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Summary

In this hour, you got an overview of Python basics. You learned about output and formatting output from Python, creating legal variable names and assigning values to variables, and about various data types and when they are assigned by Python. You explored how Python can handle input from the keyboard and how to convert the data types of the variables receiving that input. Finally, you got to play with your first Python script. In Hour 5, your Python exploration will continue as you delve into mathematical algorithms with Python.

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