diff --git a/basics.py b/basics.py
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+if True:
+    print 'hello'
+    print 'asd'
+
+# single-line comment
+
+"""
+line 1
+line 2
+line 3
+"""
+
+name = 'snachodog'
+num1 = 5; num2 = 8
+
+long_name =\
+    "something" + \
+    "something else"
+
+print 'hello world',
diff --git a/control_structures.py b/control_structures.py
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+# if/else/elif
+age = 18
+
+if age >= 18:
+    print ('is an adult')
+elif age >= 12:
+    print ("is a young adult")
+elif age >= 3:
+    print ('child')
+else:
+    print ('baby')
+# ternary
+if age >= 21:
+    old_enough = True
+else:
+    old_enough = False
+
+
+old_enough = True if age >= 21 else False
+
+# while
+while age < 50:
+    print("not old enough, current age is " +str(age))
+    age += 1
diff --git a/hello.py b/hello.py
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+print ('hello world')
diff --git a/strings.py b/strings.py
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+# single line
+text = 'hello'
+
+# multi line
+multi_line = """line1""" \
+    """line2""" \
+    """line3"""
+
+#substrings
+name = 'engineer man'
+first_name = name[0:8]
+
+# integer
+num1 = 6
+
+# float
+dec1 = 5.4
+
+# conversion to substrings
+to_string = str(num1)
+
+# conversion to integer/float
+num_string = '5'
+to_int = int(num_string)
+to_float = float(num_string)