PythonOnSHIPs

Tutorial 1: Overview of Programming

Presents the basic concepts of programming for newbies.

File:Python1.pdf

Tutorial 2: Data, Variables and Math operators

An introduction to the python interpreter, variables and types of data they store. Using math functions and python as a calculator.

File:Python2.pdf

Exercises:

Evaluate the square root of 10.1*10.2 + 15.3*15.4

What happens when you add two string variables together?

Create a numpy integer array of values from 0 to 100, incrementing in steps of 2

Create a numpy floating-point array of 101 elements that range in value from 0.0 to 1.0

Perform the following operations (in order) on the previous array: trignometric sin, multiply by 1000.0 and convert it to integer format.

Create a 2-Dimensional numpy array of size 15 columns X 17 rows filled with zeros. Set the middle column to 10. Set the last five rows to 20.