Dear Students the Lecture Notes has been uploaded for the following topics:Fundamentals of Computing – Identification of Computational Problems -Algorithms, building blocks of algorithms (statements, state, control flow, functions), notation (pseudo code, flow chart, programming language), algorithmic problem solving, simple strategies for developing algorithms (iteration, recursion), Illustrative problems: find minimum in a list, insert a card in a list of sorted cards, guess an integer number in a range, Python interpreter and interactive mode, debugging, values and types: int, float, boolean, string and list;, variables, expressions, statements, tuple assignment, precedence of operators, comments, Illustrative programs, exchange the values of two variables, circulate the values of n variables, distance between two points, local and global scope, function composition, recursion, Conditionals: Boolean values and operators, conditional (if), alternative (if-else),chained conditional (if-elif-else);Iteration: state,, while, for, break, continue, pass, Fruitful functions: return values, parameters, Strings: string slices, immutability, string functions and methods, string module;, Lists as arrays. Illustrative programs: square root, gcd, exponentiation, sum an array of numbers, linear search, binary search, Lists: list operations, list slices, list methods, list loop, mutability, aliasing, cloning lists, list parameters;, Tuples: tuple assignment, tuple as return value, Dictionaries: operations and methods, advanced list processing - list comprehension;, Illustrative programs: simple sorting, histogram, Students marks statement, Retail bill preparation, format operator, Files and exceptions: text files, reading and writing files, command line arguments, errors and exceptions, handling exceptions, modules, packages;, Illustrative programs: word count, copy file, Voter’s age validation,, Marks range validation (0-100).
