odd% python
Python 2.7.5 (default, Aug 25 2013, 00:04:04) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.0.68)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 1+1
2
>>> 3/2
1
>>> 3.0/2.0
1.5
>>> 3/2.0
1.5
>>> 3/2+1.0
2.0
>>> sin(1.0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'sin' is not defined
>>> from math import *
>>> sin(1.0)
0.8414709848078965
>>> sqrt(-1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: math domain error
>>> from cmath import *
>>> sqrt(-1)
1j
>>> a=5
>>> a
5
>>> 5=y*3+1
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
>>> x=5
>>> x*10
50
>>> x=3
>>> x*10
30
>>> y=x*5+2
>>> y
17
>>> x=7
>>> y
17
>>> abcd=10
>>> abcd
10
>>> a*b*c*d
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'b' is not defined
>>> a=1
>>> b=2.0
>>> a
1
>>> b
2.0
>>> 1==1
True
>>> 1==2
False
>>> a=1
>>> b=1.0
>>> a==b
True
>>> "alphabet"
'alphabet'
>>> 'alphabet'
'alphabet'
>>> "you can't do that"
"you can't do that"
>>> 'you can't do that'
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    'you can't do that'
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> """this is a string"""
'this is a string'
>>> """this is a string
... it has more than
... one line"""
'this is a string\nit has more than\none line'
>>> print """this is a string
... that spans several
... lines"""
this is a string
that spans several
lines
>>> a="this is a test"
>>> a
'this is a test'
>>> b=" more string"
>>> a
'this is a test'
>>> b
' more string'
>>> a+b
'this is a test more string'
>>> b*3
' more string more string more string'
>>> a="10"
>>> a*3
'101010'
>>> int(a)
10
>>> a
'10'
>>> int(a)*3
30
>>> string(255)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'string' is not defined
>>> str(255)
'255'
>>> float(a)
10.0
>>> a
'10'
>>> [1,23,5,7]
[1, 23, 5, 7]
>>> a=[1,23,5,7]
>>> a
[1, 23, 5, 7]
>>> a*2
[1, 23, 5, 7, 1, 23, 5, 7]
>>> a[0]
1
>>> a[1]
23
>>> a[2]
5
>>> a=[1,2,"alpha",2.5]
>>> a
[1, 2, 'alpha', 2.5]
>>> a=[1,2,[1,2,3],7]
>>> a
[1, 2, [1, 2, 3], 7]
>>> a[0]
1
>>> a[2]
[1, 2, 3]
>>> a[2][1]
2
>>> a[1,2,3,5,6,8,9,100]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: list indices must be integers, not tuple
>>> a=[1,2,3,5,6,8,9,100]
>>> a
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a[0:3]
[1, 2, 3]
>>> a[0:3]+a[3:5]
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
>>> a[-1]
100
>>> a[-2]
9
>>> a[:3]
[1, 2, 3]
>>> a[5:]
[8, 9, 100]
>>> a[-3:]
[8, 9, 100]
>>> a[:]
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a
[1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a[1]=55
>>> a
[1, 55, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> b=a
>>> b
[1, 55, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a[1]=7
>>> a
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> b
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> c=7
>>> d=8
>>> c=5
>>> d
8
>>> c=7
>>> d=c
>>> =5
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    =5
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> c=5
>>> d
7
>>> a
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> b
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> b=a[:]
>>> b
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a[1]=10
>>> a
[1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> b
[1, 7, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 100]
>>> a=0
>>> b=0
>>> a
0
>>> b
0
>>> a="this is a test"
>>> a[0]
't'
>>> a[3:7]
's is'
>>> a[0]="x"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object does not support item assignment
>>> a
'this is a test'
>>> a="x"+a[1:]
>>> a
'xhis is a test'
>>> a=(1,2,3,6,8,9)
>>> a
(1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9)
>>> a[0]=5
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'tuple' object does not support item assignment
>>> set((1,2,3,4,5))
set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
>>> set((1,2,2,5,3,4,5))
set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
>>> set((5,2,3,1))
set([1, 2, 3, 5])
>>> a={1:2,2:3,3:4,4:5}
>>> a
{1: 2, 2: 3, 3: 4, 4: 5}
>>> a[1]
2
>>> a[3]
4
>>> a[8]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 8
>>> a={"a":5,"b":7,3:10,"c":"alpha"}
>>> 
>>> a
{'a': 5, 3: 10, 'c': 'alpha', 'b': 7}
>>> a["a"]
5
>>> a[3]
10
>>> a["c"]
'alpha'
>>> a["xxx"]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'xxx'
>>> a
{'a': 5, 3: 10, 'c': 'alpha', 'b': 7}
>>> a[22]="abcd"
>>> a
{'a': 5, 3: 10, 'c': 'alpha', 'b': 7, 22: 'abcd'}
>>> a[22]=15
>>> a
{'a': 5, 3: 10, 'c': 'alpha', 'b': 7, 22: 15}
>>> ^D
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