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CS989: Big Data Fundamentals

CS982: Big Data Technologies

Before you start


For all labs related to this module, you can use any Python editor/compiler that you are familiar
with. However, it’s highly recommended to use the Jupyter Notebook provided by Anaconda. The
software is already installed on all university computers.

If you would like to install Anaconda on your own Personal Computer, please use the following link:
https://www.anaconda.com/download

Lab 1
To start, launch the Anaconda Navigator application.

Then launch the Jupyter Notebook within Anaconda:

Once started, click on Desktop, locate a specific folder where you want to save all your lab materials
or create a new folder if needed. Then click on New → Python 3 to create a new Python file to write
Python code.

Now you are ready to write Python!! So, let’s start.


CS989: Big Data Fundamentals
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Part I – Let’s get started


Question 1
The following code will print out the text “Hello World!!” as it can be seen from the output below:

Write (change) the code to display your name.

Question 2
Write (change) the code to display your name followed by your registration number but separated
with the character “-“, for example as below:

Question 3
Write a Python program to print the following text:

Question 4
The following code will ask the user (the user is anyone using the application) for two numbers and
they display the sum of the two numbers:

Write (change) the code to display the multiplication of two numbers entered by the user.

Question 5
Change the code from the previous solution to display whether the multiplication is positive or
negative. There are two solutions for this question, can you try to guess both of them.

Question 6
Change the code from the previous solution to display whether the multiplication is zero, positive or
negative. There are two solutions for this question, can you try to guess both of them.

Question 7
Write a Python program that prints all the numbers from 0 to 50 except 37 and 16. For this question,
you need to use a loop either for or while.
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CS982: Big Data Technologies

Question 8
Write a Python program to count the number of even and odd numbers from a series of numbers.
For this reason, you need first to create a list of numbers and then count and display how many even
and odd numbers there are in the list.

Question 9
Modify the solution of the previous question so the list can be generated randomly.

Question 10
In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two
preceding ones. The sequence commonly starts from 0 and 1. Starting from 0 and 1, the first few
values in the sequence are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, etc.

Write a Python program to calculate the first 30 values of the Fibonacci series.
CS989: Big Data Fundamentals
CS982: Big Data Technologies

Part II – Let’s explore some libraries and functions


Question 11
The code below will show the Python version installed on the computer. To do so, we need first to
import the library sys, which provides access to some variables used or maintained by the
interpreter and to functions that interact strongly with the interpreter. Once imported, we can use
the attribute .version to display the Python version.

Try this on your machine. If it shows a different version installed, it is still fine; this is just the version
installed on your computer. More information about the library can be found using the following
link: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html

Question 12
Change the code from the previous question to display the platform (operating system) that you are
using? Hint: Check the previously provided link.

While the library sys might not be very important, there are other useful libraries that we will
explore later.

Question 13
The code below will generate 30 random values between 0 and 100 and will store these numbers in
a list called numbers. This will be done by (1) importing the library random. Then (2) we use the
function .random(), which will return a random value between 0 and 1, and multiply the returned
value by 100 to increase the range. Then (3) the value is converted into integer. (4) All of this will be
done 30 times to generate 30 values that (5) will be stored in a list called numbers.

To find the maximum in this list, we will have to go over all the numbers and check for the highest
value, as shown in the below code.
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However, there is another simpler way to find the maximum in a list by using the built-in method /
function called max, which will take a list as a parameter and will return the element from the list
with the maximum value. Functions (or methods) are branches of coding that accomplish a specific
task. We can of course create our own functions, if needed, but we can also use some functions
written by others instead of writing our own functions.

Use the same concept to find the minimum value in a list.

Question 13
Change the code from the previous solution to calculate and find the average or the arithmetic mean
of the previously created list.
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CS982: Big Data Technologies

Helpful materials
If you are stuck, here are some bits of Python that you might find useful…

Printing out strings and values:


print("The value of n is", n)

Simple conditionals:
if n < 100:
print("n is less than 100")

Conditionals using else:


if a > b:
return(a)
else:
return(b)

Conditionals using elif:


if temp < 20:
print("too cold")
elif temp > 20:
print("too hot”)
else:
print("just right")

Using Blocks of indented code:


if k == 3:
print("k is 3")
k = square(k)
else:
print("k is not 3")
k = k + 100
return(k)

Using while loops:


while n <= 10:
print(n)
n = n + 1

Testing for exact division:


if n % 3 == 0:
print("n divides exactly by 3")

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