Lesson 02 Python Environment Setup and Essentials

Data Analytics with Python
Python Environment Setup and Essentials

Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Install Anaconda and Jupyter notebook
List some of the important data types in Python
Use basic operators and functions
Apply data structures such as lists, tuples, sets, and dicts in a

Python program
Python Environment Setup
What Is Anaconda?
Anaconda is a free and open-source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for
scientific computing (data science, machine learning applications, large-scale data processing,
predictive analytics, etc.), that aims to simplify package management and deployment.
Wikipedia
Why Anaconda?
To use Python, it is recommended that you download Anaconda. Following are some
of the reasons why Anaconda is one of the best data science platforms:
Open-source Python
distribution
400 and more popular Python

packages
Enterprise-ready data analytics

platform
Modern data science analytics

architecture
Multi-workload data analytics
Interactive visualizations, governance,

security, and operational support
Big Data environments support

Installation of Anaconda Python Distribution
Currently, there are two versions of Python: Python 2.7 and Python 3.7. However,
Python 3.7 is the most recent and the preferable version.
Installation of Anaconda Python 3.7 Distribution
You can install and run the Anaconda Python 3.7 distribution on different platforms.
Windows Mac OS Linux
Website URL:
https://www.anaconda.com/distribution
Graphical Installer
• Download the graphical installer.
• Double-click the .exe file to install Anaconda and
follow the instructions on the screen.
Website URL:
https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/
Graphical Installer
• Download the graphical installer.
• Double-click the downloaded .pkg file and follow the instructions.
Command Line Installer

• Download the command line installer.
• In your terminal window, type the command listed below and
follow the given instructions:
Python 3.7:
bash Anaconda2-4.0.0-MacOSX-x86_64.sh
Website URL:
https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/
Command Line Installer

• Download the installer.
• In your terminal window, type the command line shown below
and follow the instructions:
Python 3.7:
bash Anaconda2-4.0.0-Linux-x86_64.sh
Jupyter Notebook
Jupyter is an open-source and interactive web-based Python interface for data science
and scientific computing. Some of its advantages are:
Python language Content sharing and

support contribution
Big Data platform Built-in interactive

integration widgets
Getting Started with Jupyter Notebook
Import sys module
Print sys version

‘3.7.11’
Import platform library

View python version
‘3.7.11’
Comment line
( (
Test string
Test number operation

Variables and Assignment
A variable can be assigned or bound to any value. Some of the characteristics of

binding a variable in Python are listed here:
The variable refers to the memory

location of the assigned value.
The variable appears on the left,

while the value appears on the right.
The data type of the assigned value and

the variable are the same.
Example: Variables and Assignment
Look at an example of how you can assign a value to a variable and print the variable and its data type.
Assignment
( )
( )
Variable data value
Data type of the object

Multiple Assignments
You can access a variable only if it is defined. You can define multiple variables simultaneously.
Access variable
without assignment
Access variable after

assignment
Multiple assignments
Assignment and Reference
When a variable is assigned a value, it refers to the value’s memory location or address. It is not
equal to the value.
Ref: <address 1> Ref: <address 12>
Garbage collected
7 7
8
Memory location Memory location

First Python Program
Objective: Write a simple python program to print a string of characters, an integer value, and a float value.
Access: To execute the practice, follow these steps:

• Go to the PRACTICE LABS tab on your LMS
• Click the START LAB button
• Click the LAUNCH LAB button to start the lab
Data Types in Python
Basic Data Types: Integer and Float
Python supports various data types. There are two main numeric data types:
Numeric
Integer value
Integer Float
Float value
32-bit 64-bit
Basic Data Types: String
Python has extremely powerful and flexible built-in string processing

capabilities.
With single quote
With double quote
With three double

( ) quotes
( ) Print string values
( )
Basic Data Types: Null and Boolean
Python also supports the Null and Boolean data types.
Null value type
Boolean type
Boolean type
Type Casting
You can change the data type of a number using type casting.
Float number
Type cast to integer
Type cast to string value

Data Types in Python
Objective: Write a python program to input basic data types and print their values and types.
Access: To execute the practice, follow these steps:

Basic Operators and Functions
Arithmetic Operators
These operations (operators) can be applied to all numeric types:
Operator Description Example
+, - Addition, Subtraction 10 + 3 = 13
40 - 14 = 26
*,% Multiplication, Modulo (gives remainder) 2*3=6
27 % 5 = 2
/ Division 10 / 3 = 3.3333333 (Python 3)
10 / 3 = 3 (Python 2)
// Truncation Division (also known as floor division) 10 // 3 = 3
The result of this division is the integral part of the result, 10.0 // 3 = 3.0
i.e., the fractional part is truncated, if there is any.
It works both for integers and floating-point numbers, but
there is a difference in the type of the results. If both the
dividend and the divisor are integers, the result will also be
an integer. If either the dividend or the divisor is a float, the
result will be the truncated result as a float.
** Power of number 2 ** 3 = 8(2 to power 3)

Assignment Operator
• ” = “ is used to assign a value to a variable.

Example
x = 20
• Python also allows assignment of multiple variables in a single line as follows:

a,b = 10, 20
• The expressions on the right-hand side are evaluated before any of the assignments take place.
• The right-hand side expressions are evaluated from left to right.
Example
a,b = 1,2
a,b = b, a+b
>>>a
2
>>>b
3
Comparison Operator
Comparison operators include: <, <=, >, >=, !=, ==
Example
>>> a = 20
>>> b = 30
>>>print(a>b)
False
Logical Operator
• and, or, and not (&&, ||, !) are logical operators.
Example
>>> a = 25
>>> print( a % 3 == 0 and a % 5 == 0)
False
• Consider A = a%3==0 and B = a%5==0. When logical operators are applied, they are evaluated as follows,
based on evaluation of expressions:
A B A and B A or B
T T T T
T F F T
F T F T
F F F F
Bitwise Operator
|, &, ^, and ~ (Bitwise Or, Bitwise And, Bitwise XOR, Bitwise Negation) are bitwise operators.
Example
a = 2 (010)
b = 3 (011)
a&b=2
a|b=3
a^b=1
A B A&B A|B A^B

1 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
Operators in Python
Objective: Write a program to insert three sides of a triangle and check whether it is an isosceles
triangle or not. Also calculate the area of the triangle.
Access: To execute the practice follow these steps:

Expressions and Variables
Variables
Variables are used to store data in a computer’s memory.
Example
>>> price= 20
>>> price= 30
>>>Print(price)
Output: 30
The type of a variable is the type of the value it refers to:
Example
>>> type (message)
Output: <type ‘str’>
>>> type(n)
Output: <type ‘int’>
Variable Names
Characteristics of a good variable name are as follows:
• A variable name can be arbitrarily long

• A variable name should be meaningful
• A variable name can contain both letters and numbers, but, it should not begin with a number
• A variable name can have underscore character
An illegal name to a variable will result in a syntax error:
Examples
>>> 76trombones = 'big parade'
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> more@ = 1000000
>>> class = 'Advanced Theoretical Zymurgy'
Python Keywords
Python reserves 31 keywords for its use:
and del from not while
as elif global or with
assert else if pass yield
break except import print -
class exec in raise -
continue finally is return -
def for lambda try -

Expressions
An expression is a combination of values, variables, and operators. However, values and

variables can be considered as expressions, individually.
Following are legal expressions:
Examples
>>> 17
>>> x
>>> x + 17
String Operations
String in Python
A string is a sequence of characters. All strings in Python 3 are sequences of "pure" Unicode
characters; there is no specific encoding like UTF-8.
There are different ways to define strings in Python:
Examples
astring = "Hello world!“
astring2 = 'Hello world!’
astring3 = “’ 'A string in triple quotes can extend
over multiple lines like this one, and can contain
'single' and "double" quotes.'''
Access characters in Strings
A string in Python consists of a series or sequence of characters: letters, numbers, and special characters.
Strings can be subscripted or indexed. Like C, the first character of a string in Python has the index 0
Examples
astring = "Hello world“
print(astring[0])
#The last character of a string can be accessed like this:
print(astring[len(astring)-1]
Print(astring[-2])
Output:
-11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1
H
H E L L O W O R L D
D
L 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
String functions: Concatenation, Repetition, and Indexing
Concatenation
Strings can be glued together (concatenated) with the + operator:
Example
Print(“Hello” + “World”)
Output: HelloWorld
Repetition
String can be repeated or repeatedly concatenated with the asterisk operator "*":
Example
Print("*-*" * 3)
Output: *-**-**-*
Indexing
String can be indexed using index() method.
Example
print(astring.index("o"))
Output: 4
String functions: Slicing
Substrings can be created with the slice or slicing notation, that is, two indices in square brackets
separated by a colon:
Example
Print(“Python”[2:4])
Output: th
Size of a string can be calculated using len():

len("Python") will result in 6
Extended slice syntax can be used to create a substrings with skipping indices in between the string:
Example
print(astring[3:7:2])
Output: l
String functions: Uppercase and Lowercase
String can be converted to uppercase and lowercase, respectively:
Example
print(astring.upper())
print(astring.lower())
Output: HELLO WORLD!
hello world!
String functions: Startswith and Split
To determine whether the string starts with something or ends with something:
Example
print(astring.startswith("Hello"))
print(astring.endswith("asdfasdfasdf"))
Output: True
False
To split the string into a bunch of strings grouped together in a list:

Example
afewwords = astring.split(" ")
print(afewwords)
Output: True
False
Immutable Strings
Python strings cannot be changed. Trying to change an indexed position will raise an error:
Example
astring = "Some things are immutable!“
astring[-1] = “.”
Output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
Escape Sequences
The backslash (\) character is used to escape characters, that is, to "escape" the special
meaning which this character would otherwise have.
Escape Sequence Meaning Notes
\newline Ignored
\\ Backslash (\)
\’ Single quote (')
\" Double quote (")
\a ASCII Bell (BEL)
\b ASCII Backspace (BS)
\f ASCII Formfeed (FF)
\n ASCII Linefeed (LF)
\N{name} Character named name in the Unicode database (Unicode only)
\r ASCII Carriage Return (CR)
\t ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB)
\uxxxx Character with 16-bit hex value xxxx (Unicode only)
\Uxxxxxxxx Character with 32-bit hex value xxxxxxxx (Unicode only)
\v ASCII Vertical Tab (VT)
\ooo Character with octal value ooo
\xhh Character with hex value hh
String Operations
Objective: Write a program to do the following:

• Create a string
• Access the second last character in the string
• Print third to seventh character in the string
• Print the characters between the third and second last character
• Update a character of the string
• Update the entire string
• Escape sequencing of the string
• Format the string: default order, positional formatting, keyword formatting, string alignment,
rounding off integers, formatting of integers, formatting of floats

Data Structures
Data Structure: Tuple
A tuple is a one-dimensional, immutably ordered sequence of items which can be of mixed data types.
Create a tuple
View tuple
Access the data at

index value 1
Try to modify
the tuple
Error: A tuple is immutable

and can’t be modified
Data Structure: Accessing Tuples
You can access a tuple using indices.
Tuple
Access with positive index
Access with negative index

Data Structure: Slicing Tuples
You can also slice a range of elements by specifying the start and end indices of the desired range.
Tuple
The count starts with the first index

but stops before the second index
The count stops before the second

index for negative indices too
Create Different Types of Tuples

• Create an empty tuple
• Create a tuple without using round brackets
• Create a tuple of mixed numbers
• Create a tuple of mixed data types
• Create a tuple of tuples
• Create a tuple of size one
Operations on Tuples

• Access a tuple element via indexing, slicing, and reverse indexing
• Modify a tuple
• Delete a tuple
• Access elements from nested tuple
• Check if a specific element is present in a tuple
• Determine the length of a tuple
• Concatenate two tuples
• Compare elements of two tuples
Data Structure: List
A list is a one-dimensional, mutably ordered sequence of items which can be of mixed data types.
Create a list
View a list
Modify a list: Add new items
Modify a list: Remove items
Access and remove list data using

element indices
Modify a list: Insert a new item at a

certain index
Data Structure: Accessing Lists
Just like tuples, you can access the elements in a list using indices.
New modified list
Access with positive index
Access with negative index

Data Structure: Slicing Lists
Just like tuples, you can slice the elements in a list using indices.
New modified list
The count starts with the first index

but stops before the second index
The count stops before the second

index for negative indices too
List and Its Operations

• Create various type of lists
• Add elements in a list
• Add tuples to the list
• Add list to a list
• Add element at a specific position
• Add multiple elements to the list at the end
• Access elements from the list
• Removing elements from the list
• Print elements of a range using slice operation
List and Its Operations

• Create a multidimensional list
• Access elements using negative indexing
• Access the third last element of a list
• Remove element at a specific location using the pop() method
• Print elements of a list from beginning to a predefined point
• Print elements in reverse using slice operation
Unassisted Practice: List and Its Operations
Accessing key-value pair using get() method
Accessing element using negative indexing
Accessing third last element
Removing the specific element from a list
Print elements of a list from beginning to a predefined point
Printing elements in reverse using slice operation

Data Structure: Dictionary (dict)
Dictionaries store a mapping between a set of keys and a set of values.
Key Value
Any Any data
Dictionary immutable type
type
Define Modify Lookup Delete

View
Data Structure: View Dictionaries
You can view the keys and values in a dict, either separately or together, using the syntax shown here:
Create a
dictionary
View entire
dictionary
View only
keys
View only
values
Data Structure: Access and Modify dict Elements
You can also access and modify individual elements in a dict.
Access with key
Modify dictionary:
update
Modify dictionary:
delete
Dictionary and Its Operations

• Create a dictionary with mixed keys
• Add elements to the dictionary
• Add a set of values to a single key
• Access an element using a key
• Remove elements from a dictionary
• Delete a key from nested dictionary
Dictionary and Its Operations

• Create a nested dictionary
• Create three dictionaries, then create one dictionary that will contain the other three dictionary
• Access key-value pair using get() method
• Update existing key’s value
• Check if key exists
• Delete entire dictionary
• Make a copy of a dictionary using the copy() method
Unassisted Practice: Dictionary and Its Operations
A dictionary containing
three other dictionaries
Output
Three separate dictionaries
One dictionary containing

the other three dictionaries
Output
Accessing key-value pair using get() method
Access with key
Updating an existing key-value pair
Modify dictionary:
update
Checking if a key exists
Modify dictionary:
Making a copy of an existing dictionary delete
Deleting an existing dictionary

Key Takeaways
You are now able to:
Install Anaconda and Jupyter notebook
List some of the important data types in Python
Use basic operators and functions
Apply data structures such as lists, tuples, sets, and dicts in a

Python program
Knowledge Check
Knowledge
Check
What is the data type of the object x = 3 * 7.5?
1
a. Int
b. Float
c. String
d. None of the above

Knowledge
Check
What is the data type of the object x = 3 * 7.5?
1
a. Int
b. Float
c. String
d. None of the above
The correct answer is b
Since one of the operands is float, the x variable will also be of the float data type.
Knowledge
Check
Which of the data structures can be modified? Select all that apply.
2
a. tuple
b. list
c. dict
d. set
Knowledge
Check
Which of the data structures can be modified? Select all that apply.
2
a. tuple
b. list
c. dict
d. set
The correct answer is b, c, d
Only a tuple is immutable and cannot be modified. All the other data structures can be modified.
Knowledge What will be the output of the following code?
Check
a. [‘NYC', 'Madrid']
b. [‘London', 'Madrid']
c. [‘Miami', 'Madrid']
d. [‘Miami', ‘Paris']
Knowledge What will be the output of the following code?
Check
a. [‘NYC', 'Madrid']
b. [‘London', 'Madrid']
c. [‘Miami', 'Madrid']
d. [‘Miami', ‘Paris']
The correct answer is b
Slicing starts at the first index and stops before the second index. Here, the element at index 3 is London and the element
before index -1 is Madrid.
Knowledge
Check
Which of the following data structures is preferred to contain a unique collection of values?
4
a. dict
b. list
c. set
d. tuple
Knowledge
Check
Which of the following data structures is preferred to contain a unique collection of values?
4
a. dict
b. list
c. set
d. tuple
The correct answer is c
A set is used when a unique collection of values is desired.

Generate Report Cards for Students
Problem Statement:
You have been asked to generate report cards for the students of a class.
Write a program to insert the names and marks of five subjects of the
students and generate a report card with the following information:
name, marks, total, and percentage.
Instructions to Perform the Assignment:
Use dictionaries to insert names and marks of five subjects.
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Data Analytics with Python

Python Environment Setup and Essentials

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Install Anaconda and Jupyter notebook

List some of the important data types in Python

Use basic operators and functions

Apply data structures such as lists, tuples, sets, and dicts in a

400 and more popular Python

Enterprise-ready data analytics

Modern data science analytics

Multi-workload data analytics

Interactive visualizations, governance,

Big Data environments support

Windows Mac OS Linux

Windows Mac OS Linux

Command Line Installer

Windows Mac OS Linux

Command Line Installer

Python language Content sharing and

Big Data platform Built-in interactive

Import sys module

Print sys version

Import platform library

Test number operation

A variable can be assigned or bound to any value. Some of the characteristics of

The variable refers to the memory

The variable appears on the left,

The data type of the assigned value and

Variable data value

Data type of the object

Access variable after

Ref: <address 1> Ref: <address 12>

Memory location Memory location

Access: To execute the practice, follow these steps:

Python has extremely powerful and flexible built-in string processing

With single quote

With double quote

With three double

Python also supports the Null and Boolean data types.

Null value type

Type cast to integer

Type cast to string value

Access: To execute the practice, follow these steps:

These operations (operators) can be applied to all numeric types:

Operator Description Example

** Power of number 2 ** 3 = 8(2 to power 3)

• ” = “ is used to assign a value to a variable.

• Python also allows assignment of multiple variables in a single line as follows:

Comparison operators include: <, <=, >, >=, !=, ==

• and, or, and not (&&, ||, !) are logical operators.

A B A&B A|B A^B

Access: To execute the practice follow these steps:

Variables are used to store data in a computer’s memory.

The type of a variable is the type of the value it refers to:

Characteristics of a good variable name are as follows:

• A variable name can be arbitrarily long

An illegal name to a variable will result in a syntax error:

Python reserves 31 keywords for its use:

Power of number 2 3 = 8(2 to power 3)