Python Examples

Comments and Printing

# Comments
'''
this is a comment block
'''

# Echo
print( "hello world" )

Variables and Lists

# Variables
a = 20
b = "40"

# Strings
s = "Strings "
print( s.count('s') ) # 1
print( s.find('i') ) # 3
print( s.lower() ) # strings
print( s.upper() ) # STRINGS
print( s.replace('s', '') ) # String
print( s.strip() ) # Strings
print( s[1:3] ) # tr
print( s[:-3] ) # Strin
print( 'this is a formatted string %.2f' % 123.234 ) # this is a formatted string 123.23
s += "concat"
print( "this is {}".format(12)) # this is 12

# Lists
l = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
print( l )
print( l[3] )

for a in l:
    print( a )

for idx, val in enumerate(l):
    print(idx, val)

l.append('x')
print( l )
l.count(2)
print( l )
l.count('2')
print( l )
l.index('x')
print( l )
l.insert(1, 'z')
print( l )
l.remove('x')
print( l )
l.pop()
print( l )
l.reverse()
print( l )
l.sort()
print( l )

# map a function and built a new list
l = map(l, lambda x: x + 1)

# Tuples
t = (1, 2, 3)
l = list(t)
l.append(4)
t = tuple(l)
print( t )

# Dictionaries
d = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print( d )
d['d'] = 4
print( d )
for a in d:
    print( a, d[a] )

Conditionals

if a < 15:
    print( "if" )
elif a > 15 and a < 20:
    print( "elif" )
else:
    print( "else" )

# For loop
for a in range( 10, 30 ):
    print( a )

# While loop
a = 1
while a < 10:
    print(a)
    a += 1

Functions and Classes

# Functions
def someFunction( a, b ):
    print(a + b)

someFunction(10, 20)

# Classes
class Calculator(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.current = 0

    def add(self, amount):
        self.current += amount

    def get_current(self):
        return self.current

    @staticmethod
    def get_pi():
        return 3.14

c = Calculator()
c.add(3)
c.add(2)
print( c.getCurrent() )
print( Calculator.get_pi() )

# Lambda
def run(func):
    return func(5)
ten = run(lambda x: x * 2)

Exceptions and Errors

# Exceptions
a = 1
try:
    a = a + '2'
except:
    print( a, "is not a number" )

System and File

# Files
f = open( "test.txt", "w+" )
f.write( "hello\n" )
f.close()
f = open( "test.txt", "a" )
f.write( "there" )
f.close()
f = open( "test.txt", "r" )
print( f.read(1) )
print( f.readline() )
print( f.read() )
f.close()

# System
from subprocess import call
r = call(["echo", "123"])
print( r )