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diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown index 5572e38e..b939ebbe 100644 --- a/python.html.markdown +++ b/python.html.markdown @@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ executable pseudocode. Feedback would be highly appreciated! You can reach me at [@louiedinh](http://twitter.com/louiedinh) or louiedinh [at] [google's email service] Note: This article applies to Python 2.7 specifically, but should be applicable -to Python 2.x. For Python 3.x, take a look at the [Python 3 tutorial](http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/). +to Python 2.x. Python 2.7 is reachong end of life and will stop beeign maintained in 2020, +it is though recommended to start learnign Python with Python 3. +For Python 3.x, take a look at the [Python 3 tutorial](http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python3/). + +It is also possible to write Python code which is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.x at the same time, +using Python [`__future__` imports](https://docs.python.org/2/library/__future__.html). `__future__` imports +allow you to write Python 3 code that will run on Python 2, so check out the Python 3 tutorial. ```python @@ -142,7 +148,13 @@ bool("") # => False #################################################### # Python has a print statement -print "I'm Python. Nice to meet you!" +print "I'm Python. Nice to meet you!" # => I'm Python. Nice to meet you! + +# Simple way to get input data from console +input_string_var = raw_input("Enter some data: ") # Returns the data as a string +input_var = input("Enter some data: ") # Evaluates the data as python code +# Warning: Caution is recommended for input() method usage +# Note: In python 3, input() is deprecated and raw_input() is renamed to input() # No need to declare variables before assigning to them. some_var = 5 # Convention is to use lower_case_with_underscores @@ -473,9 +485,12 @@ add_10(3) # => 13 # There are also anonymous functions (lambda x: x > 2)(3) # => True +(lambda x, y: x ** 2 + y ** 2)(2, 1) # => 5 # There are built-in higher order functions map(add_10, [1, 2, 3]) # => [11, 12, 13] +map(max, [1, 2, 3], [4, 2, 1]) # => [4, 2, 3] + filter(lambda x: x > 5, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]) # => [6, 7] # We can use list comprehensions for nice maps and filters |