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A simple program to run from the command line
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| #import a python library to help us work with dates and times | |
| import datetime | |
| # define a FUNCTION to run a specified task | |
| def main(): | |
| print 'Hello World!' | |
| print 'I am some prepackaged code.' | |
| print "I don't do much, but I'm still special!" | |
| # another function, but we won't run this at first | |
| # this function accepts two arguments it will use to perform its task | |
| def add_two_things(x, y): | |
| print '\nIt looks like you want to add '+str(x)+' and '+str(y)+'!' | |
| print 'I can do that!' | |
| print 'The sum is:' | |
| print x + y | |
| # Use the datetime library to get the current date | |
| # Then check to see if it's morning or afternoon | |
| def get_date(): | |
| print '\nThe current date and time is: ' | |
| print datetime.datetime.now() | |
| if datetime.datetime.now().time() < datetime.time(12): | |
| print "It's the morning!" | |
| else: | |
| print "It's the afternoon!\n" | |
| # it's good practice to use this bit of code | |
| # when you're writing scripts you plan to run | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| #run the function we defined earlier | |
| main() | |
| add_two_things(20,17) | |
| get_date() |
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