Python Getting Started

Question 1

Many PCs and Macs will have python already installed.

To check if you have python installed on a Windows PC, search in the start bar for Python or run the following on the Command Line (cmd.exe): ____________________

Answer 1

C:\Users\Your Name>python –version

Question 2

To check if you have python installed on a Linux or Mac, then on linux open the command line or on Mac open the Terminal and type:

Answer 2

python –version

Question 3

If you find that you do not have Python installed on your computer, then you can download it for free from the following website: ____________

Answer 3

https://www.python.org/

Question 4

Python is an interpreted programming language, this means that as a developer you write Python (.py) files in a text editor and then put those files into the python interpreter to be executed.

The way to run a python file is like this on the command line: _____________________

Answer 4

C:\Users\Your Name>python helloworld.py

(Where “helloworld.py” is the name of your python file.)

Question 5

In saving your file. Open your command line, navigate to the directory where you saved your file, and run: _______________

Answer 5

C:\Users\Your Name>python helloworld.py

Question 6

Give the output for:
print(“Hello, World!”)

Answer 6

Hello, World!

Question 7

Command line can be used to check a short amount of python code. If you will use python on the command line instead, what should you first run?

Answer 7

C:\Users\Your Name>python

or

C:\Users\Your Name>py

(then run it and start writing your code)

Question 8

Whenever you are done in the python command line, you can simply type ______ to quit the python command line interface:

Answer 8

exit()