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About This Manual

HL7 Overview

Iguana

Chameleon

Getting Started

Chameleon Overview

Chameleon Interface

Learning the Basics

Using Python Scripting

Learning Python

Working With Values and Variables

Basic Values: Numbers and Strings

Variables

Examples of Variables

Assignment

String and Number Conversion

Displaying Values

Comments

Multi-Line Statements

Arithmetic Operations

Conditional Statements and Loops

Lists

Dictionaries

Functions

Working With Strings

File Reading and Writing

Error Detection

Modules

Additional Resources

Using Python Scripts in Chameleon

Chameleon Python API

Python Scripting Examples

Debugging Python

Viewing a Summary of Python Scripts

Supported Python Libraries

HL7 <-> HL7 Transformation

XML <-> HL7 Translation

Learning the Advanced Features

Using the Tools and Utility Applications

Deploying Chameleon Applications

Tutorials and Exercises

Sample Applications

Designing HL7 Interfaces

Troubleshooting

Unix Support

Language API Documentation

How to Report Problems

Variables

Another important building block in Python scripts is the variable. A variable is, basically, a container: it can hold one value.


	In later sections, you will see examples of variables that can hold more than one value. For now, assume that a variable can hold only one value.

Examples of Variables
Assignment
String and Number Conversion

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