Strings are a collection of characters which are stored together to represent arbitrary text inside a python program. You can create a string  constant inside a python program by surrounding text with either single quotes (’), double quotes ("), or a collection of three of either types of quotes (’’’ or"""). In …

Python has many features that usually are found only in languages which are much more complex to learn and use. These features were designed into python from its very first beginnings, rather than being accumulated into an end result, as is the case with many other scripting languages. If you’re new to programming, even the basic d…

There are a few features of python which are different than other program- ming languages, and which should be mentioned early on so that subsequent examples don’t seem confusing. Further information on all of these features will be provided later, when the topics are covered in depth. Python statements do not need to end with a spe…

Python is a high-level scripting language which can be used for a wide variety of text processing, system administration and internet-related tasks. Unlike many similar languages, it’s core language is very small and easy to master, while allowing the addition of modules to perform a virtually limitless variety of tasks. Python is …