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Python for Accounting - nafiul9090 - Sep-12-2020
Hello
I am totally new to python and I am an accountant. I am very much interested in python language. I would like to learn python for analyzing accounting data in spreadsheet, transferring PDF data into spreadsheet etc. Could you guys help me out how do I start and where to start. I also need help regarding which python version do I need to install and what libraries along with editor should I install to serve my purpose.
Thank you.
Regards
Nafi
RE: Python for Accounting - ibreeden - Sep-12-2020
For learning Python I advise studying "The Python Tutorial".
You should install the latest version, currently 3.8. See Download the latest source release.
RE: Python for Accounting - Larz60+ - Sep-12-2020
You may be interested in the following packages.
these are mostly General Ledger: https://pypi.org/search/?q=%27general+ledger%27
other accounting: https://pypi.org/search/?q=accounting&o=
to see the source code for any of these packages, click on the 'Homepage' link from the individual PyPi pages
these can d be downloaded for study, or load the package to play with using (usually):
pip install packagename