Algorithms For Dummies

  Using Python to Work with Algorithms 

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Creating a new notebook

Every new notebook is like a file folder. You can place individual examples within 

the file folder, just as you would sheets of paper into a physical file folder. Each 

example  appears  in  a  cell.  You  can  put  other  sorts  of  things  in  the  file  folder, 

too, but you see how these things work as the book progresses. Use these steps to 

create a new notebook:

1. 

Click New ➪   Python (default).

A new tab opens in the browser with the new notebook, as shown in Figure 3-8. 

Notice that the notebook contains a cell and that Notebook has highlighted the 

cell so that you can begin typing code in it. The title of the notebook is Untitled 

right now. That’s not a particularly helpful title, so you need to change it.

2. 

Click Untitled on the page.

Notebook asks what you want to use as a new name, as shown in Figure 3-9.