BACSE101 Problem Solving Using Python Lab

Lab Manual

Exercise Note Book Cum Lab Manual

Vellore Institute of Technology,

Chennai

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 SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Vision of the School

To offer an education in electrical engineering that provides strong fundamental

knowledge, skills for employability, cross-disciplinary research and creates
leaders who provide technological solutions to societal and industry problems.

Mission of the School

M1: Provide personalized experiential learning in industry sponsored

laboratories to prepare students in electrical engineering with strong critical
thinking and employability skills.
M2: Foster design thinking, creativity and cross-disciplinary research with highly
qualified faculty to create innovators and entrepreneurs in the broad area of
electrical engineering.
M3:Collaborate with national and international partners to provide innovative
solutions to societal and industry challenges.

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 Course Objectives

1. To provide the basics and fundamentals of the python programming

language and introduce algorithmic skills through programming
constructs
2. To impart python collections for efficient data handling and processing
and inculcate modular and recursive programming approaches for
developing software applications
3. To teach python libraries for data analysis and manipulations
Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to

1. Identify appropriate algorithmic approaches, data representation, control
constructs in developing software solutions for solving real-world
problems.
2. Inculcate data handling techniques using python collections and modular
programming strategies for developing multi-disciplinary software
applications
3. Idealize the importance of python libraries for handling, manipulating and
analyzing multi-faceted real world problem domains.

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 LAB EXCERSICE GRADING RUBRIC

Criteria & Point Below

Acceptable Considerable Unacceptable Total
Assessment Assigned Expectations
( 2) (1.5) (0) Marks
Content (1)

Pre Lab
Assessment Most of Some of Few of
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Total Marks 10

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List of Experiments

Sl.No. Name of the Experiment Remarks Mark

1 Experiment on data types and sequential
statements: Subsidy Computation
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 Python Basics

1. Indentation in Python
Python Indentation refers to the use of whitespace (spaces or tabs) at the
beginning of code line.

2. Python Variables
A variable is essentially a name that is assigned to a value. We don't need to
declare a variable's type explicitly in Python. Based on the value assigned,
Python will dynamically determine the type.

Rules for Naming Variables

• Variable names can only contain letters, digits and underscores (_).
• A variable name cannot start with a digit.
• Variable names are case-sensitive (myVar and myvar are different).
• Avoid using Python keywords (e.g., if, else, for) as variable names.
3. Variable assignments

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4. Python Identifiers
The Python, identifiers are unique names that are assigned to variables,
functions, classes, and other entities. They should start with a letter (a-z, A-Z)
or an underscore "_" and can be followed by letters, numbers, or underscores.

5. Python keywords
Keywords in Python are reserved words that have special meanings and serve
specific purposes in the language syntax. They cannot be used as identifiers,
names for variables, functions, classes, etc.

6. Comments in Python
Single line comments are preceded by the "#" symbol. Python uses multi-line
comments. As one after the other, or sometimes triple quotes (either ''' or """),

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7. Backslashes (\)
Used to split a sentence to multiple lines

8. Continuation of Statements in Python

This continuation of statements over multiple lines is supported in Python in
various ways: Implicit Continuation ; Python implicitly supports line
continuation within parentheses (), square brackets [], and curly braces
{}. Explicit Continuation; You can use backslash '\' to indicate that a statement
should continue on the next line.

9. Taking Input from User in Python

The input() function in Python is used to take user input from the console. The
program execution halts until the
user provides input and presses
"Enter".

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10.Python operators
Operators in Python are special symbols used to perform operations on variables
and values.

11.Python Control flow statements

Conditional statements (if, elif, else) execute code blocks based on conditions.

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12.Python looping statements
Loop statements (for, while) repeat code blocks

a. for loops iterate over a sequence (lists, tuples, etc.).

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 b. while loops repeat as long as a condition is true.

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 Experiment No. 1

DATE:

Learning on: Data Types: Numeric, Boolean and Strings - Regular Expression - Operators - Expressions
- Built in Functions
Problem statement:

Agricultural subsidies are offered by the Indian government to farmers for improving crop yields and
benefiting them. To facilitate the farmers in finding the subsidy amount, develop a Python code to
calculate the subsidy based on the crop the farmer grows. The farmers can grow one of these
three types of crops: Rice, Wheat, or Maize. Each crop has a different formula for calculating the
subsidy:
Formula:
Rice: Subsidy= (Yield × Market Rate) + 100
Wheat: Subsidy= (Yield × Market Rate) + 200
Maize: Subsidy= (Yield × Market Rate) + 300
Use menu driven approach to implement the same.

Software Tool: Google Colab

Flow chart:
Start Program

Display Menu:
1. Rice 2. Wheat 3. Maize 4. Exit

Get User Choice 1 or 2 or 3 or 4

Input Yield, Market, Rate

Calculate Subsidy:
For Rice: (Yield × Market Rate) + 100
Invalid Input
For Wheat: (Yield × Market Rate) + 200
For Maize: (Yield × Market Rate) + 300

If the
Display subsidy and Return to Menu choice is 4

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Snapshot of Program:

Snapshot of Input and output:

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Learning Outcome:

Prelab mark Inlab Mark Post Lab mark

Post lab Activities

• Exercise Problem 1:

Climate Change Data Analyzer

Scientists track daily temperatures as a string of values separated by spaces (e.g., "30.5 32.1 29.8").
Write a Python program that extracts the temperatures, converts them into float values, and finds
the highest, lowest, and average temperature.
Rules & Constraints:
i. Input is a string of space-separated float values (e.g., "30.5 31.2").
ii. All values must be valid floating-point numbers.
iii. The list must have at least two values.
iv. Temperatures must be within a realistic range: -100.0°C to 60.0°C.
v. The program should round the average to two decimal places.
vi. If the input is invalid (non-numeric, empty, out-of-range), return an error message.

• Exercise Problem 2:

Gaming Leaderboard Username Validator

In an online game, players choose usernames for the leaderboard. To make sure all usernames are
clean and fair, they must follow these rules:
i. The username must start with a letter (A–Z or a–z).
ii. It can contain letters, numbers, and underscores (_) only.
iii. It cannot start with a number.
iv. No other symbols or spaces are allowed.
v. The length must be between 5 and 15 characters.

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Write a Python program using regular expressions to check if a username is valid or invalid. If
invalid, display a message “Invalid Name”

• Exercise Problem 3:

Gaming Leaderboard Username Validator

In an online game, players choose usernames for the leaderboard. To make sure all usernames are
clean and fair, they must follow these rules:
i. The username must start with a letter (A–Z or a–z).
ii. It can contain letters, numbers, and underscores (_) only.
iii. It cannot start with a number.
iv. No other symbols or spaces are allowed.
v. The length must be between 5 and 15 characters.
Write a Python program using regular expressions to check if a username is valid or invalid. If
invalid, display a message “Invalid Name”

• Exercise Problem 4:

Number Game

In Numeria, Alchemists must build an arithmetic expression using given numbers and operations to
match a target. Use each number once, with +, -, *, or /. If no exact match, return the expression
closest to the target. If multiple expressions give the same best result, return "No single solution"
Rules:
i. Use all numbers once.
ii. Only +, -, *, / allowed.
iii. Division must result in integers only.
iv. Left-to-right evaluation only (no brackets)
v. All numbers must be positive integers.
vi. Return one valid expression, or "No single solution" if ties exist.

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