Python Syntax

Execute Python Syntax

As we learned in the previous page, Python syntax can be executed by writing directly in the Command Line:

Or by creating a python file on the server, using the .py file extension, and running it in the Command Line:

Python Indentation

Indentation refers to the spaces at the beginning of a code line.

Where in other programming languages the indentation in code is for readability only, the indentation in Python is very important.

Python uses indentation to indicate a block of code.

Python will give you an error if you skip the indentation:

The number of spaces is up to you as a programmer, the most common use is four, but it has to be at least one.

You have to use the same number of spaces in the same block of code, otherwise Python will give you an error:

Python Variables

In Python, a variable is created when you assign a value to it:

Example Variables in Python:

x = 5y = "Hello, World!"

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Python has no command for declaring a variable. You will learn more about variables in the Python Variables chapter.

Comments Python has commenting capability for the purpose of in-code documentation. Comments start with a #, and Python will render the rest of the line as a comment:

Example Comments in Python:

#This is a comment. print("Hello, World!")

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