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    "# Course Notes for Learning Intelligent Systems"
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    "Department of Telematic Engineering Systems, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, © 2016 Carlos A. Iglesias"
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    "# Control Flow statements"
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    "Python ends a statement with a colon (:) and blocks are denoted by the level of indentation. "
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    "Example in Java:\n",
    "\n",
    "if (a < c) {\n",
    "    a++;\n",
    "    b++;\n",
    "}\n"
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    "Example in Python: (observe: no parenthesis (), no ending semicolons (;) but a colon is used (:)\n",
    "if a < c:\n",
    "    a++\n",
    "    b++"
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    "## 1. Conditional statements: if, elif, else"
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    "import random # import random before using it\n",
    "x = random.randrange(1, 10) # generate a random integer between [1, 10] (both included)\n",
    "x"
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    "# Execute several times in order the previous cell and this one\n",
    "if x < 5:\n",
    "    print(\"Too small\")\n",
    "elif x == 5:\n",
    "    print(\"Just in the middle\")\n",
    "else: \n",
    "    print(\"Too big\")"
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    "# Only one branch\n",
    "if x <= 5:\n",
    "    print(\"Too small\")\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print(\"Too big\")"
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    "# Python has no switch statement for multiple branches\n",
    "if x <= 4:\n",
    "    print(\"Too small\")\n",
    "elif x <= 5:\n",
    "    print(\"Small\")\n",
    "elif x <= 7:\n",
    "    print (\"Big\")\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print(\"Too big\")"
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    "## 2. Loops: for, while"
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    "### 2.1. For"
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    "# for with ranges\n",
    "for i in range(10): \n",
    "    print(i)"
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    "# for with lists\n",
    "l = [1, 2, 3, 4]\n",
    "for i in l:\n",
    "    print(i)"
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    "# for with tuples\n",
    "t = (1, 'a', 'b')\n",
    "for i in t:\n",
    "    print(i)"
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    "# for with dictionaries\n",
    "d = {'k1':'v1', 'k2':'v2', 'k3':'v3'}\n",
    "for i in d:\n",
    "    print(i)"
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    "# We get only the keys. If we want the pairs we need to create a generator (we will see this later)\n",
    "for k,v in d.items():\n",
    "    print(k, v)"
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    "### 2.2. While"
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    "x = 5\n",
    "while x > 1:\n",
    "    print(x)\n",
    "    x -= 1            # Python does not have x--"
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    "# Else is optional\n",
    "x = 2\n",
    "while x < 5:       \n",
    "    print(x)\n",
    "    x += 1"
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    "### 2.3. Break, continue, pass\n",
    "\n",
    "* **break**: break out of the smallest enclosing loop (for or while)\n",
    "* **continue**: continue with the next iteration of the loop\n",
    "* **pass**: do nothing\n",
    "\n",
    "Both *for* and *while* can include an optional statement else which is executed always unless a break statement is reached"
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    "# Example find an element, else executed at the end\n",
    "list = ['a', 'b', 'c']\n",
    "goal = 'c'\n",
    "for i in list:\n",
    "    if i == goal:\n",
    "        print('Goal found at index', i)\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print('End loop')"
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    "# Example else\n",
    "list = []\n",
    "goal = 'c'\n",
    "for i in list:\n",
    "    if i == goal:\n",
    "        print('Goal found at index', i)\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print('End loop')"
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    "# We improve above code with break\n",
    "# Example else\n",
    "list = ['a', 'b', 'c']\n",
    "goal = 'c'\n",
    "for i in list:\n",
    "    if i == goal:\n",
    "        print('Goal found at index', i)\n",
    "        break\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print('Goal not found')"
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    "# We improve above code with break\n",
    "# Example else\n",
    "list = ['a', 'b', 'c']\n",
    "goal = 'e'\n",
    "for i in list:\n",
    "    if i == goal:\n",
    "        print('Goal found at index', i)\n",
    "        break\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print('Goal not found')"
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    "# Print numbers from 0 to 15 which are not multiple of 3\n",
    "for i in range(15):\n",
    "    if i % 3 == 0:\n",
    "        continue\n",
    "    print(i)"
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    "# Find the first occurrence of an element in a list\n",
    "l = [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2]\n",
    "goal = 4\n",
    "for n in l:\n",
    "    if n == 4:\n",
    "        print(\"Found\", n)\n",
    "        break\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    print(\"Not found\")"
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    "# Example of pass, when we do not want to do anything\n",
    "x = 4\n",
    "if x < 2:\n",
    "    print(\"Low\")\n",
    "elif x >= 2:\n",
    "    print(\"Big\")\n",
    "else:\n",
    "    pass"
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    "## 3. List comprehension\n",
    "\n",
    "List comprehension are a simple way to create lists like we describe vectors in mathematics.\n",
    "\n",
    "S = {x² : x in {0 ... 9}}\n",
    "\n",
    "M = {x | x in S and x even}"
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    "# Syntax: first what we want to include in the list (x) and then how to obtain x\n",
    "# list = {x : x in {0 ... 9}}\n",
    "list = [x for x in range(10)]\n",
    "list"
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   "source": [
    "# list  = {x² : x in {0 ... 9}}\n",
    "list = [x*x for x in range(10)]\n",
    "list"
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    "# list  = {x² : x in {0 ... 9}, x is even}\n",
    "list = [x*x for x in range(10) if x % 2 == 0]\n",
    "list"
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   "source": [
    "# Licence"
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   "source": [
    "The notebook is freely licensed under under the [Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).  \n",
    "\n",
    "© 2016 Carlos A. Iglesias, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid."
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