{"id":1411,"date":"2016-10-25T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2016-10-25T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T14:54:59","slug":"n5-python-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/ColtnessHS-ComputingScience\/2016\/10\/25\/n5-python-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"N5 Python – Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"add2numbers\"<\/a>Our 1st Python program makes use of a number of new constructs and variables.<\/p>\n

#<\/strong> – Internal Commentary, anything after the # on the same line is ignored by the translator<\/p>\n

=<\/strong> (Assignment) – values are assigned to the variables using an equals sign.<\/p>\n

input()<\/strong> – \u00a0a string is captured from the keyboard using the input() function<\/a><\/p>\n

int()<\/strong> – this function changes the datatype of the given variable to an integer (Whole number)<\/p>\n

Expression<\/strong> – The expression is the right hand side of the =, this is evaluated and any calculations performed, the results are then assigned to the variable on the left hand side of the equals<\/p>\n

print()<\/strong> – This function<\/a> displays a string. The “,” is used to concatenate strings and add a space between them.<\/p>\n

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