the is the prompttelling you idle is waiting for you to type something continuing on the same line enter + be sure to end with the enter key after the shell respondsyou should see something like + the shell evaluates the line you enteredand prints the result you see python does arithmetic at the end you see further prompt where you can enter your next line the result lineshowing that is produced by the computerdoes not start with when we get to whole programswe will use the idle editor and execution (page whirlwind introduction to types and functions python directly recognizes variety of types of data here are fewnumbers - character strings'hello''the answer islists of objects of any type[ ]['yes''no''maybe' special datum meaning nothingnone python has large collection of built-in functions that operate on different kinds of data to produce all kinds of results to make function do its actionparentheses are required these parentheses surround the parameter or parametersas in function in algebra class the general syntax to execute function is functionname parameters one function is called typeand it returns the type of any object the python shell will evaluate functions in the shell the last line should look like continuing on the same line enter type( always remember to end with the return (or enterkey after the shell respondsyou should see something like type( in the resultint is the way python abbreviates integer the word class is basically synonym for type in python note that the line with the value produced by the shell does not start with and appears at the left margin hence you can distinguish what the computer responds from what you type (after the promptat the end you see further prompt where you can enter your next line for the rest of this sectionat the prompt in the python shellindividually enter each line below that is set off in typewriter font so next enter whirlwind introduction to types and functions