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Sep 2016
9m 41s

2.1 Building Blocks of Python

Dr. Charles Russell Severance
About this episode
We look at Python's reserved words, how we name and use variables, why we choose meaningful (mnemonic) variable names and how assignment statements function. 
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1.1 Why Program
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