Language Basics

Check all syntactically correct statements. 1.) Which input statements are correct? a = raw_input() a = raw_input(enter a number) a = raw_input(enter your name) 5.) Which are correct type conversions? int(7.0+0.1) str(1.2 * 3.4) float(77+.0) str( 9 / 0 ) 2.) Which print statements are correct? print 9 + 9 print int(nine) print str(9) + nine print 9 + 9 nine = 9 print nine 3.) Which are correct arithmetical operations? a = 1 * 2 2 = 1 + 1 5 + 6 = y seven = 3 * 4 4.) Which are correct variable names? result my.result print result77
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6.) Which operations result in 8? 65 // 8 17 % 9 2 ** 4 64 ** 0.5

7.) Which lines are commented? This is a comment # This is a comment // this is a comment '''This is a comment'''

Data Types
Find the matching pairs of expressions and values.

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boolean

None

int

[2, 4, 8, 16]

tuple

True

list

17.54

str

('Roger', 1952) my fat cat

dict

NoneType

{'name':'Roger', 'birth':1952}

float

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Manipulating Strings
Write the result of each operation into the fields.

s.startswith(cat)

s.split()

s.replace(c,r)

s[-6]

s = my fat cat\n

s.find(fat)

s.upper()

s[7:10]

s.strip()

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String formatting
Find the matching pairs of expressions and values.

expressions
"R.%s"%("GB")

values
3. RGB

"%2i. %4s"%(3,"RGB")

3.14

"%5.2f"%3.1415

R.GB

'%s\t%s\tRG'%(B,'\t')

RG

7B

"%5i"%(3.1415)

"RG%4iB"%(7)

RG

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Regular Expressions
Find the expressions that fit to each row.

found
ROMA ROMA ROMA ROMA R123 ROMA

found
ROZA ROOMA RO MA OMAR R456 REMY

found
ROPA ROOOMA

excluded
HORA ROMMA ROLMA

Expression

AMOR

TORA ROMA

RICO

COMA

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Functions and Modules

Find the matching pairs.

An optional parameter

Tells about properties of anything in Python.

An import statement

May return several values as a tuple.

A package

Carries the risk of an endless loop.

The dir() function

Is a directory with Python modules.

Every package

Is best written on top of a file.

A function that calls itself

Must contain a file __init__.py

A function in Python

Must be written after obligatory parameters.

A function

May modify its own parameters.

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Manipulating Lists
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li[1:-1]

li.count(0)

li[2]

li.append(A)

li = [2,0,1,0]

li.sort()

2 in li

li.pop()

len(li)

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Functions operating on lists (1)

Write the correct operations to the arrows.

1
a = ['A','B','c',None,3]

a = a[2:5] a = [a[-2]] + [a[1]] a = a[:2] a = [a[-1]]*3 a = a[:2] + a[1:]

2 3

a == ['A','B','B','c',None,3]

4 5

a == ['B','c',None]

a == ['c','c']

a == ['c','c','c']

a == ['c','c']

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Functions operating on lists (2)

Write the correct operations to the arrows.

a = [1,3,4,5]

1 2

a.reverse() a.sort() a.pop() a.append(4) a = a + [5,3] a.remove(5)

a == [1,3,4]

3 4

a == [1,3,4,5,3]

5 6

a == [3,5,4,3,1]

a == [3,4,3,1]

a == [1,3,3,4]

a == [1,3,3,4,4]
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Functions operating on lists (3)

Write the result of each operation into the fields.

sum(b)

for i,j in enumerate(a): print i,j

sum(range(5))

range(3)

a = ['a','b','c'] b = [10,12,14,16]

range(5,8) zip(a,b) range(6,0,-1)

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Manipulating Lists
Check the correct answer. 1.) What does the list b contain? a = [8,7,6,5,4] b = a[2:4] [7,6,5] [7,6] [6,5] [6,5,4] 2.) Which of the following code pieces results in a == [2,4,6] a = [1,2,3] * 2 a = [int(s) for s in 246] a = [x*2 for x in range(3)] a = [2**1]+[2**2]+[2**3]

Working with Tuples

Check all correct answers. 1.) Which are correct tuples? ( 1, 2, 3) (Jack Knife) ('blue', [0,0,255]) [ 1, word ] 2.) What are tuples good for? Grouping data. Managing values that change. Running a for loop over them. Sorting.

3.) On what data types does the len() function work on? lists dictionaries. strings. tuples.

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Manipulating Dictionaries
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len(d)

d.has_key(3)

d.keys()

d.setdefault(2,)

d = { 1:A, 3:X }

d[3] = B

d.values()

d[A]

d.get(1)

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Manipulating Dictionaries
Check the correct answer. 1.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} print d['A'] False B True 1 2.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} print d.has_key('B') 1 True 'B' False 3.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} print d.values() True ['A',1,True] 3 [1,'B','A'] 4.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} print d.keys() [1,'B','A'] ['A','B',1] [1,'A','B'] The order may vary. 5.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} print d['C'] None 'C' an Error False 6.) What do these commands produce? d = {1:'A', 'B':1, 'A':True} d.setdefault('C',3) print d['C'] 3 C None an Error
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Loops and conditional statements

Check the correct statements. 1.) Which of these while commands are correct? while a = 1: while a+7: while len(c)>10: while a and (b-2 == c): while b==1 while s.find('c')>=0: 2.) Which of these statements are correct? 'while' is also called a conditional loop. The expression after while may contain function calls. It is possible to write endless while loops. The colon after while may be omitted. The code block after while is executed at least once. 4.) Which of these for commands are correct? for char in ABCD: for i in range(10): for num in (4,6,8): for k in 3+7: for (i=0; i<10; i+=1): for var in seq:

5.) Which of these if statements are syntactically correct? if a and b: if len(s) == 23: if a but not b<3: if a ** 2 >= 49: if a != 3: if (a and b) or (c and d):

3.) What are possible structures of a conditional statement? if <expression> .. else if <expression> .. else if <expression> if <expression> .. elif <expression> .. else if <expression> .. elif <expression> ..else <expression> If <expression>.. else <expression> .. efli

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Modules and Packages

Check the correct answer(s). 1.) Which of these import statements are correct? import re import re.sub from re import sub from re.sub import * from .re import * from re import * 2.) Where does Python look for modules to import In the sys.path variable. In the current working directory. In the directory where the current module is. In the directory where Python was started. In the site-packages folder In directories in the PYTHONPATH variable In the root directory. 3.) Which statements about packages are true? A package is a directory with modules. A package may contain zero modules. Packages in site-packages/ are imported automatically. A package must contain a __init__.py file. A package may contain no code. Packages are useless in small programs.

4.) Which packages are installed by default? os manipulating files and directories. psyco makes Python faster time accessing date and time. csv reads and writes tables. numpy number crunching. pdb Python debugging.

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While loops
Match the expressions for the while loops run the designated number of times

a = 5 while : a = a -1

5x
a = 2 while : a += 4

a != 0

a >= 0

5x
a = 2 while : a = -a * 2

a < 19

2x
a = 7 while : a -= 2 abs(a) < 7

4x

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Reading and Writing Files

Write Python commands into the fields.

Open a file for reading.

Read lines from a file.

Add a newline character to a line.

Chop a line into columns.

Files

Open a file for writing.

Close a file.

Remove whitespace from a line.

Write a list of strings to a file.

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Error Handling
Check all correct answers. 1.) Which commands result in an Exception? f = open(:::) char = abc[7] a = (5+9) / (6-(2*3)) num = [1,2,3][0] l = range(10)[:20] num = {1:'a'}['a'] 2.) Which are common types of Exceptions? ZeroDivisionError IOError ValueError NullPointerException KeyError InfiniteLoopError 3.) Which commands for managing Exceptions exist? try: else: ... raise ValueError('text') try: except: error: try: except: ...

Working with Files

Check all correct answers. 1.) Which are correct commands working with files? for line in open(filename): f = open(filename,'w') open(filename).writelines(out) f.close() 2.) Which statements about the csv module are correct? It can save tables of strings and numbers. csv reads tables of strings. csv cannot handle the quote character. Files need to have the .csv suffix.

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Language Basics

What is a variable? What names may variables have? What is an integer? What is a string? How to assign a variable? How to add, substract, and multiply numbers? What can be printed with print? How can text be read from the keyboard? How are comments written in a program?

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The math module

Find the matching pairs of functions and values.

functions
y = math.cos(x)

values
x = 180 y == 3.14159..

y = math.radians(x)

x = 1

y == 3.14159..

y = math.factorial(x)

x = 81

y == 9.0

y = math.pi * x

x = 32

y == 5.0

y = math.sqrt(x)

x = 6.28318..

y == 1.0

y = math.log(x,2)

x = 4

y == 24

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The os module
Insert the correct functions into the gaps.

The Python module activated by the

is very useful for interactions with the operating system. In fact, it is a . Before any of them can be used, the modules need to be function, that returns a list of all files in the given . statement.

combination of two modules: os and

Among the most frequently used operations is the the function

directory. If a program already has a filename, but it needs to be checked whether the file really exists, will return True or False. If a file needs to be deleted, this can be done using , that separates a file name from directory names. - However, A very useful feature of the os.path module is that it helps operating with directory names. Probably the most frequently used function is But os can do even more: You can use any shell command from a Python program with

this method has disadvantages: it depends on the operating system, and is a potentially insecure.

1 2 3 4

os.access(fn,os.F_OK) os.remove(filename) os.path os.listdir()

5 6 7 8

os.system(command) os.path.split(os.getcwd()) import os os

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Creating plots
Write the result of each operation into the fields. 1.) Which of these for commands are necessary to create a figure in matplotlib?

p = plot(x_data,y_data, 'k-') title(''Name of the graph') xlabel('x axis name') axis([0,15,0,10]) savefig('figure1.png' show()

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