added basic operations demo

sdevikar · sdevikar · commit 1e949a31121f · 2016-09-01T17:21:15.000-04:00
diff --git a/python2/basic_operations.py b/python2/basic_operations.py
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+# simple arithmetic operations:
+number = 1+2*3/4.0
+print number
+
+# using operators with strings
+print "My name is " + "Swapnil " + "Devikar"
+
+# *interesting* print the same string multiple times
+print "Don't Stop! " * 5
+
+
+# *interesting* support for repeating the list
+# this will create a list that repeats the original list 3 times
+print [1, 2, 3] * 3
+
+# Exercise
+# create two lists called x_list and y_list, which contain 10 instances of the
+# variables x and y, respectively. You are also required to create a list called
+# big_list, which contains the variables x and y, 10 times each, by
+# concatenating the two lists you have created.
+
+x = 3
+y = 2
+
+x_list = [x] * 10
+print x_list
+
+y_list = [y] * 10
+print y_list
+
+big_list = x_list + y_list
+print big_list
