Module 1 Cheatsheet: Python Basics

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Comments are lines of text that are ignored by the Python interpreter when executing the 1. # This is a comment
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1. concatenated_string = string1 + string2

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Concatenation Combines (concatenates) strings.
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1. result = "Hello" + " John"</td>

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Data Types - Integer - Float - Boolean - String
1. x=7
2. # Integer Value
3. y=12.4
4. # Float Value
5. is_valid = True
6. # Boolean Value
7. is_valid = False
8. # Boolean Value
9. F_Name = "John"
10. # String Value

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Indexing Accesses character at a specific index.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. char = my_string[0]

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1. len(string_name)

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len() Returns the length of a string. Example:

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1. my_string="Hello"
2. length = len(my_string)

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lower() Converts string to lowercase.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. uppercase_text = my_string.lower()

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print() Prints the message or variable inside `()`.
1. print("Hello, world")
2. print(a+b)

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Python Operators - Addition (+): Adds two values together. Example:
- Subtraction (-): Subtracts one value from another.
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- Multiplication (*): Multiplies two values. 2. 2
- Division (/): Divides one value by another, returns a float. 3. 3
- Floor Division (//): Divides one value by another, returns the quotient as an integer. 4. 4
- Modulo (%): Returns the remainder after division. 5. 5
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1. x = 9 y = 4
2. result_add= x + y # Addition
3. result_sub= x - y # Subtraction
 4. result_mul= x * y # Multiplication
5. result_div= x / y # Division
6. result_fdiv= x // y # Floor Division
7. result_mod= x % y # Modulo</td>

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replace() Replaces substrings.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. new_text = my_string.replace("Hello", "Hi")

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1. substring = string_name[start:end]

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Slicing Extracts a portion of the string.
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1. my_string="Hello" substring = my_string[0:5]

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split() Splits string into a list based on a delimiter.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. split_text = my_string.split(",")

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strip() Removes leading/trailing whitespace.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. trimmed = my_string.strip()

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upper() Converts string to uppercase.
1. my_string="Hello"
2. uppercase_text = my_string.upper()

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1. variable_name = value

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Variable
Assigns a value to a variable. Example:
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1. name="John" # assigning John to variable name

2. x = 5 # assigning 5 to variable x

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