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You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? What are the most possible points you can score with an English word in Scrabble? | You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in 'mt'? What are the most possible points you can score with an English word in Scrabble? | ||
Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and | Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions. | ||
==Setup== | ==Setup== | ||
Download the following file: https:// | Download the following file: https://jeremydfoote.com/teaching/2020-summer/intro_to_programming/wordplay.zip | ||
Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the file into a folder on your desktop. | Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the file into a folder on your desktop. | ||
Open the file | Open the file "Worldplay Examples.ipynb" as a Jupyter notebook and run the first cell to make sure that it works. | ||
==Handout== | |||
[[Wordplay handout]]: goals and cheat sheet. | [[Wordplay handout]]: goals and cheat sheet. | ||
==Goals== | ==Goals== | ||
* Have fun using Python to cheat at Scrabble and crosswords. | * Have fun using Python to cheat at Scrabble and crosswords. | ||
* Practice using lists | * Practice using lists and manipulating strings. | ||
==Ideas for exercises== | ==Ideas for exercises== | ||
