Compsci 06/101, Spring 2012, Lab 3

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Vocabulary

  1. What do you think the name of the string method is that returns the lower case version of a string?
  2. The function max returns the maximal value of a string as well as a list. What is max("science") and why?
  3. What is the value of reversed(sorted([5,4,1,2,8])) and why?
  4. What is the value of sorted(lst).index(min(lst)) for any list lst? Why? What's the value if min is replaced by max?
  5. Why is the value of str.endswith(str[-3:]) True?
  6. When is the value of st.upper().endswith(st) True? (Provide a specific example of when it's true and try to generalize)
  7. The in operator determines if its left operand occurs in its right operand and returns a boolean value. This means 'a' in 'stranger' evaluates to True. What is the value of 5 in [1,2,3,4]?
  8. Explain when the value of st[0:2] in st is False? (Provide a specific example of when it's true and try to generalize)
  9. Explain when the value of st[0:2]*2 in st is True? (Provide a specific example of when it's true and try to generalize)
  10. When is the value of lst.count(lst[0]) the same as the value of len(lst) for a list lst? (Provide a specific example of when it's true and try to generalize)

APT Acronym

Write a brief, English description of how to solve the APT.
  1. Complete the code statement below. 
      words =
  2. Write the for-loop here:
  3. Write loop to create the acronym: 
      acro = ""







  return acro











Bagels APT




    

  1.  Is it possible/ok to use elif in solution A?

    



    

  2.  Explain why the three if statements in solution
	    A
can be replaced by the last statement, e.g., so that the only statement
	    in the loop body is bagels = bagels + i + (i/12)

    







    

  3.  Explain why solution B isn't as general as solution
	A?


    




    

  4.  Explain why int isn't a good name for the variable
	used
in the for-loop of solution B.

    



    

  5.  Explain why int isn't a good name for the variable
	used
in the for-loop of solution B.