An Introduction to Python

“An Introduction to Python (The Art and Craft of Programming – Python Edition)”, written by John C. Lusth, is available free online and it can also be downloaded in pdf format.

Book Description

A word of warning: if you require fancy graphically oriented development environments, you will be sorely disappointed in the Python Programming Language. Python is programming at its simplest: a prompt at which you type in expressions which the Python interpreter evaluates. Of course, you can create Python programs using your favorite text editor. Python can be used as a scripting language, as well.

Table of Contents

• Starting Out
• Literals
• Combining Literals
• Precedence and Associativity
• Variables
• Assignment
• Conditionals
• Functions
• Python Programs and Using Files
• Input and Output
• More about Functions
• Scope
• Loops
• Recursion
• Comparing Recursion and Looping
• More on Input
• Arrays
• Sorting
• Footnotes

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