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Introduction to Python

everydeveloper Go from Hello World to writing a short random quote generator using Python. Start free course Join 13922 others! social preview

Build a Python Quote Bot

This tutorial shows you how to build a simple quote bot in Python, even if you've never written any code before. $ python get-quote.py Keep it logically awesome $ python get-quote.py Speak like a human Learn how to read from a text file of quotes, randomly choose one, and print it to your terminal.

Steps to complete this course 7

Set up your environment

Check that Python and Git are installed

Hello World

Run the classic first program in Python

Change the primary function

Learn how the main() thing works

Read a file into an array

Use file input to change your Python output

Get the last element of an array

Explore the quotes file and grab the last one

Retrieve a random quote

Use your array knowledge to print quotes at random

Explore Python on your own

Some ideas for next steps

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August 13, 2019

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