{"id":175932,"date":"2024-01-06T19:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T18:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=175932"},"modified":"2024-01-06T19:06:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T18:06:52","slug":"python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","title":{"rendered":"Python programming for dummies &#8211; Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"175932\" class=\"elementor elementor-175932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-798df0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"798df0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f3fbe e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"09f3fbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1361a72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1361a72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>Table of Contents:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n    <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/programmer-en-python\">Episode 1<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n        <ol>\n            <li><span style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\"><a style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\" href=\"#introductionpython\">Introduction<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n            <li><span style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\"><a style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\" href=\"#variables\">Variables<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n            <li><span style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\"><a style=\"color: #6e4ceb;\" href=\"#types\">Types<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n        <\/ol>\n    <\/li>\n    <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/programmation-python-fonctions-operateurs-boucles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 2<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n        <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/programmation-python-fonctions-operateurs-boucles#operateurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operators<\/a>&#8211;\n            <a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/programmation-python-fonctions-operateurs-boucles#boucles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loops<\/a>&#8211;\n            <a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/programmation-python-fonctions-operateurs-boucles#fonctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Functions<\/a><\/span>\n    <\/li>\n    <li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/data-cleaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 3<\/a><\/span> &#8211;\n            <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/data-cleaning#importdesdonnees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Data Import<\/a><\/span> &#8211;\n            <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/data-cleaning#datacleaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Cleaning<\/a> <\/span>&#8211;\n            <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/data-cleaning#dataprocessing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Processing<\/a><\/span><\/span><u style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/u>\n    <\/li>\n    <li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/la-programmation-python-pour-les-nuls-episode-4\">Episode 4 <\/a><\/u> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/exemple-programme-python#bibliothequepython\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Python Library Import<\/span> &#8211;<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/exemple-programme-python#donneespython\">Data Import<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/exemple-programme-python#valeursmanquantes\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Handling Missing Values<\/span> <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n    <li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/la-programmation-python-pour-les-nuls-episode-4#cheatsheet\">Python Cheat Sheet<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb5ce5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1eb5ce5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f27c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"43f27c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8c87c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc8c87c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you interested in programming? Would you like to learn the basics of a commonly used programming language in an intuitive way? Then you've come to the right place! After reading this, you'll know all the basics of programming in Python! From variables and functions to loops, Python's tools will hold no secrets for you. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-302679e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"302679e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6beff2a e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"6beff2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4925253 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"4925253\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\nbody.elementor-page .elementor-widget-menu-anchor{margin-bottom:0}<\/style>\t\t<div id=\"introductionpython\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbaa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fbaa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The python story<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fada771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fada771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unlike other languages, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/avoid-these-top-5-common-python-coding-mistakes\">Python is designed to be much more concise and expressive,<\/a> requiring less time, effort and lines of code to perform the same operations.<\/p><p>The language is highly appreciated for its simpler approach to programming basics. It continued to evolve over the years, until December 2008. That year, a cleaner, more modern version of the language was released: version 3.0. This has been the only supported version since January 2020.<\/p><p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-tutorial-reasons-and-strategies-for-learning-the-language\">Python has over 8.4 million users worldwide<\/a>, making it the second most widely used language behind Javascript.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\ud83d\udca1Related articles:<\/p><table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"><colgroup><col width=\"656\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Folium: Discover the open source Python library &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/folium-discover-the-open-source-python-library\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/folium-discover-the-open-source-python-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folium: Discover the open source Python library <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Matplotlib: Master Data Visualization in Python &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/matplotlib-master-data-visualization-in-python\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/matplotlib-master-data-visualization-in-python\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matplotlib: Master Data Visualization in Python <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Python Crash Course: Get started &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-all-you-need-to-know\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-all-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Crash Course: Get started <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Mastering Machine Learning in Python: Data-Driven Success &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-python-where-to-start\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-python-where-to-start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastering Machine Learning in Python: Data-Driven Success <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Python Programming for Beginners - Episode 3&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-beginners-episode-3\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-beginners-episode-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Programming for Beginners &#8211; Episode 3<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Django: All about the Python web development framework&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/django-all-about-the-python-web-development-framework\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/django-all-about-the-python-web-development-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Django: All about the Python web development framework<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6992db9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"6992db9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae843d e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"1ae843d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b0a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3b0a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why learn Python programming?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01f6657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01f6657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Python offers many advantages:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Extensive libraries:<\/strong> a large collection of classical numerical methods, plotting and data processing tools.<\/li><li>These<strong> avoid the need to reprogram complex<\/strong> or tedious elements, such as curve plotting, Fourier transforms or fitting algorithms.<\/li><li><strong>Easy to learn<\/strong>: Python&#8217;s syntax is straightforward and the code is easy to read. For example, you can learn to draw curves in just a few minutes.<\/li><li><strong>Efficiency:<\/strong> Python numerical modules are computationally efficient. But it goes without saying that very fast code becomes useless if you spend too much time writing it. Python aims for fast development and execution times.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9573177 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9573177\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbef13 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"ffbef13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d219e16 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d219e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn to program in Python<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb62f3f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"eb62f3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a1e933 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"0a1e933\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b865430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b865430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most popular data-science libraries to learn Python programming<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae11703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae11703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of <strong>Python&#8217;s major assets<\/strong> is the number and diversity of available libraries. Many are used for Data Science <br \/>Among them, the most popular are<\/p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/pandas-the-python-library\">Pandas library<\/a>, dedicated to working with data tables, also known as &#8220;dataframes&#8221;. It enables both data manipulation and analysis.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/numpy-the-python-library-in-data-science\">Numpy library<\/a>, dedicated to numerical calculation. It facilitates the manipulation of numerical tables, notably by enabling the application of various calculation functions.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/scikit-learn-discover-the-python-library-dedicated-to-machine-learning\">Scikit-learn library<\/a>, dedicated to machine learning. Among other things, it can be used to implement methods for data preparation and modeling.<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/tensorflow-course-where-to-learn-how-to-use-the-framework\">Tensorflow library<\/a> is dedicated to machine learning and, more specifically, Deep Learning. It was created in open source by Google&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence team.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d88ff2f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d88ff2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05d0ef8 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"05d0ef8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5eb19d elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a5eb19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Getting started in Python<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11acaa0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"11acaa0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f52c51 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"2f52c51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d32346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d32346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Let&#8217;s get down to business!<\/em><\/p><p>Let&#8217;s start by learning about the different types of variables in Python. This is just the beginning, but in a <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-all-you-need-to-know\">few weeks you&#8217;ll have all the basics for programming in Python.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717ff9f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"717ff9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e128dc5 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"e128dc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6673d14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6673d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Variables<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa044d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"fa044d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"variables\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7abaf40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7abaf40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A variable is used to <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/scrapy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-python-web-scraping-tool\">store data that will be used by the program.<\/a> It can store a number, a string, a Boolean, a list or any other type of data.<\/p><p>Each variable has a name, and the equal sign = is used to assign a value to a variable. After initial assignment, the value of a variable can be updated to new values as required.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6364ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f6364ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/9efad2e068573ef97821aeae0b0758c3.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34949e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"34949e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2623cad e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"2623cad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94bdd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94bdd98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Base types<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231cc52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"231cc52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"types\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af8751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3af8751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ll now take a look at the data types used in Python.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388b3e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"388b3e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Numeric types<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598bc6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598bc6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/folium-discover-the-open-source-python-library\">Python<\/a> supports both integers and floating-point numbers. There is no type declaration to distinguish them; Python distinguishes them by the presence or absence of a decimal point.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7139e62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"7139e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/dbab0704003b9ba241fb88456a07584f.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc877e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"cc877e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9fae27 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"b9fae27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99d831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b99d831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strings:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238dec4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"238dec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To store textual data, we use character strings, which can be instantiated using different syntaxes. (single, double or triple quotation marks).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575e899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"575e899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/540deaf6d42b956567b2095a010a1159.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6051402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6051402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A chain is an immutable object, and its contents cannot be modified. However, new chains can be created from the original chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c82057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"8c82057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/886fb02061b6a7b585ac1cabe1d27fff.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eefd0b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"eefd0b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0258c88 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"0258c88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7364dfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7364dfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Booleans:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff64db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff64db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Booleans are the result of logical operations and have two possible values: True or False.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1436bd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1436bd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/0b8d4d631c91b65bc4f9c5d56904d8a9.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a4ef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63a4ef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here&#8217;s a list of operations that apply to Booleans:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc1167 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9cc1167\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a928c e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"96a928c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed63555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ed63555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/56f97e63e938f7f151e964838ba53261.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d36f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d36f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Containers:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffac929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffac929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/machine-learning-python-where-to-start\">Python<\/a> provides a number of efficient container types in which collections of objects can be stored.<br \/>We&#8217;re going to look at the main containers: lists, tuples, sets and dictionaries (but there are many more&#8230;).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a305060 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"a305060\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3adbed8 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"3adbed8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170ebe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"170ebe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1- Listes:<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93cc097 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93cc097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A list is an ordered collection of objects. These objects can be of different types.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f3316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"31f3316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/4f2e64c88476e4a1fcbbcf2d73ae1ec9.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34718e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"34718e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00cb607 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"00cb607\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a18cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9a18cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2- Tuple:<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696ec38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"696ec38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tuples are immutable lists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4765470 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"4765470\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/ff2c1a8df406774bcc4208981f22dda4.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b79df6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"9b79df6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec6767 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"7ec6767\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7f466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d7f466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3- Set:<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d892e31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d892e31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A set is an unordered container of unique elements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f462da0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"f462da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/76174a341d9451ac2b4891f1e5fdb1a0.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9236e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"f9236e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9926b72 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"9926b72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64c9280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64c9280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4- Dictionary:<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1768d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1768d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A dictionary is in fact an efficient array that maps keys to values. It is the most important container in Python.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8413b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"e8413b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/6212c7e87d6a2b260c68bf39c9700be7.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cec38d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"cec38d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421bb45 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"421bb45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d2d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96d2d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Important notes\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e3cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0e3cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keys can be of different types<\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A key must be immutable<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580374d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"580374d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Operations managed by dictionaries:\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de48fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"2de48fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script src=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/gtordjma\/fd11574a5f0409214eb25a76951385ae.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74bf63a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"74bf63a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7a2c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"fc7a2c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049d458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"049d458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33a2cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a33a2cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So, in this first article, we&#8217;ve looked at the basics of Python programming, through the instantiation and use of variables of various types and the basic operations that can be performed on them.<\/p><p>See you next week for a new section on instructions. We&#8217;ll also look at functions and how to load a dataset! In the meantime, if the wait is unbearable, our <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-analyst-course\">Data Analyst,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-scientist-course\">Data Scientist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-engineer-course\">Data Engineer<\/a> courses are the perfect place to start and deepen your Data Science learning!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f09b906 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"f09b906\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7adc85d e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"7adc85d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9cd637 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b9cd637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our training courses <\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents: Episode 1 Introduction Variables Types Episode 2 &#8211;Operators&#8211; Loops&#8211; Functions Episode 3 &#8211; Data Import &#8211; Data Cleaning &#8211; Data Processing Episode 4 &#8211;Python Library Import &#8211;Data Import &#8211;Handling Missing Values Python Cheat Sheet Are you interested in programming? Would you like to learn the basics of a commonly used programming language [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":175933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2425],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Python programming for dummies - Episode 1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to &quot;Python Programming for Dummies - Episode 1&quot;! In this episode, we&#039;ll cover some basics to help you get started with Python. Python is a versatile and beginner-friendly programming language, so don&#039;t\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Python programming for dummies - Episode 1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Table of Contents: Episode 1 Introduction Variables Types Episode 2 -Operators- Loops- Functions Episode 3 - Data Import - Data Cleaning - Data Processing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Science Courses | DataScientest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataScientestEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2024\/01\/python-part-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"843\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DataScientest__\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DataScientest__\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d5f7ade9407eb69af3bf6d1ae1731d\"},\"headline\":\"Python programming for dummies &#8211; Episode 1\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\"},\"wordCount\":870,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Data Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2024\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\",\"name\":\"Python programming for dummies - Episode 1\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Welcome to \\\"Python Programming for Dummies - Episode 1\\\"! In this episode, we'll cover some basics to help you get started with Python. Python is a versatile and beginner-friendly programming language, so don't\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Data Science Courses | DataScientest\",\"description\":\"Leader in Data Science Courses\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"DataScientest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2024\/02\/DataScientest_icon_blue-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2024\/02\/DataScientest_icon_blue-2.png\",\"width\":301,\"height\":301,\"caption\":\"DataScientest\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataScientestEN\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataScientest__\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/datascientest\/mycompany\/\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@datascientest\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d5f7ade9407eb69af3bf6d1ae1731d\",\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d3d660a0698de06f13ecf4823519da1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d3d660a0698de06f13ecf4823519da1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melanie\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/author\/melaniekrause\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Python programming for dummies - Episode 1","description":"Welcome to \"Python Programming for Dummies - Episode 1\"! In this episode, we'll cover some basics to help you get started with Python. Python is a versatile and beginner-friendly programming language, so don't","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Python programming for dummies - Episode 1","og_description":"Table of Contents: Episode 1 Introduction Variables Types Episode 2 -Operators- Loops- Functions Episode 3 - Data Import - Data Cleaning - Data Processing","og_url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","og_site_name":"Data Science Courses | DataScientest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataScientestEN","article_published_time":"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1536,"height":843,"url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/files\/2024\/01\/python-part-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Melanie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DataScientest__","twitter_site":"@DataScientest__","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melanie","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1"},"author":{"name":"Melanie","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d5f7ade9407eb69af3bf6d1ae1731d"},"headline":"Python programming for dummies &#8211; Episode 1","datePublished":"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1"},"wordCount":870,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Data Science"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2024","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1","name":"Python programming for dummies - Episode 1","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-01-06T18:01:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-06T18:06:52+00:00","description":"Welcome to \"Python Programming for Dummies - Episode 1\"! In this episode, we'll cover some basics to help you get started with Python. Python is a versatile and beginner-friendly programming language, so don't","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/python-programming-for-dummies-episode-1"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/","name":"Data Science Courses | DataScientest","description":"Leader in Data Science Courses","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#organization","name":"DataScientest","url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2024\/02\/DataScientest_icon_blue-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/2024\/02\/DataScientest_icon_blue-2.png","width":301,"height":301,"caption":"DataScientest"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DataScientestEN","https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataScientest__","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/datascientest\/mycompany\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@datascientest"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d5f7ade9407eb69af3bf6d1ae1731d","name":"Melanie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d3d660a0698de06f13ecf4823519da1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d3d660a0698de06f13ecf4823519da1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melanie"},"url":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/author\/melaniekrause"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}