Lab 1 Introduction To Python Programming

Think Twice
Code Once
The Islamic University of Gaza

Engineering Faculty
Department of Computer Engineering
Fall 2017
LNGG 1003
Khaleel I. Shaheen
Introduction to Computers
Laboratory Manual
Experiment #1
Introduction to Python Programming

Experiment #1: Introduction to Python Programming
What is Python?
Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose
programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991. Python is very simple,
yet incredibly powerful programming language. You can use it for writing web and desktop
applications, do scientific computations, create scripts, and more. You can use Python for
almost anything. In this course, you will learn the basics of Python syntax, functions and creating
console apps.
The whole process

Python code is executed using an interpreter, which is a program that reads one
statement from the source code, translates it to the machine code or virtual machine code,
and then executes it right away.
Python is interpreted language, which means that Python code is translated and
executed by an interpreter, one statement at a time.
At first, we write our python source file, a file that has .py extension. Then we use the
python interpreter to interpret and run the program.
Python Editions
Python is now being developed and maintained by a large team of volunteers and is
available for free from the Python Software Foundation. Two versions of Python are currently
coexistent: Python 2 and Python 3. The programs written in Python 3 will not run in Python 2 .
Python 3 is a newer version, but it is not backward-compatible with Python 2. This means that
if you write a program using the Python 2 syntax, it may not work with a Python 3 interpreter.
Python provides a tool that automatically converts code written in Python 2 into syntax Python
3 can use. In this course, we will learn Python 2.
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Installing Python
1. Go to Python's downloads page.
https://www.python.org/downloads/
2. From the page, choose to download the second edition as illustrated in the figure below.
3. Run the installation wizard that you have just downloaded. At this screen, click "Next".
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4. In this screen, you can specify the location where Python to be installed. Leave as default
and click on Next.
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5. Click on "Add python.exe to Path" and choose "Will be installed on local hard drive", then
click Next.
6. The installation process will start. At the end, you'll have Python installed on your
machine and ready to be used.
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Check Python version

To check Python version installed on your machine follow the following steps.
1. To run the command prompt, press Win + R at the same time, then type cmd in the
wizard. Or you can search for cmd from the start menu.
2. In the command prompt print the following command to test python's version.
python --version
3. Press Enter. The following result will be displayed on the screen.
Python 2.7.13
Example 1: First Python Program

If you wanted to, you could develop python applications using any text editor,
Notepad++, WordPad or any other editor. By using any text editor, you can write down the
source code, then you could use command line tools to interpret and execute your program.
Python programs must be written with a particular structure. The syntax must be
correct, or the interpreter will generate error messages and won't execute the program.
The following steps show the whole process:
1. Open any text editor of your choice and type in the following code:
# This code prints Hello, World on the screen
print("Hello, World!")
2. Save the file as Test.py, then close it.
3. Open the command line and print the following command to interpret the source code
and run the application.
python Test.py
4. You will notice Hello, World! printed out on the screen, WOW! 😅
• print is a function used to print string on the screen.
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• A string is sequence of characters, that is, any sentence.
Installing PyCharm
As may you have noticed, that process is tedious and cumbersome. And we need a more
productive model than that. So, developers around the world use those things called Integrated
Development Environments (IDE) that allows us to type in our code, compile, debug and format
it, everything in one place.
PyCharm Community Edition is the free version of PyCharm, a premier IDE for Python.
In this lab, we are going to use it.
The following steps show you how to install it:
1. Go to the download page and download the latest version of PyCharm Community
Edition.
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/
2. After download is complete, installation process is easy and straightforward. Do it
yourself.
• As a feature of being a student 😊, you can get PyCharm Professional Edition, and all other JetBrains products, for free
as long as you are a student. Go to this link https://www.jetbrains.com/student/
Creating First PyCharm Project

1. When you open the IDE, you will see the following screen. Click on Create New Project.
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2. From the left menu choose Pure Python
3. Choose the location and name of the project.

• When you open PyCharm for the first time, you may need to assign the
interpreter path in Interpreter field.
4. Click on Create button, and your amazing project will show up. 😲
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5. Right click on project name, choose new -> Python File and write the name you want
for that file. You will notice a new python file is added.
6. Double click on the file name, and write down the code snippet from the previous
section. Click on Run menu from the menu bar and choose Run to run the program.
File Name
Editing Window
Project Files
Console Output Window
Congratulations! You have made a complete Python application. From now on, we will
learn to build useful and complex applications.
Example 2: Compute Mathematical Expression

In this example, we are going to write a Python program that computes the value of the
15 ∗ 3 + 2.9
mathematical expression 17 / 3.2 − 5 and prints the result on the screen.
# Compute Expression
print((15 * 3 + 2.9) / (17 / 3.2 - 5))
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After executing the program, here is the result
153.28
Process finished with exit code 0
Comments
Comments are text inside of your source code that are ignored by the interpreter.
Comments help the people read the code, which is you most of the time, better understand the
intent, structure and functionality of the program. Also, comments are frequently used to hide
parts of the source code without completely deleting them.
There are two types of comments in Python:
1. Line Comments (#), the interpreter ignores everything until the end of the line. When
the Python interpreter sees #, it ignores all text after # on the same line.
# This is a Line Comment
2. Block Comments (''' … '''), also called paragraph comments, the interpreter ignores
everything between those notations. When it sees ''', it scans for the next ''' and ignores
any text between the triple quotation marks. They can happen in one or multiple lines.
'''
This is a Block Comment
'''
Homework
The best way to teach programming is by example, and the only way to learn programming is
by doing. So, please do it yourself and don’t copy paste from others.
1. Write a program that displays Welcome to Python, Welcome to Engineering, and

Programming is fun on the screen. Include some comments.
2. Write a program that displays the result of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9
9.5 ∗ 4.5 – 2.5 ∗ 3
3. Write a program that displays the result of 45.5 − 3.5
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4. Write a program that displays the area and perimeter of a rectangle with the width of
4.9 and height of 7.5 using the following formulas:
𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ ∗ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 2 ∗ 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ + 2 ∗ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
Good Luck
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Introduction to Python Programming

The whole process

Check Python version

Example 1: First Python Program

The following steps show the whole process:

• A string is sequence of characters, that is, any sentence.

The following steps show you how to install it:

Creating First PyCharm Project

2. From the left menu choose Pure Python

3. Choose the location and name of the project.

Console Output Window

Example 2: Compute Mathematical Expression

After executing the program, here is the result

Process finished with exit code 0

There are two types of comments in Python:

1. Write a program that displays Welcome to Python, Welcome to Engineering, and

𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ ∗ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 2 ∗ 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ + 2 ∗ ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

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