Natural Language Processing –

week 2
PYTHON REFRESHER

Function
def least_difference(a, b, c):
diff1 = abs(a - b)
diff2 = abs(b - c)
diff3 = abs(a - c)
return min(diff1, diff2, diff3)
 Python has many function, but we can also create
our own function.
 In the example, we create a function called
least_difference which has three arguments, a, b, c
 Function is started with ‘def’. Code block after ‘:’
is executed when the function is called
 ‘return’ is another keyword used in a function. It
define what is the result of the function
Function  From the example, we define a function called
def call(who=“Nadya”): ‘call’ which has an argument ‘who’. We also
print(“Helllo,”,who) assign a value “Nadya” for the argument ‘who’.
 If we call the function without assigning a value,
#call the function w/o assigning value then the function ‘call’ will have the value of
>>>print(call()) argument ‘who’ as “Nadya”.
“Hello, Nadya”
#call the function with assigning value
>>>print(call(“Budy”))
“Hello, Budy”
 LOGIC CONTROL FLOW AND
Python Refresher LOOP
Comparison Operations

Operation Description Operation Description

a == b a equal to b a != b a not equal to b
a<b a less than b a>b a greater than b
a <= b a less than or equal to a >= b a greater than or
b equal to b
Conditional
 planets = ['Mercury', 'Venus', 'Earth', 'Mars', 'Jupiter', 'Saturn',
Loop 'Uranus', 'Neptune']
for planet in planets:
print(planet, end=' ') # print all on same line

 result :
 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus
Neptune
Range
Range is a function that returns a
row of values.
for i in range(5):
print("Doing important work. i =", i)
While i=0
While will do the loop until the while i < 10:
condition is met print(i, end=' ')
i += 1