Week One

Week One was quiet with the main assignment being the installation of Python for those without it and a number of multi-choice questions to test understanding.

The code was a simple Hello World and a conditional variation so here is Julia code similar to the Python.

	# Conventionally
	if var < 900
	println("Hello World")
	end
	# Short circuit evaluation
	var < 900 && print("Hello World")
	# And Combined with Ternary
	print(isa(varA, String) ? "string involved" :
	isa(varB, String) ? "string involved" :
	varA == varB ? "equal" :
	varA > varB ? "bigger" :
	varA < varB && "smaller")

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Note that Julia doesn't require Python's colons but instead uses an end to finish evaluations and functions.  Also Python uses indentation rigorously but Julia could care less about indentation or white space.  I will use Python conventions usually, simply because I like them.

If you want a quick look at the language Learn Julia in Y Minutes is surprisingly good.