This post explains how to use if statements in Python. This will form the backbone of much of your code going forward! Else statements, nesting, + more.

For example, you can use the statement below to print a matrix called X in format 12.2 with columns labeled AMOUNT and NET PAY, and rows labeled DIV A and DIV B: ...

Those features can almost entirely eliminate the need for print statements — at least for debugging purposes — though you still might want to use them for logging.

Quick LinksSet Up Your Development EnvironmentWrite Your First Python ProgramWrite Comments in Your CodeStore Data in ...

For Loop Statement Basic Structure: for whatever in sequence: do things here indent the statements to repeat Note: whatever is a dummy variable that you can replace with other variables. Be sure to ...