the entire value is digital character

13. STRING CONTINUE
◈ my_str * 3 #will print its value 3 times
◈ String comparison using == , is , in
◈ my_str = str(5) # to convert from int to string we use str() method
◈ input(“Enter a number: ”) # used to read digit from command line
◈ raw_input(“Enter your name: ”) # used to read string from command line
◈ eval(raw_input(“Enter your whatever”)) # equals to input()
X = “HI”
Y = “HI”
z = “Hi”
So, x == y and X is y
HiHI
X
Y
z

14. LISTS
◈ my_list = [] #empty list
◈ my_list = [10, ‘Howdy’, [‘Strawberry’, ‘Peach’]] #different type list
◈ Lists are mutable (can be changed either shrink or expand)
◈ list1 = list2 #this doesn't create a copy but just a reference
List Object Methods:
◈ my_list.append(obj) #Appends object obj to list
◈ my_list.count(obj) #Returns count of how many times obj occurs in list
◈ my_list.extend(seq) #Appends the contents of seq to list
◈ my_list.insert(index, obj) #Inserts object obj into list at offset index

15. LISTS CONTINUE
◈ my_list.pop() #Removes and returns last obj from list where
◈ my_list.remove(obj) #Removes object obj from list
◈ my_list.reverse() #Reverses objects of list in place
◈ my_list.sort() #Sorts objects of list
◈ Another way to Sort
sorted(my_list, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False)
◈ Lists compared like the string using == operator and we can’t use is operator
List1 = [1,2]
List2 = [1,2]
So, list1 == list2 but not X is y
1,21,2
list1
list2

16. LIST CONTINUE
range(start, end, step)
Generates a list
Examples:
range(1, 5, 2) → [1, 3] #starts from 1 before 5 stepping 2
range(1, 5) → [1, 2, 3, 4] #starts from 1 before 5
range(5) → [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] #starts from 0 before 5

17. LIST CONTINUE
Random Number Generator
To generate random number we use from random module randrange() method.
Method Structure:
import random
random.randrange(start, end, step)

18. TUPLE
Tuples are immutable cannot be changed like Lists. Once created it is fixed.
my_tuple = () #empty tuple
my_tuple = (10, ‘Howdy’, [‘Strawberry’, ‘Peach’]) #different type tuple.
We can access tuple element the same way in Lists using [ ]
Example:
my_tuple[2][1] → // this would result ‘Peach

19. TUPLE CONTINUE
Useful Functions for sequences:
◈ cmp(tuple_1, tuple_2) #compare and return 0 if true -1 if false.
◈ len(tuple_1) # returns the length of a given tuple.
◈ max(tuple_1) #returns the max value element of a given tuple.
◈ min(tuple_1) #returns the max value element of a given tuple.
◈ tuple(list_1) #converts a given list into a tuple.
◈ list(tuple_1) #converts a given tuple into a list.
◈ all(list_1) #return True if none of the elements was false, 0, empty
string, and false otherwise
◈ any(list_1) #returns True if at least one of the list elements wasn’t
false, 0, empty string

20. DICTIONARY
Also known as “Key-Value binding” Or Hashing
my_dic = {‘key’ : ‘value’}
◈ The Value can be anything. List, tuple, string, int, or even another
dictionary.
◈ The key shouldn’t be changed as it is our reference to the value. So we can
use tuples as a dictionary key as long as tuples are immutable.
Dictionary Object Methods:
◈ dict.clear() #remove all elements of dictionary dict.
◈ dict.copy() #returns a copy of dictionary dict.

21. DICTIONARY CONTINUE
◈ dict.has_key(key) #returns True if yes , False otherwise.
◈ dict.items() #returns List of dict (keys, values) Tuple pairs.
◈ dict.keys() #returns a List of dict keys.
◈ dict.values() # return a List of dict values.
◈ dict_1.update(dict_2) # add dict_2 elements (key, value) to dict_1

22. ARRAY ( ONE TYPE LIST )
To use arrays we need to import it from array module.
from array import array
Array structure:
my_arr = array(‘data_type_code’, initial_values)
Of course we can do make an array without importing this way
my_arr= array.array(‘data_type_code’, initial_values)
then my_arr.append(values) to expand it.
Data Type codes:
B, i for Integers.
C for characters.

23. Break
You can get in life what you have the courage
to ask for.
00:15:00 minutes

24. FLOW CONTROL
if (condition): #condition can be between ( ) .
Statement
elif condition: #condition can be without ( ) .
Statement
else:
Statement
Shorthand if statement
raining = True
outing = “No” if raining else “Lets go”

25. FOR LOOP
for value in list:
print value #for on a list
for key, value in dict.items():
print key, value #for on a dictionary
for value in range(2, 11, 2):
print value #for on a range method result

26. WHILE LOOP
while condition:
Statement
Condition change
Loop interruption operators:
Break: get out the entire loop.
Continue: skip this loop and go for the next one.
Pass: null operation nothing happens on execution.

27. FUNCTIONS
#simple function definition.
def my_func():
pass
#function takes arguments with default values
def my_func(argument = ‘default_value’):
return statement
#function that takes flexible number of arguments
def my_func(*args):
for val in args:
print val

28. FUNCTIONS CONTINUE
#non default argument can’t follow a default one.
def my_func(x=1, y):
pass
def my_func(x, y=1):
pass

29. SCOPEkind = “Human”
Def outerFN():
kind = “Male”
print kind
def innerFN():
print kind
innerFN()
outerFN()
Print kind
Output
Male
Male
Human
GLOBAL SCOPE
OuterFN SCOPE
InnerFN SCOPE
Kind = “Human”
Kind = “Male”

30. SCOPEkind = “Human”
Def outerFN():
print kind
global kind
kind = “Male”
print kind
def innerFN():
print kind
innerFN()
outerFN()
Print kind
Output
Human Male Male Male
GLOBAL SCOPE
OuterFN SCOPE
InnerFN SCOPE
Kind = “Human” Kind = “Male”

31. FILES I/O
To read/write a file in python we need to:
◈ Open the file: using open() method that returns a file object.
◈ Do whatever operation on the file.
◈ Close the file: using close()method
Opening a file:
open(“file_name”, “opening_mode”)
Opening modes are what do you want to do with the file ?
◈ Read Only → r
◈ Write only → w
◈ Read / write → r+
◈ Append → a w, r+, a if didn’t found the file it creates a new one

32. FILES I/O
Example opening a file:
my_file = open(“test.txt”, “a”)
File object attributes:
my_file.name #returns file name
my_file.mode #returns file access mode
my_file.closed #returns True if the file closed False otherwise

33. FILES I/O
◈ To read the file content we use method read()
◈ Read method takes 1 argument which is the count of character to read
otherwise we do not pass any argument if we need to read the entire file
content.
content = my_file.read()
print content
◈ To write a string to the file we use method write()
my_file.write(“this is my input to the file ”)

34. FILES I/O
◈ After we done with our file object we should close it using method close()
my_file.close()
◈ We can rename and delete files using os module utilities
◈ Rename a file
import os
os.rename(“current_file_name”, “new_file_name”)
◈ Remove a file
os.remove(“file_name”)

35. LAB TIME

36. Problem
Given two points represented as x1,y1,x2,y2 .
Return the (float) distance between them considering the following
distance equation.
1
Hint math.sqrt() could be useful function.

37. Problem
The program takes a string and remove the vowels character from it then
print its new version
Implementation hint:
So, “Mobile” becomes “Mbl”
2

38. Problem
The program takes a string and a character and returns a list with all the
locations that character was found in the given string.
Implementation hint:
String “Google” char ‘o’
Outoupt: [1,2]
3

39. Problem
Given a list of numbers, create a function that returns a list where all similar
adjacent elements have been reduced to a single element.
So [1, 2, 2, 3, 2] returns [1, 2, 3].
4

40. Problem
Consider dividing a string into two halves.
Case 1:
The length is even, the front and back halves are the same length.
Case 2:
The length is odd, we'll say that the extra char goes in the front half.
e.g. 'abcde', the front half is 'abc', the back half 'de'.
Given 2 strings, a and b, return a string of the form :
(a-front + b-front) + (a-back + b-back)
5

41. Problem
The program takes a command line argument. This argument is the name of
a text file. The program reads all the text, split them and calculate the 20
Most used words in the file and then write them to a file called
“popular_words.txt”.
Implementation hint:
my_str.split() #returns a List of my_str content by default separated by
space.
We can change the delimiter by passing it to split method
Example:
my_str.split(‘,’) #split by comma.
6

42. BONUS
Your game generates a random number and give only 10 tries for the user to guess that number.
Get the user input and compare it with the random number.
Display a hint message to the user in case the user number is smaller or bigger than the random number.
If the user typed a number out of range(100), display a message that is not allowed and don’t count this as a try.
if the user typed a number that has been entered before, display a hint message and don’t count this as a try also.
In case the user entered a correct number within the 10 tries, display a congratulations message and let your
application guess another random number with the remain number of tries.
If the user finished his all tries, display a message to ask him if he want to play a gain or not.
Next time the user open the game , he receives a welcome message tells him the number of games he played, how
many times he won and how many he lost.

43. Report
1- python function enumerate()
Show what it does, how it works, and support your answer with an example.
2- Lambda expression #Anonymous function
Mail report to djangoteamiti@gmail.com
Subject: “Report #1 – Name – sheet number”

44. Mohamed Ramadan
That’s all for day 1
Thank you!