Microsoft 98-381 Introduction to Programming Using Python

What you'll learn

• Create a program to store and print data of types string, integer, float, and boolean
• Use the multiple assignment feature in Python programs
• Use the type() function to determine the data type of variables
• Write a program to create a list
• Write a program to update an item in a list
• Write a program to sort the items in a list
• Write a program to slice the items in a list
• Use the arithmetic, comparison, and logical operators in Python programs
• Write a program to use the identity and membership operators
• Use the if-else and nested if-else statements in Python programs
• Use compound conditional expressions in Python programs
• Use for loops, break and continue statements in Python programs
• Use for loops, while loops, and if…else statements in Python programs
• Use nested for loops in Python programs
• Open, read, and close text files in Python programs
• Copy the contents of one text file to another in Python programs
• Merge text files in Python programs
• Accept console inputs and print formatted output in Python programs
• Use command-line arguments in a Python program
• Structure Python programs by defining functions
• Define functions with default arguments in Python programs
• Define functions with keyword and positional arguments in Python programs