WGU D278 Scripting and Programming Foundations Latest Update Graded A+

WGU D278 Scripting and Programming Foundations Latest Update Graded A+ Editor allows you to write code Compiler Turns programming language into computer language Interpreter Same as compiler, but converts code one step at a time instead of the entire program at once Operator An object that takes two operands and does something with them Expression Something that has value Terminal vs non-terminal expression Terminal is a final value, non-terminal can be reduced further Proper Python expression grammar Expression > expression operator expression Variable A name that refers to a value String Text surrounded by quotes Integer A number Boolean A true or false value Programming grammar Language rules, returns a syntax error if not followed Change variable value Using an = assigns a new value Indexing a string Selecting a sub-sequence of a string Slicing a string Obtaining a subset of data from a string + Concatenate or add = Assignment * Multiply, when applied to string data it writes out the string multiple times - Subtract / Divide % Does division and returns remainder Procedure Takes an input processes input produces output Function Same as procedure written once but can be called upon many times