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    Physics Without Frontiers

    Practical Programming
    in Python
    Inspired by ’Practical Programming’ by Paul Gries, Jennifer Campbell, Jason Montojo

    Lecture 4: Summary & Exercises


    Working with Text
    Strings, String Operations, Printing Information, Reading from the Keyboard

    “Nothing is so obvious that it’s obvious. . . The use


    of the word “obvious” indicates the absence of a
    logical argument.”
    — Errol Morris

    Copyright © 2018 Kurt Rinnert, Kate Shaw


    Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
    are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
    notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without
    any warranty.
    Lecture 4: Summary
    In this lecture you learned the following:
    • Python uses type str to represent text as sequences of characters.

    • Strings are created by placing pairs of single or double quotes around the text. Multiline
    strings can be created using matching pairs of triple quotes.

    • Special characters like newline and tab are represented using escape sequences that be-
    gin with a backslash.

    Escape Sequences

    Escape Sequence Description


    \' single quote
    \" double quote
    \\ backslash
    \t tab
    \n newline
    \r carriage return

    • Values can be printed using built-in function print, and input can be provided by the
    user using built-in function input.
    Lecture 4: Exercises
    When writing code, only use Python concepts that have been introduced
    in the lectures already.

    Exercise 1:
    What value does each of the following expressions evaluate to? Verify your answers by typing
    the expressions into the Python shell.

    a. 'Computer' + 'Science'

    b. 'Darwin\'s'

    c. 'H2O' * 3

    d. 'CO2' * 0

    Exercise 2:
    Express each of the following phrases as Python strings using the appropriate type of quotation
    marks (single, double, or triple) and, if necessary, escape sequences. There is more than one
    correct answer for each of these phrases.

    a. They’ll hibernate during the winter.

    b. "Absolutely not," he said.

    c. "He said, ’Absolutely not,’" recalled Mel.

    d. hydrogen sulfide

    e. left\right

    Exercise 3:
    Rewrite the following string using single or double quotes instead of triple quotes:

    """A
    B
    C"""

    Exercise 4:
    Use built-in function len to find the length of the empty string.
    Exercise 5:
    Given variables x and y, which refer to values 3 and 12.5, respectively, use function print to
    print the following messages. When numbers appear in the messages, variables x and y should
    be used.

    a. The rabbit is 3.

    b. The rabbit is 3 years old.

    c. 12.5 is average.

    d. 12.5 * 3

    e. 12.5 * 3 is 37.5

    Exercise 6:
    Consider this code:

    >>> first = 'John'


    >>> last = 'Doe'
    >>> print(last + ', ' + first)

    What is printed by the code above?

    Exercise 7:
    Use input to prompt the user for a number, store the number entered as a float in a variable
    named num, and then print the contents of num.
    Exercise 8:
    Complete the examples in the docstring and then write the body of the following function:

    def repeat(s, n):


    """
    Return s repeated n times.

    Return the string s repeated n times. If n is


    negative, return the empty string.

    Examples:

    >>> repeat('yes', 4)
    'yesyesyesyes'
    >>> repeat('no', 0)

    >>> repeat('no', -3)

    >>> repeat('yesnomaybe', 2)

    """

    Exercise 9:
    Complete the examples in the docstring and then write the body of the following function:

    def total_length(s1, s2):


    """
    Return the sum of the lengths of s1 and s2.

    Examples:

    >>> total_length('yes', 'no')


    5
    >>> total_length('yes', '')

    >>> total_length('YES!!!!', 'Noooooo')

    """

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