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* Complete [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intro-to-python-for-data-science/chapter-2-python-lists?ex=1 Data Camp Intro to Python Chapters 2 and 3]


== Questions from Python For Everybody ==
== Questions from Python For Everybody ==
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== Wordplay Challenges ==
== Wordplay Challenges ==


Check out the [[Wordplay]] project which was developed for a different version of this course, and complete as many of the following as you can.
Download [https://jeremydfoote.com/teaching/2020-summer/intro_to_programming/wordplay.zip this zip file] and extract it to your Desktop (or the folder you are using for the class). Open the file "Wordplay Examples.ipynb" and run the first cell to make sure that it's working.
 
Use the examples given to answer the following questions:


# Find all words that start with 'a' and are 9 or more letters long.
# Find all words that start with 'a' and are 9 or more letters long.
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# Find at least one word that uses all five vowels in order.
# Find at least one word that uses all five vowels in order.
#* Nate
#* Nate
=== Above and Beyond ===
If you're feeling adventurous, try these problems and post your solutions on Piazza
* For every letter, print the word that uses that character the most. (Hint: use two nested for loops. First one is   
    for letter in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz':
        # do something
* (Challenge) Find the longest string where no character appears more than 1 time. (Hint: look up counters)
* Use Python to find one other interesting fact about the data set. Examples (that you can't use) might be:
** One of the words that is tied for the most vowels is aquifoliaceous
** The word with the highest consonant to vowel ratio is sulphhydryls

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Questions from Python For Everybody[edit]

  • Chapter 5:
    • Exercise 1: Carly
    • Exercise 2: Naomi
  • Chapter 6:
    • Exercise 5: Yihan
  • Chapter 8:
    • Exercise 4*, 5*
    • Exercise 6: Tamara

Wordplay Challenges[edit]

Download this zip file and extract it to your Desktop (or the folder you are using for the class). Open the file "Wordplay Examples.ipynb" and run the first cell to make sure that it's working.

Use the examples given to answer the following questions:

  1. Find all words that start with 'a' and are 9 or more letters long.
    • Tiwalade
  2. What is the longest word that starts with a 'q'?
    • Jessie
  3. Find all words that end with 'nge'
    • Zhaozhe
  4. Find a word that matches "a*ey" (here "*" means any letter). Are there any words that match?
    • Ji-Young
  5. Print every other word that matches the condition in (1) above.
    • Vanessa
  6. Find at least one word that uses all five vowels in order.
    • Nate