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Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> writes:

> I've noticed you sending a lot of questions in the past day or two,
> many at a fairly basic level.  I think you would be well-served to
> read through the tutorial at https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial.

Better than merely reading through it: Anyone who wants to learn Python
from the official tutorial should *work through* the tutorial. Run each
example, read the tutorial to get an explanation, experiment to test
whether you understand. Only then, continue on.

-- 
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Ben Finney