Introduction to Programming

For Beginners
Allan Martell
RECAP
 RECAP

1) What's a value?
 RECAP

1) What's a value?
2) What's a data type?
 RECAP

1) What's a value?
2) What's a data type?
3) Which are the four data types?
 RECAP

1) What's a value?
2) What's a data type?
3) Which are the four data types?

Exercise:
1) Create a folder on the desktop called 'programming'
2) Open IDLE and create a script. Name it variables.py
and save it within the 'programming' folder
VARIABLES
 VARIABLES


'Boxes' to store values of a particular data type
 VARIABLES


'Boxes' to store values of a particular data type

In order to create a variable we follow two steps:
 VARIABLES


'Boxes' to store values of a particular data type

In order to create a variable we follow two steps:

Declaration. Assigning a
name to the variable.
 VARIABLES


'Boxes' to store values of a particular data type

In order to create a variable we follow two steps:

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name
STRINGS
 STRINGS


Strings are sequences of characters wrapped in double quotation
marks (“”)
 STRINGS


Strings are sequences of characters wrapped in double quotation
marks (“”)

Declaration. Assigning a
name to the variable.

first_name =
last_name =
 STRINGS


Strings are sequences of characters wrapped in double quotation
marks (“”)

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

first_name = “Allan”
last_name = “Martell”
 STRINGS


Strings are sequences of characters wrapped in double quotation
marks (“”)

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

first_name = “Allan”
last_name = “Martell”

NOTE: Strings are wrapped in double quotation marks

(“”)
 STRINGS


Strings are sequences of characters wrapped in double quotation
marks (“”)

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

first_name = “Allan”
last_name = “Martell”

NOTE: Strings are wrapped in double quotation marks

(“”)

Exercise: declare an initialize a string variable

BOOLEANS
 BOOLEANS


A value that can be either True or False
 BOOLEANS


A value that can be either True or False

Declaration. Assigning a
name to the variable.

tuesday =
attentive =
 BOOLEANS


A value that can be either True or False

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

tuesday = False
attentive = True
 BOOLEANS


A value that can be either True or False

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

tuesday = False
attentive = True

NOTE: The first word of a boolean value is a capital

letter, but all the rest are lowercase.
 BOOLEANS


A value that can be either True or False

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

tuesday = False
attentive = True

NOTE: The first letter of a boolean value is a capital

letter, but all the rest are lowercase.

Exercise: declare an initialize a boolean variable

INTEGER
 INTEGER

Whole numbers, such as 7 or 14.

 INTEGER

Whole numbers, such as 7 or 14.

Declaration. Assigning a
name to the variable.

x=
y=
 INTEGER

Whole numbers, such as 7 or 14.

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

x= 8
y = 11
 INTEGER

Whole numbers, such as 7 or 14.

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

x= 8
y = 11

Exercise: declare an initialize an integer variable

FLOATS
 FLOATS


Floating point numbers, or non-integer numbers, such as 5.0, or 4.5
 FLOATS


Floating point numbers, or non-integer numbers, such as 5.0, or 4.5

Declaration. Assigning a
name to the variable.

a=
b=
 FLOATS


Floating point numbers, or non-integer numbers, such as 5.0, or 4.5

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

a= 4.67
b= 1.0
 FLOATS


Floating point numbers, or non-integer numbers, such as 5.0, or 4.5

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

a= 4.67
b= 1.0

NOTE: 1 is an integer, but 1.0 is a float.

 FLOATS


Floating point numbers, or non-integer numbers, such as 5.0, or 4.5

Declaration. Assigning a Initialization. Assigning a

name to the variable. value to the variable name

a= 4.67
b= 1.0

NOTE: 1 is an integer, but 1.0 is a float.

Exercise: declare an initialize a float variable.

CONCLUSION
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name =
last_name =
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan”
last_name = “Martell”
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day =
at_ilab =
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False
at_ilab = True
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x =
y =
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7
y = 22
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7 Integer
y = 22 Integer
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7 Integer
y = 22 Integer

a =
b =
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7 Integer
y = 22 Integer

a = 6.78
b = 0.5
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7 Integer
y = 22 Integer

a = 6.78 Float
b = 0.5 Float
 CONCLUSION
When initializing a variable, you can assign it one of the different data
types:

Declaration Initialization Data Type

name = “Allan” String

last_name = “Martell” String

is_day = False Boolean

at_ilab = True Boolean

x = 7 Integer
y = 22 Integer

a = 6.78 Float
b = 0.5 Float

Exercise: continue with the exercise from last session.

 EXERCISE

Within the script variables2.py, declare and Initialize:

– Five Integers
– Five Floating-Points
– Five Strings
– Five Booleans

Print them one by one