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* Open the file <code>wordplay_examples.ipynb</code> as a Jupyter notebook and run the first cell to make sure that it works. | * Open the file <code>wordplay_examples.ipynb</code> as a Jupyter notebook and run the first cell to make sure that it works. | ||
== #1 Alls well that ends well == | == #1 Play with pop == | ||
There is a function in Python called <code>pop()</code>. Play around with it in your notebook and try to figure out what it does. When you're one, look it up online and try to confirm your suspicion. Where you right? | |||
== #2 Alls well that ends well == | |||
# Find and print the words that end in "well" and be ready to tell me how many there are. | # Find and print the words that end in "well" and be ready to tell me how many there are. | ||
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# How about "gry"? | # How about "gry"? | ||
== # | == #3 Counting vowels == | ||
# How many words start with each vowel? Which is the most common vowel to find at the beginning of a word? | # How many words start with each vowel? Which is the most common vowel to find at the beginning of a word? | ||
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# Find and print all the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order. | # Find and print all the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order. | ||
== # | == #4 Disemvoweled == | ||
# Find and print the longest word that has no vowels. | # Find and print the longest word that has no vowels. | ||
== # | == #5 All that ells me == | ||
# Find and print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's. | # Find and print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's. | ||
# How many are there? | # How many are there? | ||
== # | == #6 So long == | ||
# What is the longest word in the word list you've been given? How long is it? | # What is the longest word in the word list you've been given? How long is it? | ||
# Are there more than one word of that length? If so, tell me how many are that exactly that long. | # Are there more than one word of that length? If so, tell me how many are that exactly that long. | ||
== # | == #7 Palindromes == | ||
# Print out a list of every [[:wiki:palindrome|palindrome]] (a word that is the same reversed) that's over 6 letters in length. | # Print out a list of every [[:wiki:palindrome|palindrome]] (a word that is the same reversed) that's over 6 letters in length. | ||
# How many are there? | # How many are there? | ||
== # | == #8 Something fun == | ||
# Pick one other thing off this list of other interesting properties of English words in pages like [http://www.sporcle.com/games/imabanana/uncommonwords this quiz about English words with unusual properties] and write a Python problem to solve it. | # Pick one other thing off this list of other interesting properties of English words in pages like [http://www.sporcle.com/games/imabanana/uncommonwords this quiz about English words with unusual properties] and write a Python problem to solve it. | ||
[[Category:CDSW]] | [[Category:CDSW]] | ||
