A Gentle

Introduction
to Python
(CCC634)
Dr. Shankar Kumar Ghosh
Dept. of Computer Science
Engineering, SNIoE

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Reference materials

• Let us Python (5th Edition) by Y. Kanetkar and A. Kanetkar.

• The Complete Reference on Python by Martin C. Brown.
• Link: https://www.python.org/
•
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python_data_structure/python_array
s.htm

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Evaluation scheme

• Midterm: 25%
• Assignment: 25%
• End term: 50%

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Installation

• For windows: www.python.org/downloads (choose the appropriate

one for your machine).
• For Linux: sudo apt-get install python3.8
• To check the version: python3 --version

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 Syllabus of the course

• Numbers
• Strings
• Dictionary
• Tuple
• List
• Modules
• Decision statements

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Getting started

• Python is a specification for a language that can be implemented in

different ways:
1. Cpython: implementation in C.
2. PyPy: Written in Rpython.
3. Jython: Written in Java
4. IronPython: Written in C#
All implementations are compilers as well as interpreters. The compiler
converts the Python program into intermediate bytecode. This bytecode is
then interpreted by the interpreter.
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What is Python good for?

• Mathematical operations: standard mathematical libraries and

support unlimited precision.
• Text processing: Separating the elements from a log file (time, user
etc.)
• Rapid application development: Built-in modules to develop new
applications.
• Cross-platform development: Deploying an application across a
network.
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What is Python good for?

• System utilities: Allow access to the lowest level (i.e., has access
the same set of functions as operating systems).
• Internet Programming: Reading an Email/Socket programming etc.
• Database programming: SQL support.

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Important packages

• NumPy: Advanced mathematical operation library with support for

multidimensional arrays and matrices.
• SciPy: Scientific computing such as optimization, interpolation,
integration etc.
• Pandas: Manipulating numerical tables/time series.
• MatPlotLib: 2D and 3D data visualization library.
• OpenCV: Open source computer vision library.

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Python virtual machine (PVM)

• PVM: A software that emulates a physical computer.

• Programs written in Python are converted into bytecode instructions
by Python compiler. Bytecode instructions remain same irrespective
of platform (microprocessor+ OS).
• During execution bytecode instructions are interpreted by the virtual
machine (PVM) and then executed.

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The first program (running in different ways)

• Open the Python command prompt interface and write:

>> print(“Hello world”)
>> exit()
• From window command prompt:
>> python
>> print(“Hello world”)
>> exit()
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The first program (running in different ways)

• First write the code in a notepad and save it as FirstProg.py:

name = input ("Enter your name: ")

print("Hello", name)

Now open the command prompt and write: python FirstProg.py!!

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The first program (running in different ways)

Running from IDLE

• Python 3.7.9 (tags/v3.7.9:13c94747c7, Aug 17 2020, 16:30:00) [MSC
v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
• Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
• >>> print("hello world")
• hello world

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The first program (running in different ways)

======== RESTART: D:/Sharkar

Ghosh/Desktop/Semester2022JantoJun/idle1.py =======
Enter your name: shankar
Hello shankar

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Components of Python program

• Python operates on objects, statements, modules.

• Built-in objects: Number, String, List, Dictionary, Tuple and file.
Integer=12345
float= 123.45
String=‘Hello’
List = [1, ‘two’, 3]
Dictionary={‘one’ : 1, ‘two’: 2}
Tuple= (1, ‘two’, 3)

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Integer types and operators

# use of integer types

print(3/4) [Does not yeild 0]
print(3%4) [Modulo operator]
Print(3//4) [Floor division operator: Largest integer which is less
than or equal to the quotient]
Print(3**4) [Exponent]

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 Modulo and floor division operators

101=25*4+1
101 // 4 = 25 [Floor division operator]
101 % 4 = 1 [Modulo operator]
101/25=4.04

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Integer types and operators

a=10; b=25; c=15; d=30; e=2; f=3; g=5

[Multiple statements in a line should be separated by ;]
w=a+b-c
x=d**e
y=f%g
print(w,x,y) [prints values separated by spaces]
h=999999999999
i=54321
print(h*i)

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Float, complex and bool

# use of float
i=3.5
j=1.2
print(i%j) // (2*1.2+1.1) % works on floats!!

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Float, complex and bool

#use of complex
a=1+2j
b=3*(1+2j)
c=a*b
print(a)
print(b)
print(c) [-9+12j]
print(a.real)
print(a.imag) It is possible to obtain real and imaginary part!!
print(a.conjugate()) [1-2j]

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Float, complex and bool

#use of bool
x=True
print(a)
y=3>4 On evaluation of condition, it is replaced by True or False!!
print(x)
print(y)

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 Float, complex and bool

==== RESTART: D:/Sharkar Ghosh/Desktop/Semester2022JantoJun/Coding/idle2.py ====

1.1
(1+2j)
(3+6j)
(-9+12j)
1.0
2.0
(1-2j)
(1+2j)
True
False

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Built-in mathematical functions

print(abs(-25))
print(pow(2,4))

Other functions: min, max, divmod, bin(), oct(), hex(), round()

[Explore yourself!!]

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Functions in math module

import math
x=1.5357
print(math.pi)
print(math.sqrt(x))

Output:
==== RESTART: D:/Sharkar Ghosh/Desktop/Semester2022JantoJun/Coding/math1.py ====
3.141592653589793
1.2392336341465238

Other functions: factorial, fabs, log, exp, trunc, floor, ceil [explore yourself!!]

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Random numbers

import random
import datetime
random.seed(datetime.time())
print(random.random())
print(random.random())
print(random.randint(10,100))

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Observation

• It is necessary to import random module.

• If we seed the random number generation logic with current time,
we get different random numbers on each execution of the program.
• random.seed() with no parameter also seeds the logic with current
time.

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Identifying the object

• {10, 20, 30.5}

• [1, 2, 2.14, 'Nagpur’]
• {12: 'simple', 43: 'complicated', 13: 'complex’}
• "Check it out“
• (3+2j)

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Identifying string, list, tuple, set or dictionary

print(type({10, 20, 30.5}))

// type() is a built-in function which can determine type of any data
print(type([1, 2, 2.14, 'Nagpur']))
print(type({12: 'simple', 43: 'complicated', 13: 'complex'}))
print(type("Check it out"))
print(type(3+2j))

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Identifying string, list, tuple, set or dictionary

Output:
<class 'set'>
<class 'list'>
<class 'dict'>
<class 'str'>
<class 'complex'>

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 String: simple example
#simple strings
msg1='Hoopla'
print(msg1)
msg2='He said,\'Let Us Python\'.'
file1='C:\\temp\\newfile'
file2=r'C:\\temp\\newfile'
print(msg2)
print(file1)
print(file2)

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 Multiline strings
#multiline strings
msg3='What is this life if full of care...\
We have no time to spend and stare'
msg4="""What is this life if full of care...
We have no time to spend and stare"""
msg5=('What is this life if full of care...'
'We have no time to spend and stare')
print(msg3)
print(msg4)
print(msg5)

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 String concatenation
#string replication during printing
msg6='MacLearn!!'
print(msg1*3)
#Concatenation
msg7='Utopia'
msg8='Today!!'
msg7=msg7+msg8
print(msg7)

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 String: len(), min() and max()

#Use of built-in function

print(len('Hoopla'))
print(min('Hoopla'))
print(max('Hoopla'))

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 Observation

• Special characters can be retained in a string by either

escaping them or by marking the string as a raw string.
• String cannot change, but the variables that store them
can.
• len() returns the number of characters present in string;
min() and max() return the character with minimum and
maximum Unicode value from the string.
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 Output
D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python string1.py

Hoopla

He said,'Let Us Python'.

C:\temp\newfile

C:\\temp\\newfile

What is this life if full of care... We have no time to spend and stare

What is this life if full of care...

We have no time to spend and stare

What is this life if full of care...We have no time to spend and stare

HooplaHooplaHoopla

UtopiaToday!!

p
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 String: Indexing

01 2 3 4 28

I returned a bag of groceries

-9 -1

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Indexing and slicing rules

• String[start : end]
• The returned string contains all of the characters starting
from start up until but not including end.
• If only start is specified, the slice continues until the end
of the string.
• The only end is specified, the slice starts from 0 up to but
not including the end.

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 String: Slicing example

string = 'I returned a bag of groceries'

print(string[0])
print(string[2:10])
print(string[-1])
print(string[13:])
print(string[-9:])
print(string[:-9])
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 Output

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
string2.py
I
returned
s
bag of groceries
groceries
I returned a bag of

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 Reading a file

input = open('myfile.txt')
for line in input.readlines():
print(line)
input.close()

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 Array : example

#creating an array named array1

from array import *
array1 = array('i', [10,20,30,40,50])
for x in array1:
print(x)
# i Represents signed integer of size 2 bytes
# f Represents floating point of size 4 bytes
# d Represents floating point of size 8 bytes

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 Output

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
array1.py
10
20
30
40
50

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Array: insert() method

from array import *

array1 = array('i', [10,20,30,40,50])
array1.insert(1,60)

for x in array1:
print(x)

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Array: insert() method

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
array1.py
10
60
20
30
40
50

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Array: the remove() method

from array import *

array1 = array('i', [10,20,30,40,50])

#array1.insert(1,60)
array1.remove(40)

for x in array1:
print(x)

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Array: the remove() method

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
array1.py
10
20
30
50

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Array: the index() method

from array import *

array1 = array('i', [10,20,30,40,50])
#array1.insert(1,60)
#array1.remove(40)
print(array1.index(40)) // prints 3

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Array: update operation

from array import *

array1 = array('i', [10,20,30,40,50])

array1[2] = 80 // 30 will be replaced by 80

for x in array1:
print(x)

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 2D array

Measuring temperature of a day 4 times in consecutive 4 days

Day 1: 11 12 5 2

Day 2: 15 6 10

Day 3: 10 8 12 5

Day 4: 12 15 8 6

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 2D array: example

Representation:
0 1 2
T = [[11, 12, 5, 2], [15, 6,10], [10, 8, 12, 5], [12,15,8,6]]
0 1 2 3
Accession the éléments:
from array import *
T = [[11, 12, 5, 2], [15, 6,10], [10, 8, 12, 5], [12,15,8,6]]
print(T[0]) // prints the first array
print(T[1][2]) // prints the 2nd element of the 1st array

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2D array: printing the array

from array import *

T = [[11, 12, 5, 2], [15, 6,10], [10, 8, 12, 5], [12,15,8,6]]
for r in T:
for c in r:
print(c,end = " ") // To print different arrays in different lines
print()

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2D array: Insertion, Updation and deletion

• Insertion: T.insert(2, [0,5,11,13,6]) // Inserts the array in 2nd

position
• Updation:
T[2] = [11,9]
T[0][3] = 7
• Deletion: del (T[3])

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2D array: Insertion, Updation and deletion

from array import *

T = [[11, 12, 5, 2], [15, 6,10], [10, 8, 12, 5], [12,15,8,6]]
T. insert(2, [0,5,11,13,6])
T[2] = [11,9]
T[0][3] = 7
del T[3]
for r in T:
for c in r:
print(c, end = " ")
print()

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 Output

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
2darr.py
11 12 5 7
15 6 10
11 9
12 15 8 6

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 Container

• Contains multiple data items.

• Four types: Lists, Tuples, Sets and Dictionaries.
• List can grow and shrink during execution of the program. Hence,
lists are used to handle variable length of data.
• Examples:
num= [10, 25, 30, 40, 100]
names=[‘Sanjay’, ‘Anil’, ‘Radha’, ‘Suparna’]

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 Lists: examples

• ages=[25, 26, 25, 27, 26] // duplicates allowed

• num= [10]*5 // stores [10, 10, 10, 10, 10]
• lst=[] //empty list is valid
• Accessing list elements:
I=[‘shankar’, ‘SNU’, ‘cse’, ‘faculty’]
print(I)

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 Accessing a list

animals=['Zebra', 'Tiger', 'Lion', 'Jackal', 'kangaroo']

i=0 #indexing starts from 0
# using for loop
while i < len(animals):
print(animals[i])
i=i+1
#using while loop
for a in animals:
print(a)

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 List operations
Mutability
animals=['Zebra', 'Tiger', 'Lion', 'Jackal', 'kangaroo']
ages=[25, 26, 25, 27, 26, 28, 25]
animals[2]='Rhinoceros'
print(animals)
ages[5]=31
print(ages)
ages[2:5]=[24, 25, 32]
print(ages)
ages[2:5]=[]
print(ages)

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 List concatenation

lst=[25, 26, 25, 27, 26, 28, 25]

lst=lst+[33,44,55] #concatenation
print(lst)

Example:
D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python list2.py
[25, 26, 25, 27, 26, 28, 25, 33, 44, 55]

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 List aliasing

On assigning one list to another, both refer to the same list. Changing
one changes the other. This assignment is known as shadow
copy/aliasing.
lst1=[10,20,30,40,50]
lst2=lst1
print(lst1)
print(lst2)
lst1[0]=100
print(lst1[0], lst2[0]) # prints 100 100
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 Searching methods for Lists

An element can be searched using the in membership operator.

lst=[‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’]
res=‘a’ in lst
print(res) # prints true
res=‘z’ in lst
print(res) # prints false

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 List methods

lst=[12, 15, 13, 23, 22, 16, 17]

lst.append(22) # add new item at the end
lst.remove(13) #delete item 13 from the list
lst.pop() # removes last item in the list
lst.insert(3,21) # item 21 at the 3rd position
lst.count(23) # numder of times 23 appears in the list
idx=lst.index(22) # prints index of the element 22

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 Sorting and reversing lists

lst=[10,2,0,50,4]
lst.reverse()
print(lst)
lst.sort()
print(lst)

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 Nested lists

a=[1, 3,5,7,9]
b=[2,4,6,8,10]
c=[a, b]
print(c[0][0], c[1][2]) # prints 1 and 6

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List: Practice problem 1

Perform the following operations on a list of names:

a. Create a list of 5 names: ‘Anil’, ‘Amol’, ‘Aditya’, ‘Avi’, ‘Alka’
b. Insert a name ‘Anuj’ before ‘Aditya’
c. Append a name ‘Zulu’.
d. Delete ‘Avi’ from the list.
e. Replace ‘Anil’ with ‘Anilkumar’.
f. Sort all the names in the list.
g. Print reversed sorted list.

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 Solution

R=['Anil', 'Amol', 'Aditya', 'Avi', 'Alka']

R.insert(2, 'Anuj')
R.append('Zulu')
R.remove('Avi')
i=R.index('Anil')
R[i]='AnilKumar'
R.sort()
R.reverse()
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 Output

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
prac1.py
['Anil', 'Amol', 'Anuj', 'Aditya', 'Avi', 'Alka']
['Anil', 'Amol', 'Anuj', 'Aditya', 'Avi', 'Alka', 'Zulu']
['Anil', 'Amol', 'Anuj', 'Aditya', 'Alka', 'Zulu']
['AnilKumar', 'Amol', 'Anuj', 'Aditya', 'Alka', 'Zulu']
['Aditya', 'Alka', 'Amol', 'AnilKumar', 'Anuj', 'Zulu']
['Zulu', 'Anuj', 'AnilKumar', 'Amol', 'Alka', 'Aditya']

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List: Problem 2-adding two matrices

mat1=[[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7, 8, 9]]

mat2=[[11, 12, 13], [5,5,5], [9, 11, 14]]
mat3=[[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
for i in range(len(mat1)):
for j in range(len(mat1[0])):
mat3[i][j]=mat1[i][j]+mat2[i][j]
print(mat3)
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 Console Input/Output

Generate form of input( ) function is

S=input(‘prompt’)

Prompt is a string that is displayed on the screen, soliciting a value.

input() returns a string. If 123 is entered as input, ‘123’ is returned.

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 input() function

input() can be used to receive 1 or more values

s=input('Enter your name')

print(s)
fname, mname, lname=input('Enter full name: ').split()
print(fname, mname, lname)

split() function will split the entered fullname with space as a delimeter. The
split values will then be assigned to fname, mname, Iname.
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 input() function

• If we are to receive multiple int values, we can receive them as

strings and then convert them to ints.

n1, n2 ,n3=input('Enter three values: ').split()

n1, n2,n3=int(n1), int(n2), int(n3)
print(n1+10, n2+20, n3+30)

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 input() function

• input() can be used receive different types of values at a time.

data=input('Enter name, age, salary: ').split()

name=data[0]
age=int(data[1])
salary=float(data[2])
print(name, age, salary)
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 Output

Enter your nameshankar

shankar
Enter full name: shankar kumar ghosh
shankar kumar ghosh
Enter three values: 1 2 3
11 22 33
Enter name, age, salary: Shankar 35 1.5
Shankar 35 1.5

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 Practice problem

Write a program to receive radius of a circle, and

length and breadth of a rectangle in one call to
input(). Calculate and print the circumference of
circle and perimeter of rectangle.

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 The program

r, l, b=input('Enter radius, length and breadth: ').split()

radius= int(r)
length=int(l)
breadth=int(b)
cir=2*3.14*radius
perimeter=2*(length+breadth)
print(cir)
print(perimeter)

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 Output

D:\Sharkar Ghosh\Desktop\Semester2022JantoJun\Coding>python
circle.py
Enter radius, length and breadth: 2 3 4
12.56
14

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 Tuple

• Iis commonly used for storing dissimilar data.

a=() # empty tuple

b=(10, ) #tuple with one item
C=(‘Sanjay’, 25, 34)
D=(10, 20, 30, 40)
Tpl1=(10, )*5
Tpl2=(10)*5

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 Accessing Tuple elements

• Tpl=(‘Sanjay’, 25, 344.50)

• print(Tpl)
0 1 2 3 4
• Msg=(‘Handle’, ‘Exceptions’, ‘Like’, ‘a’, ‘boss’)
• print(Msg[1], Msg[3])
• print(Msg[1:3])
• print(Msg[3: ])
• print(Msg[: 3])

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Looping in Tuples

tpl=(10, 20, 30, 40, 50)

i=0
while i<len(tpl):
print(tpl[i])
i=i+1
for n in tpl:
print(n)
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Tuple operations

• Tuples are immutable.

msg=(‘Fall’, ‘in’, ‘line’)

Msg[0]=‘Fall’ #error
Msg[1:3]= (‘Above’, ‘Mark’) #error

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Tuple variates

• Nested tuple
a=(1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
b=(2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
c=(a, b)
print (c[0][0], c[1][2])

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Tuple variates

• Embedded tuple
x=(1, 2, 3, 4)
y=(10, 20, x, 30)
print(y)
Unpacking a tuple
x=(1, 2, 3, 4)
y=(10, 20, *x, 30)
print(y)

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 Practice problem

A list contains names of boys and girls as its

elements. Boys’ names are stored as tuples. Write a
Python program to find out number of boys and girls
in the list. [Hint: use isinstance() function]

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