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Python If Statements, Making Decisions That Actually Matter Right, so you’ve got variables, data types, and operators working, haven’t you? Been through all the fundamentals in the first seventeen posts and mabye even the PCEP… Read More »Python for Network Engineers blog 18: Python if statements
Stop Learning Binary with Silly Calculator Examples Right, so you’ve got arithmetic operators working and you understand how Python handles basic maths operations. Now we’re moving into python bitwise operators territory, which is where networking… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 17: Python Bitwise Operators
Python Logical Operators – Stop Checking Voting Eligibility Right, so you’ve got comparison operators working and decision-making logic sorted haven’t you. Greater than, less than, equality checks, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 16: Logical Operators
Stop Comparing Age and Height Right, so you’ve got arithmetic operators working and maths calculations sorted haven’t you. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of people… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 15: Python Comparison Operators
Python Arithmetic Operators – Stop Calculating Pizza Slices Right, so you’ve got scientific notation working and data types sorted haven’t you. Numbers, strings, converting between them, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 14: Arithmetic Operators
Python Scientific Notation – Stop Calculating Planetary Distances Right, so you’ve got variables and basic data types working haven’t you. Numbers, strings, booleans, that whole bit. Now we’re getting to something that catches loads of… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 13: Scientific Notation
Python Type Conversion – Stop Converting Temperatures and Start Converting Network Data Right, so you’ve got booleans working haven’t you, got floats sorted, integers done, strings working properly. Now we’re onto python type conversion. Python… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 12: Python Type Conversion
Python Booleans – Stop Making Calculators and Start Checking Interface Status Right, so you’ve got integers working haven’t you, got floats sorted, variables are done, print function working. Now we’re onto python booleans. Python for… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 11: Python Booleans
Python Floats – Actually, Let’s Sort This Out Properly Okay so we’re at python floats now. So we’ve got integers working haven’t we, got variables sorted, print function working, comments are done, you’ve figured out… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 10: Python Floats
Python Integers – Actually, Let’s Sort This Out Properly Okay so we’re at python integers now. So we’ve got variables working haven’t we, got the print function sorted, comments are done, you’ve figured out the… Read More »Python for Network Engineers Blog 9: Python Integers