ex24.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

print "Let's practice everything."
print 'You\' d need to know \' bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs.'

poem = """
\t天上的云真白啊。
\t真的，白的很。
\t白，非常白。
\t特别白。
\t贼白。
\t白死了。
"""

print "-------------------------"
print poem
print "-------------------------"

five = 10 -2 + 3 - 6
print "This should be five: %s" % five

def secret_formula(started):
	jelly_beans = started * 500
	jars = jelly_beans / 1000
	crates = jars / 100
	return jelly_beans, jars, crates

start_point = 10000
beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)

print "With a starting point of: %d" % start_point
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, %d crates" % (beans, jars, crates)

start_point = start_point / 10
print "We can also do that this way:"
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, %d crates" % secret_formula(start_point)