This introductory Chapter will get you started with your first programs in Python. It will introduce the two must common types of numbers (integer, and floating-point), operations with numbers, strings, and variables.
Objectives
Upon completion of this chapter’s exercises, you should be able to:
- Use the print statement to display one or more values.
- Explain the difference between floating-point and integer values.
- Set up mathematical expressions in Python.
- Produce output using string literals.
- Create variables and assign the results of an expression to them.
- Use variables in expressions and display the values of variables.