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# Hello World
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Greet the user by name, or by saying "Hello, World!" if no name is given.
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["Hello, World!"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program) is
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the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language.
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**Note:** You can skip this exercise by running:
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exercism skip $TRACK_ID hello-world
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## Specification
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Write a `Hello World!` function that can greet someone given their name. The
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function should return the appropriate greeting.
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For an input of "Alice", the response should be "Hello, Alice!".
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If a name is not given, the response should be "Hello, World!"
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## Test-Driven Development
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As programmers mature, they eventually want to test their code.
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Here at Exercism we simulate [Test-Driven
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Development](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development) (TDD), where
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you write your tests before writing any functionality. The simulation comes in
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the form of a pre-written test suite, which will signal that you have solved
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the problem.
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It will also provide you with a safety net to explore other solutions without
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breaking the functionality.
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### A typical TDD workflow on Exercism:
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1. Run the test file and pick one test that's failing.
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2. Write some code to fix the test you picked.
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3. Re-run the tests to confirm the test is now passing.
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4. Repeat from step 1.
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5. Submit your solution (`exercism submit /path/to/file`)
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## Instructions
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Submissions are encouraged to be general, within reason. Having said that, it's
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also important not to over-engineer a solution.
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It's important to remember that the goal is to make code as expressive and
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readable as we can. However, solutions to the hello-world exercise will not be
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reviewed by a person, but by rikki- the robot, who will offer an encouraging
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word.
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### Submitting Exercises
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Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
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For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
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For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
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please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
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## Source
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This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program)
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## Submitting Incomplete Problems
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It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
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