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These are 10 small Python programs. Please keep programs ordered by size. | ## page was renamed from SimplePrograms Here are some example simple programs. Please feel free to contribute, but see notice at bottom, please. These examples assume version 2.6 or above of Python. You should be able to run them simply by copying/pasting the code into a file (named for example test.py) and running python test.py. ------ 1 line: Output {{{#!python numbers=disable print 'Hello, world!' }}} ------ 2 lines: Input, assignment {{{#!python numbers=disable name = raw_input('What is your name?\n') print 'Hi, %s.' % name }}} ------ 3 lines: For loop, built-in enumerate function, new style formatting {{{#!python numbers=disable friends = ['john', 'pat', 'gary', 'michael'] for i, name in enumerate(friends): print "iteration {iteration} is {name}".format(iteration=i, name=name) }}} ------ 4 lines: Fibonacci, tuple assignment {{{#!python numbers=disable parents, babies = (1, 1) while babies < 100: print 'This generation has {0} babies'.format(babies) parents, babies = (babies, parents + babies) }}} ------ 5 lines: Functions {{{#!python numbers=disable def greet(name): print 'Hello', name greet('Jack') greet('Jill') greet('Bob') }}} ------ 6 lines: Import, regular expressions {{{#!python numbers=disable import re for test_string in ['555-1212', 'ILL-EGAL']: if re.match(r'^\d{3}-\d{4}$', test_string): print test_string, 'is a valid US local phone number' else: print test_string, 'rejected' }}} ------ 7 lines: Dictionaries, generator expressions {{{#!python numbers=disable prices = {'apple': 0.40, 'banana': 0.50} my_purchase = { 'apple': 1, 'banana': 6} grocery_bill = sum(prices[fruit] * my_purchase[fruit] for fruit in my_purchase) print 'I owe the grocer $%.2f' % grocery_bill }}} ------ 8 lines: Command line arguments, exception handling {{{#!python numbers=disable #!/usr/bin/env python # This program adds up integers in the command line import sys try: total = sum(int(arg) for arg in sys.argv[1:]) print 'sum =', total except ValueError: print 'Please supply integer arguments' }}} ------ 9 lines: Opening files {{{#!python numbers=disable # indent your Python code to put into an email import glob # glob supports Unix style pathname extensions python_files = glob.glob('*.py') for file_name in sorted(python_files): print ' ------' + file_name with open(file_name) as f: for line in f: print ' ' + line.rstrip() }}} ------ 10 lines: Time, conditionals, from..import, for..else {{{#!python numbers=disable from time import localtime activities = {8: 'Sleeping', 9: 'Commuting', 17: 'Working', 18: 'Commuting', 20: 'Eating', 22: 'Resting' } time_now = localtime() hour = time_now.tm_hour for activity_time in sorted(activities.keys()): if hour < activity_time: print activities[activity_time] break else: print 'Unknown, AFK or sleeping!' }}} ------ 11 lines: Triple-quoted strings, while loop {{{#!python numbers=disable REFRAIN = ''' %d bottles of beer on the wall, %d bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, %d bottles of beer on the wall! ''' bottles_of_beer = 99 while bottles_of_beer > 1: print REFRAIN % (bottles_of_beer, bottles_of_beer, bottles_of_beer - 1) bottles_of_beer -= 1 }}} ------ 12 lines: Classes {{{#!python numbers=disable class BankAccount(object): def __init__(self, initial_balance=0): self.balance = initial_balance def deposit(self, amount): self.balance += amount def withdraw(self, amount): self.balance -= amount def overdrawn(self): return self.balance < 0 my_account = BankAccount(15) my_account.withdraw(5) print my_account.balance }}} ------ 13 lines: Unit testing with unittest {{{#!python numbers=disable import unittest def median(pool): copy = sorted(pool) size = len(copy) if size % 2 == 1: return copy[(size - 1) / 2] else: return (copy[size/2 - 1] + copy[size/2]) / 2 class TestMedian(unittest.TestCase): def testMedian(self): self.failUnlessEqual(median([2, 9, 9, 7, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8]), 7) if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main() }}} ------ 14 lines: Doctest-based testing {{{#!python numbers=disable def median(pool): '''Statistical median to demonstrate doctest. >>> median([2, 9, 9, 7, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8]) 7 ''' copy = sorted(pool) size = len(copy) if size % 2 == 1: return copy[(size - 1) / 2] else: return (copy[size/2 - 1] + copy[size/2]) / 2 if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod() }}} ------ 15 lines: itertools {{{#!python numbers=disable from itertools import groupby lines = ''' This is the first paragraph. This is the second. '''.splitlines() # Use itertools.groupby and bool to return groups of # consecutive lines that either have content or don't. for has_chars, frags in groupby(lines, bool): if has_chars: print ' '.join(frags) # PRINTS: # This is the first paragraph. # This is the second. }}} ------ 16 lines: csv module, tuple unpacking, cmp() built-in {{{#!python numbers=disable import csv # write stocks data as comma-separated values writer = csv.writer(open('stocks.csv', 'wb', buffering=0)) writer.writerows([ ('GOOG', 'Google, Inc.', 505.24, 0.47, 0.09), ('YHOO', 'Yahoo! Inc.', 27.38, 0.33, 1.22), ('CNET', 'CNET Networks, Inc.', 8.62, -0.13, -1.49) ]) # read stocks data, print status messages stocks = csv.reader(open('stocks.csv', 'rb')) status_labels = {-1: 'down', 0: 'unchanged', 1: 'up'} for ticker, name, price, change, pct in stocks: status = status_labels[cmp(float(change), 0.0)] print '%s is %s (%s%%)' % (name, status, pct) }}} ------ 18 lines: 8-Queens Problem (recursion) {{{#!python numbers=disable BOARD_SIZE = 8 def under_attack(col, queens): left = right = col for r, c in reversed(queens): left, right = left - 1, right + 1 if c in (left, col, right): return True return False def solve(n): if n == 0: return [[]] smaller_solutions = solve(n - 1) return [solution+[(n,i+1)] for i in xrange(BOARD_SIZE) for solution in smaller_solutions if not under_attack(i+1, solution)] for answer in solve(BOARD_SIZE): print answer }}} ------ 20 lines: Prime numbers sieve w/fancy generators {{{#!python numbers=disable import itertools def iter_primes(): # an iterator of all numbers between 2 and +infinity numbers = itertools.count(2) # generate primes forever while True: # get the first number from the iterator (always a prime) prime = numbers.next() yield prime # this code iteratively builds up a chain of # filters...slightly tricky, but ponder it a bit numbers = itertools.ifilter(prime.__rmod__, numbers) for p in iter_primes(): if p > 1000: break print p }}} ------ 21 lines: XML/HTML parsing (using Python 2.5 or third-party library) {{{#!python numbers=disable dinner_recipe = '''<html><body><table> <tr><th>amt</th><th>unit</th><th>item</th></tr> <tr><td>24</td><td>slices</td><td>baguette</td></tr> <tr><td>2+</td><td>tbsp</td><td>olive oil</td></tr> <tr><td>1</td><td>cup</td><td>tomatoes</td></tr> <tr><td>1</td><td>jar</td><td>pesto</td></tr> </table></body></html>''' # In Python 2.5 or from http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree tree = etree.fromstring(dinner_recipe) # For invalid HTML use http://effbot.org/zone/element-soup.htm # import ElementSoup, StringIO # tree = ElementSoup.parse(StringIO.StringIO(dinner_recipe)) pantry = set(['olive oil', 'pesto']) for ingredient in tree.getiterator('tr'): amt, unit, item = ingredient if item.tag == "td" and item.text not in pantry: print "%s: %s %s" % (item.text, amt.text, unit.text) }}} ------ 28 lines: 8-Queens Problem (define your own exceptions) {{{#!python numbers=disable BOARD_SIZE = 8 class BailOut(Exception): pass def validate(queens): left = right = col = queens[-1] for r in reversed(queens[:-1]): left, right = left-1, right+1 if r in (left, col, right): raise BailOut def add_queen(queens): for i in range(BOARD_SIZE): test_queens = queens + [i] try: validate(test_queens) if len(test_queens) == BOARD_SIZE: return test_queens else: return add_queen(test_queens) except BailOut: pass raise BailOut queens = add_queen([]) print queens print "\n".join(". "*q + "Q " + ". "*(BOARD_SIZE-q-1) for q in queens) }}} ------ 33 lines: "Guess the Number" Game (edited) from http://inventwithpython.com {{{#!python numbers=disable import random guesses_made = 0 name = raw_input('Hello! What is your name?\n') number = random.randint(1, 20) print 'Well, {0}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.'.format(name) while guesses_made < 6: guess = int(raw_input('Take a guess: ')) guesses_made += 1 if guess < number: print 'Your guess is too low.' if guess > number: print 'Your guess is too high.' if guess == number: break if guess == number: print 'Good job, {0}! You guessed my number in {1} guesses!'.format(name, guesses_made) else: print 'Nope. The number I was thinking of was {0}'.format(number) }}} |
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print 'hello world' ------ for name in ('peter', 'paul', 'mary'): print name ------ # This is a Python comment. \n is a newline name = raw_input('What is your name?\n') print 'Hi', name ------ parent_rabbits, baby_rabbits = (1, 1) while baby_rabbits < 100: print 'This generation has %d rabbits' % baby_rabbits parent_rabbits, baby_rabbits = (baby_rabbits, parent_rabbits + baby_rabbits) ------ # def defines a method in Python def tax(item_charge, g = 0.05): return item_charge * g print '%.2f' % tax(11.35) print '%.2f' % tax(40.00, 0.08) ------ import re for test_string in [ '555-1212', 'ILL-EGAL']: if re.match('\d\d\d-\d\d\d\d$', test_string): print test_string, 'is a valid US local phone number' else: print test_string, 'rejected' ------ prices = {'apple': 0.40, 'banana': 0.50} my_purchase = { 'apple': 1, 'banana': 6} grocery_bill = sum([prices[fruit] * my_purchase[fruit] for fruit in my_purchase]) print 'I owe the grocer $%.2f' % grocery_bill ------ class ShoppingCart: def __init__(self): self.items = [] def buy(self, item): self.items.append(item) def boughtItems(self): return self.items my_cart = ShoppingCart() my_cart.buy('apple') my_cart.buy('banana') print my_cart.boughtItems() ------ # indent your Python code to put into an email import glob python_files = glob.glob('*.py') python_files.sort() for fn in python_files: print ' ------' for line in open(fn): print ' ' + line.rstrip() ------ import time now = time.localtime() hour = now.tm_hour if hour < 8: print 'sleeping' elif hour < 9: print 'commuting' elif hour < 17: print 'working' elif hour < 18: print 'commuting' elif hour < 20: print 'eating' elif hour < 22: print 'resting' else: print 'sleeping' |
Hi, I started this page in May 2007, and I provided the first 10+ or so examples (which may have changed since then). -- SteveHowell All code on this page is open source, of course, with the standard Python license. Minor cleanups are welcome, but if you want to do major restructuring of this page, please run them by the folks on the Python mailing list, or if you are impatient for a response, please just make your own copy of this page. Thanks, and I hope this code is useful for you! Some goals for this page: 1. All examples should be simple. 2. There should be a gentle progression through Python concepts. ---- CategoryDocumentation |
Here are some example simple programs. Please feel free to contribute, but see notice at bottom, please.
These examples assume version 2.6 or above of Python. You should be able to run them simply by copying/pasting the code into a file (named for example test.py) and running python test.py.
1 line: Output
print 'Hello, world!'
2 lines: Input, assignment
name = raw_input('What is your name?\n')
print 'Hi, %s.' % name
3 lines: For loop, built-in enumerate function, new style formatting
friends = ['john', 'pat', 'gary', 'michael']
for i, name in enumerate(friends):
print "iteration {iteration} is {name}".format(iteration=i, name=name)
4 lines: Fibonacci, tuple assignment
parents, babies = (1, 1)
while babies < 100:
print 'This generation has {0} babies'.format(babies)
parents, babies = (babies, parents + babies)
5 lines: Functions
def greet(name):
print 'Hello', name
greet('Jack')
greet('Jill')
greet('Bob')
6 lines: Import, regular expressions
import re
for test_string in ['555-1212', 'ILL-EGAL']:
if re.match(r'^\d{3}-\d{4}$', test_string):
print test_string, 'is a valid US local phone number'
else:
print test_string, 'rejected'
7 lines: Dictionaries, generator expressions
prices = {'apple': 0.40, 'banana': 0.50}
my_purchase = {
'apple': 1,
'banana': 6}
grocery_bill = sum(prices[fruit] * my_purchase[fruit]
for fruit in my_purchase)
print 'I owe the grocer $%.2f' % grocery_bill
8 lines: Command line arguments, exception handling
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This program adds up integers in the command line
import sys
try:
total = sum(int(arg) for arg in sys.argv[1:])
print 'sum =', total
except ValueError:
print 'Please supply integer arguments'
9 lines: Opening files
# indent your Python code to put into an email
import glob
# glob supports Unix style pathname extensions
python_files = glob.glob('*.py')
for file_name in sorted(python_files):
print ' ------' + file_name
with open(file_name) as f:
for line in f:
print ' ' + line.rstrip()
print
10 lines: Time, conditionals, from..import, for..else
from time import localtime
activities = {8: 'Sleeping',
9: 'Commuting',
17: 'Working',
18: 'Commuting',
20: 'Eating',
22: 'Resting' }
time_now = localtime()
hour = time_now.tm_hour
for activity_time in sorted(activities.keys()):
if hour < activity_time:
print activities[activity_time]
break
else:
print 'Unknown, AFK or sleeping!'
11 lines: Triple-quoted strings, while loop
REFRAIN = '''
%d bottles of beer on the wall,
%d bottles of beer,
take one down, pass it around,
%d bottles of beer on the wall!
'''
bottles_of_beer = 99
while bottles_of_beer > 1:
print REFRAIN % (bottles_of_beer, bottles_of_beer,
bottles_of_beer - 1)
bottles_of_beer -= 1
12 lines: Classes
class BankAccount(object):
def __init__(self, initial_balance=0):
self.balance = initial_balance
def deposit(self, amount):
self.balance += amount
def withdraw(self, amount):
self.balance -= amount
def overdrawn(self):
return self.balance < 0
my_account = BankAccount(15)
my_account.withdraw(5)
print my_account.balance
13 lines: Unit testing with unittest
import unittest
def median(pool):
copy = sorted(pool)
size = len(copy)
if size % 2 == 1:
return copy[(size - 1) / 2]
else:
return (copy[size/2 - 1] + copy[size/2]) / 2
class TestMedian(unittest.TestCase):
def testMedian(self):
self.failUnlessEqual(median([2, 9, 9, 7, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8]), 7)
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()
14 lines: Doctest-based testing
def median(pool):
'''Statistical median to demonstrate doctest.
>>> median([2, 9, 9, 7, 9, 2, 4, 5, 8])
7
'''
copy = sorted(pool)
size = len(copy)
if size % 2 == 1:
return copy[(size - 1) / 2]
else:
return (copy[size/2 - 1] + copy[size/2]) / 2
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
15 lines: itertools
from itertools import groupby
lines = '''
This is the
first paragraph.
This is the second.
'''.splitlines()
# Use itertools.groupby and bool to return groups of
# consecutive lines that either have content or don't.
for has_chars, frags in groupby(lines, bool):
if has_chars:
print ' '.join(frags)
# PRINTS:
# This is the first paragraph.
# This is the second.
16 lines: csv module, tuple unpacking, cmp() built-in
import csv
# write stocks data as comma-separated values
writer = csv.writer(open('stocks.csv', 'wb', buffering=0))
writer.writerows([
('GOOG', 'Google, Inc.', 505.24, 0.47, 0.09),
('YHOO', 'Yahoo! Inc.', 27.38, 0.33, 1.22),
('CNET', 'CNET Networks, Inc.', 8.62, -0.13, -1.49)
])
# read stocks data, print status messages
stocks = csv.reader(open('stocks.csv', 'rb'))
status_labels = {-1: 'down', 0: 'unchanged', 1: 'up'}
for ticker, name, price, change, pct in stocks:
status = status_labels[cmp(float(change), 0.0)]
print '%s is %s (%s%%)' % (name, status, pct)
18 lines: 8-Queens Problem (recursion)
BOARD_SIZE = 8
def under_attack(col, queens):
left = right = col
for r, c in reversed(queens):
left, right = left - 1, right + 1
if c in (left, col, right):
return True
return False
def solve(n):
if n == 0:
return [[]]
smaller_solutions = solve(n - 1)
return [solution+[(n,i+1)]
for i in xrange(BOARD_SIZE)
for solution in smaller_solutions
if not under_attack(i+1, solution)]
for answer in solve(BOARD_SIZE):
print answer
20 lines: Prime numbers sieve w/fancy generators
import itertools
def iter_primes():
# an iterator of all numbers between 2 and +infinity
numbers = itertools.count(2)
# generate primes forever
while True:
# get the first number from the iterator (always a prime)
prime = numbers.next()
yield prime
# this code iteratively builds up a chain of
# filters...slightly tricky, but ponder it a bit
numbers = itertools.ifilter(prime.__rmod__, numbers)
for p in iter_primes():
if p > 1000:
break
print p
21 lines: XML/HTML parsing (using Python 2.5 or third-party library)
dinner_recipe = '''<html><body><table>
<tr><th>amt</th><th>unit</th><th>item</th></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>slices</td><td>baguette</td></tr>
<tr><td>2+</td><td>tbsp</td><td>olive oil</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>cup</td><td>tomatoes</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>jar</td><td>pesto</td></tr>
</table></body></html>'''
# In Python 2.5 or from http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm
import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
tree = etree.fromstring(dinner_recipe)
# For invalid HTML use http://effbot.org/zone/element-soup.htm
# import ElementSoup, StringIO
# tree = ElementSoup.parse(StringIO.StringIO(dinner_recipe))
pantry = set(['olive oil', 'pesto'])
for ingredient in tree.getiterator('tr'):
amt, unit, item = ingredient
if item.tag == "td" and item.text not in pantry:
print "%s: %s %s" % (item.text, amt.text, unit.text)
28 lines: 8-Queens Problem (define your own exceptions)
BOARD_SIZE = 8
class BailOut(Exception):
pass
def validate(queens):
left = right = col = queens[-1]
for r in reversed(queens[:-1]):
left, right = left-1, right+1
if r in (left, col, right):
raise BailOut
def add_queen(queens):
for i in range(BOARD_SIZE):
test_queens = queens + [i]
try:
validate(test_queens)
if len(test_queens) == BOARD_SIZE:
return test_queens
else:
return add_queen(test_queens)
except BailOut:
pass
raise BailOut
queens = add_queen([])
print queens
print "\n".join(". "*q + "Q " + ". "*(BOARD_SIZE-q-1) for q in queens)
33 lines: "Guess the Number" Game (edited) from http://inventwithpython.com
import random
guesses_made = 0
name = raw_input('Hello! What is your name?\n')
number = random.randint(1, 20)
print 'Well, {0}, I am thinking of a number between 1 and 20.'.format(name)
while guesses_made < 6:
guess = int(raw_input('Take a guess: '))
guesses_made += 1
if guess < number:
print 'Your guess is too low.'
if guess > number:
print 'Your guess is too high.'
if guess == number:
break
if guess == number:
print 'Good job, {0}! You guessed my number in {1} guesses!'.format(name, guesses_made)
else:
print 'Nope. The number I was thinking of was {0}'.format(number)
Hi, I started this page in May 2007, and I provided the first 10+ or so examples (which may have changed since then). -- SteveHowell
All code on this page is open source, of course, with the standard Python license.
Minor cleanups are welcome, but if you want to do major restructuring of this page, please run them by the folks on the Python mailing list, or if you are impatient for a response, please just make your own copy of this page. Thanks, and I hope this code is useful for you!
Some goals for this page:
- All examples should be simple.
- There should be a gentle progression through Python concepts.