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starting to code

Your Programming Toolbox

You’ve got Chapter 1 under your
belt. Let’s look back at what
you’ve learned so far. CHAPTER 1

Programming T ools

* Programs are created from code statements: Python T ools

* if/else branches
commands do things. * while loops
branches decide things.
* = assignment operator
loops repeat things.
* Conditionals help you decide if * == equality operator

something is True or False. * != inequality operator
* Assignment sets a name to a value. * > greater than operator
* A named value is stored in a “variable”. * print() displays a message on screen

* input() gets and returns user input

* int() converts characters to numbers
* randint() produces a random number

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