Python Language

Internal

• Python

Reserved Words

Reserved words can only be used to mean the thing Python expects them to mean. They cannot be used as variable names or identifiers.

False	class	return	is	finally
None	if	for	lambda	continue
True	def	from	while	nonlocal
and	del	global	not	with
as	elif	try	or	yield
assert	else	import	pass
break	except	in	raise

Statements

Assignment Statement

x = 1

The assignment accepts expressions:

x = x + 1

Expressions

Operators

+, = are operators.

Python Script

A Python program file is called a Python script - a stored set of instructions that can be handed over to the Python interpreter. Python scripts have the .py extensions.

Flow Control

Conditional Steps

if x < 10:
  print('something')

Loops

n = 5
while n > 0:
  print(n)
  n = n - 1

Organizatorium

• statement vs function. print is a statement in python 2, print() is a function in python3.