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What are the basic principles of Python?

One of the basic principles of Python mentioned in Chapter 1 was the ideaof exception handling. Unlike many languages, which leave the businessof error handling to the programmer using the language, Python handleserrors in a consistent way – when an error is encountered, Python prints descriptive message, and terminates execution.

How do I run a Python program?

at the python prompt. For longer programs, you can compose your python code in the editor ofyour choice, and execute the program by either typing “python”, followedby the name of the ?le containing your program, or by clicking on the ?le’sicon, if you’ve associated the su?x of your python ?le with the python in-terpreter.

What is Python used for?

Python is a high-level scripting language which can be used for a wide varietyof text processing, system administration and internet-related tasks. Unlikemany similar languages, it’s core language is very small and easy to mas-ter, while allowing the addition of modules to perform a virtually limitlessvariety of tasks.

What is a Python module?

Python relies on modules, that is, self-contained programs which de?ne avariety of functions and data types, that you can call in order to do tasks be-yond the scope of the basic core language by using theimportcommand.