Handbook of the Physics Computing Course
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Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 The Python trial
1.2 Typographical conventions
2. Using the system
2.1 Logging in
2.2 IDLE basics
2.2.1 Creating a new program
2.2.2 Opening existing programs
2.2.3 Saving programs
2.2.4 Closing programs
2.3 Programming using IDLE
2.3.1 Using the interactive interpreter
2.3.2 Using the editor
2.4 Case sensitivity
3. The elements of Python
3.1 Hello world
3.2 Interpreters, modules, and a more interesting program
3.3 Variables
3.3.1 Names and Assignment
3.3.2 Types
3.4 Input and output
3.5 Arithmetic
3.6 for loops
3.6.1 An example of a for loop
3.6.2 Using the range function
3.7 if statements
3.7.1 An example of an if test
3.7.2 Comparison tests and Booleans
3.7.3 else and elif statements
3.8 while loops
3.9 Using library functions
3.10 Arrays
3.11 Making your own functions
3.12 File input and output
3.13 Putting it all together
4. Graphical output and additional Python
4.1 Graphical output
4.2 Arrays in Python
4.3 Functions you may need for the first-year problems
4.3.1 Reading files
4.3.2 Random numbers
4.4 Scope
4.5 Python differences
4.5.1 for loops
4.6 Taking your interest further
A. Errors
A.1 Attribute Errors, Key Errors, Index Errors
A.2 Name Errors
A.3 Syntax Errors
A.4 Type Errors
B. Reserved Words
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Handbook of the Physics Computing Course
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