IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Quiz 1 Answers

What do you call one or more lines of code that perform a complete action?
```
a statement
```
What do you call a series of statements that has a name and performs some task?
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a function
```
What do you call a value given to a function when it is run?
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an argument
```
What do you call a a sequence of characters?
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a string
```
What do you call a statement that runs a function?
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a function call
```
What do you call a value written out directly inside the code?
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a literal
```

What is an expression?

anything that can be turned into a value

What are the four types of expressions?

literals, variables, calculations, function calls

What is the name of the function used to read input from the keyboard?
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input
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Write an assignment statement that asks the user for an integer, converts it to the correct data type and assigns it to the variable number.
```
number = int(input("Please enter an integer: "))
```