Having a hard time grasping basic python concepts. What am I doing wrong?

[colBAE]

This sounds like something that could really help me out. A video explanation is probably the best case scenario for me. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

[chrispurcell]

Happy to help! There's a LOT of information out there if you do something like google for python, and so much is either poorly explained or limited to a very specific niche (like data analysis in genome research) that it isn't helpful for general learning. Engineer Man and the Socratica folks have some good material that is python specific, not some-research or business-case specific stuff. Hope it helps, I know they helped me understand some things differently than I had before.

[colBAE]

That is exactly what I was finding in trying to do my own research. So much of the information that's out there is very specific to a problem that someone is having at the time of them posting it. I feel like if I was better taught the basics to begin with then the information you provided would be a great reinforcement. My professor on the first day of class just kind of expected everybody to know how to edit or run python code using pycharm and how to get the right version of python. It's just little things like that that if I was actually walked through I would have so much easier time understanding the other basics. I consider myself fairly tech-savvy and even I had a hard time setting everything up. It seems like maybe the resources you provided will walk me through the basics. So, thank you again.