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Learn to Program Using Python
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on January 9, 2016
- Ends on March 12, 2016
Course details
Syllabus
Upon completing this course you will be able to:
- Get user-input data and manipulate it using Python.
- Implement basic Python structures such as if statements, loops, and functions.
- Read and write external data files using Python.
- Implement functions and call built-in Python functions.
- Import and use library function modules from the Python library.
- Debug an entire program and handle errors in Python.
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Farhad Kamangar
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