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== Python for Everybody ==
Chapter 7: Exercises 1, 2, 3
== Python for Everybody ==
== Python for Everybody ==


Chapter 7:
Chapter 7:
* Exercise 1
* Exercise 1: Tamara
* Exercise 2
* Exercise 2: Vanessa
* Exercise 3
* Exercise 3: Zhaozhe


=== Wordplay Level 2 ===
=== Wordplay Level 2 ===
 
<ul>
* For every letter, print the word that uses that character the most. Hint: use two nested for loops. First one is     
<li> 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':
<source lang='python'>
        # do something
for letter in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz':
    # do something
</source>
</li>
<ul>
<li> Carly </li>
</ul>
</ul>
* Find the longest string where no character appears more than 1 time. (Hint: look up counters)
* Find the longest string where no character appears more than 1 time. (Hint: look up counters)
** Jessie
* Use Python to find one other interesting fact about the data set. Examples (that you can't use) might be:
* 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
** One of the words that is tied for the most vowels is aquifoliaceous
** The word with the highest consonant to vowel ratio is sulphhydryls
** The word with the highest consonant to vowel ratio is sulphhydryls
 
** Ji-Young, Naomi, Tiwalade, Yihan, Nate
== Above and beyond ==
# Figure out how to load two years of birth data simultaneously and compare them (e.g., identify the top 20 names from 2017 and figure out how many more/fewer people were named those names in 2018).
# Visualize some of the differences (probably in Excel)

Latest revision as of 17:31, 20 May 2020

Python for Everybody[edit]

Chapter 7:

  • Exercise 1: Tamara
  • Exercise 2: Vanessa
  • Exercise 3: Zhaozhe

Wordplay Level 2[edit]

  • 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
    
    • Carly
  • Find the longest string where no character appears more than 1 time. (Hint: look up counters)
    • Jessie
  • 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
    • Ji-Young, Naomi, Tiwalade, Yihan, Nate