Introduction to Python Programming

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Statements
	Introduction
	1.1 Background
	1.2 Input/output
	1.3 Variables
	1.4 String basics
	1.5 Number basics
	1.6 Error messages
	1.7 Comments
	1.8 Why Python?
	1.9 Chapter summary
Chapter 2 Expressions
	Introduction
	2.1 The Python shell
	2.2 Type conversion
	2.3 Mixed data types
	2.4 Floating-point errors
	2.5 Dividing integers
	2.6 The math module
	2.7 Formatting code
	2.8 Python careers
	2.9 Chapter summary
Chapter 3 Objects
	Introduction
	3.1 Strings revisited
	3.2 Formatted strings
	3.3 Variables revisited
	3.4 List basics
	3.5 Tuple basics
	3.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 4 Decisions
	Introduction
	4.1 Boolean values
	4.2 If-else statements
	4.3 Boolean operations
	4.4 Operator precedence
	4.5 Chained decisions
	4.6 Nested decisions
	4.7 Conditional expressions
	4.8 Chapter summary
Chapter 5 Loops
	Introduction
	5.1 While loop
	5.2 For loop
	5.3 Nested loops
	5.4 Break and continue
	5.5 Loop else
	5.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 6 Functions
	Introduction
	6.1 Defining functions
	6.2 Control flow
	6.3 Variable scope
	6.4 Parameters
	6.5 Return values
	6.6 Keyword arguments
	6.7 Chapter summary
Chapter 7 Modules
	Introduction
	7.1 Module basics
	7.2 Importing names
	7.3 Top-level code
	7.4 The help function
	7.5 Finding modules
	7.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 8 Strings
	Introduction
	8.1 String operations
	8.2 String slicing
	8.3 Searching/testing strings
	8.4 String formatting
	8.5 Splitting/joining strings
	8.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 9 Lists
	Introduction
	9.1 Modifying and iterating lists
	9.2 Sorting and reversing lists
	9.3 Common list operations
	9.4 Nested lists
	9.5 List comprehensions
	9.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 10 Dictionaries
	Introduction
	10.1 Dictionary basics
	10.2 Dictionary creation
	10.3 Dictionary operations
	10.4 Conditionals and looping in dictionaries
	10.5 Nested dictionaries and dictionary comprehension
	10.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 11 Classes
	Introduction
	11.1 Object-oriented programming basics
	11.2 Classes and instances
	11.3 Instance methods
	11.4 Overloading operators
	11.5 Using modules with classes
	11.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 12 Recursion
	Introduction
	12.1 Recursion basics
	12.2 Simple math recursion
	12.3 Recursion with strings and lists
	12.4 More math recursion
	12.5 Using recursion to solve problems
	12.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 13 Inheritance
	Introduction
	13.1 Inheritance basics
	13.2 Attribute access
	13.3 Methods
	13.4 Hierarchical inheritance
	13.5 Multiple inheritance and mixin classes
	13.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 14 Files
	Introduction
	14.1 Reading from files
	14.2 Writing to files
	14.3 Files in different locations and working with CSV files
	14.4 Handling exceptions
	14.5 Raising exceptions
	14.6 Chapter summary
Chapter 15 Data Science
	Introduction
	15.1 Introduction to data science
	15.2 NumPy
	15.3 Pandas
	15.4 Exploratory data analysis
	15.5 Data visualization
	15.6 Summary
Answer Key
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 2
	Chapter 3
	Chapter 4
	Chapter 5
	Chapter 6
	Chapter 7
	Chapter 8
	Chapter 9
	Chapter 10
	Chapter 11
	Chapter 12
	Chapter 13
	Chapter 14
	Chapter 15
Index