[Python #4] create e24.py

kjg/python-the-hard-way/e24.py

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+print("Let's practice everything.")
+print('You\'d need to know \'bout escapes with \\ that do:')
+print('\n newlines and \t tabs.')
+
+poem = """
+\tThe lovely world
+with logic so firmly planted
+cannot discern \n the needs of love
+nor comprehend passion from intuition
+and requires an explanation
+\n\t\twhere there is none.
+"""
+
+print("--------------")
+print(poem)
+print("--------------")
+
+
+five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6
+print(f"This should be five: {five}")
+
+
+def secret_formula(started):
+    jelly_beans = started * 500
+    jars = jelly_beans / 1000
+    crates = jars / 100
+    return jelly_beans, jars, crates
+
+
+start_point = 10000
+beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)
+
+# remember that this is another way to format a string
+print("With a starting point of: {}".format(start_point))
+# it's just like with an f"" string
+print(f"We'd have {beans} beans, {jars} jars, and {crates} crates.")
+
+start_point = start_point / 10 
+print("We can also do that this way:")
+formula = secret_formula(start_point)
+# this is an easy way to apply a list to a format string
+print("We'd have {} beans, {} jars, and {} crates.".format(*formula))

kjg/python.org

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 *** Python #3:
 **** ex23
 How to use encode and decode
+**** ex24
+practice function and print