Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone in the scratch community was learning Python. I just started to learn it and its pretty fun and is very different from Scratch but they are both programing languages. If anyone is learning Python, I was wondering If you would like to share things we have learned and learn from each other. I have learned while loops, for loops, random randint and I am working on strings.


Thanks

ThEStAr-

“but they are both programing languages” I think that's a bit obvious, really

I've just started learning it using Codecademy.

Just wondering, can you make viruses in Python? I don't want to do anything really bad, just change my friend's desktop background to my nose.

I have learned Python for a few some months. I'm learning from this awesome course, Programming For Everybody, which teaches you Python. (btw, everyone = EVERYONE. No algebra whatever needed) It also includes and optional-yet-very-useful-in-and-outside-the-course Open Source and LEGALLY FREE Python textbook. I didn't remember much from the course, but it includes good (not-boring) videos, discussion forums, installation tutorial, more tutorials, and quizzes. The textbook teaches you basic stuff (print etc), randomness, strings, numbers, types of data (and converting them) lists, and awesomely, files.
You can also learn Python from Learn Python The Hard Way.

LimitedImagination wrote:

Just wondering, can you make viruses in Python? I don't want to do anything really bad, just change my friend's desktop background to my nose.

I don't really know about changing computer properties and that stuff, but you can use Python to change/make files. I have an idea: Maybe you can make a Python program to backup the data file and then change the real data file to something epic.

Yes, I'm using Learn Python The Hard Way book to learn.

Yeah, I'm expanding on it via Hello World v2, Codecademy, stackoverflow, and my brain.

I think I'm at about the same stage as you, if you want you could help me out with my programming language

MrSherlockHolmes wrote:

I think I'm at about the same stage as you, if you want you could help me out with my programming language

import time
vars = {}
punc = ["%", "(", ")", "_", "[", "]", "{", "}", "\'", "|", "\\"]
ent = """
x = "wow!? Any punctuation is possible :)"
print x
"""
lines = ent[1:len(ent)-1].split("\n")
for line in lines:
	words = [""]
	extra = []
	length = []
	for i in line:
		if i == " ":
			words.append("")
		elif i in punc:
			extra.append(i)
		else:
			words[len(words)-1] = words[len(words)-1] + i
	for word in words:
		length.append(len(word))
	if words[1] == "=":
		if words[2] in vars:
			vars[words[0]] = vars[words[2]]
		elif words[2][0] == "\"":
			vars[words[0]] = line[(length[0] + length[1] + 3):len(line)-1]
		else:
			vars[words[0]] = words[2]
	elif words[0] == "print":
		if words[1] in vars:
			print (vars[words[1]])
		elif words[1][0] == "\"":
			print (line[7:len(line)-1])
		else:
			print (line[6:len(line)])
	else:
		print ("Error: Command not recognised.")
time.sleep(2)
 

I have not gotten that far yet. I am trying to learn from a book so it might take a bit of time.

Scratch is basically python, but with blocks.

PaddlerGames wrote:

Scratch is basically python, but with blocks.

How? If it is true, you can say “JavaScript is basically Python, but with rather different commands.” It's not.

exec("print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')")

DrummerCat wrote:

exec("print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')")

I meant:
exec("print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')")
or
print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')
It's not working!

DrummerCat wrote:

DrummerCat wrote:

exec("print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')")

I meant:
exec("print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')")
or
print(chr((1<<6)+(2<<2))+'!bdcldreofwg hoiljlke')
It's not working!

what version are you using

I started learning Python on Christmas 2014 and now I am looking at the source code.

LimitedImagination wrote:

I don't want to do anything really bad, just change my friend's desktop background to my nose.

XD

You learned how ???
  I'm looking for a site to learn quite easily

I had taken the classes to learn python. It's very easy. It takes three months to grasp the whole code.

does python have threads?

navysmeagol_175 wrote:

does python have threads?

Yes, of course. Everything has threads.

Even Scratch has threads. (kinda)

__init__ wrote:

navysmeagol_175 wrote:

does python have threads?

Yes, of course. Everything has threads.

Even Scratch has threads. (kinda)

how do you use python threads?