# A Gentle introduction to python

 Python is a very simple language , and has very intuitive syntax.It encourages programmer write his code easily and efficiently(with less line you can do more)
For Example: You can just write `print("some line")` to print it out to the screen and yes you can first prototype your logic first and easily and then later convert it into other language

In this article We'll see some basics of python to get started


### Printing out a line


1. 
As discussed above you have to write the following to print out a line

```
print("some string here")
print("My name is Pratyush")


```

2.
Not only the strings but also you can add numbers to print and show it in the screen


```
print(2)
print(2.5)
```

### variables and types

As we have taken first steps by printing the line to the screen,Now let's move forward to yet another important thing on any programming language i.e Variables and types
Variables are like boxes  with label as the variable name. You can store any thing in it.
But in any programming language there is Number , strings(set of characters) and boolean(true or false type ) of variables 
#### Numbers
Python gives two types of numbers-Integers(whole numbers like -1 ,-2,2,3) and floating point numbers(decimals). 

To define an Integer use the following syntax

```
myfirstinteger = 7
print(myfirstinteger)
```
To define a floating point Number we can use one of the following syntax

```
myfirstfloat = 7.0
print(myfirstfloat)
```
or
```
myfirstfloat = float(7)
print(myfirstfloat)
```
#### Strings
Strings are nothing but a stream of characters.Strings are defined either with single quote or a double quotes
```
myfirststring = 'hello'
mysecondstring = "second"
print(mystring)
print(secondstring)
```
The difference between the two is that using double quotes makes it easy to include apostrophes and using the single quotes insides the double quotes it does not give any errors
```
mystring = "Don't worry about apostrophes"
print(mystring)
```

As we have discussed a lot let's take a time to test  understandings.
### Exercise
The aim of this   exercise is to define three types of variables string , Number and float and save respective values to its respective variables or you can say containers.

- The string should be named `myfirststring` and should contain the word **Amazing**. 
- The floating point number should be namesd as`myfirstfloat` and should contain the number **10.0** . Try to do it both the ways we have discussed.
- The Integer should be named `myfirstinteger` and should contain the number **10**

### Congratulations on your first line of code in python we will discuss more on python in next article till then keep practising and keep reading 🙂