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Day 1 : introducing Python
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2 / 20 / 2015

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Prior
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* Make sure your Python environment installed on day 0 still works - see
  :ref:`installation` for how to check your installation.  Please :ref:`ask
  for help <installation-problems>` if you have any doubt.
* Finish the first Python Module on Codecademy:
  http://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-python-6WeG3/0/1

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Day
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* variables, math
* flow control (conditional statements, loops)
* basic data structures (lists and dictionaries)
* importing modules
* reading and parsing text files (basic)

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The exercises
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If you haven't done this already, see the instructions in :doc:`day0` on how
to get the repository for the exercises.

* ``cd pna/pna2015``
* ``git pull``
* ``cd day1``
* ``ipython notebook``

There is a web page listing of the exercise files at
https://github.com/practical-neuroimaging/pna2015/tree/master/day1