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input() Python

A function that prints a prompt and retrieves text from the user.

Parameters Python

Pieces of information you can give to functions when you define them. When the function is called the arguments are the data you pass into the function's parameters. Parameter is the variable in the declaration of the function. Argument is the actual value of this variable that gets passed to the function.

Escape Sequence General

Escape sequences are characters with special meanings.

Concatenation Python

Adding two strings together using the "+" operator.

methods of an object General

Defines what an object can do.

Boolean Python

A True or False value

Floating Point Numbers Python

Also called floats, floating point numbers represent real numbers and are written with a decimal point dividing the integer and fractional parts.

Integer Python

A positive or negative whole number.

String Python

A sequence of characters surrounded by quotation marks.

int(string) Python

Converts a string into an integer

str(number) Python

Converts number to text

float(string) Python

Converts a string into a float

Type Conversion Python

The process of converting the value of one data type (integer, string, float, etc.) to another data type is called type conversion.

Debugging General

Debugging is fixing a problem in your code.

Debugging

Mouse Event General

A mouse event is when the user does something with the mouse, like clicking or moving.