prints text to screen
x = raw_input(“…”)
takes input from user and sets variable ‘x’ to that input
int(raw_input())
turns raw_input() into an integer
from sys import argv
imports list ‘argv’ from object ‘sys’
formatter
transfer an abstract flow of events into specific output events
open(name[, mode[, buffering]])
makes file object available to python
file.write(“…”)
writes lines to file
file.close()
closes file
file.read()
prints file to screen