ENGG1003

Digital Literacy and

Computational Thinking - P

Lab 08 Python Basics

2022-23 Term 2
Setup Python on Your
Computer
(Recap)
 Download and follow the steps on
Blackboard
 Lab 01 -
InstallationGuide_python_Win11_macOS.pptx
 Windows users: slides 1 – 6
 macOS users: slides 7 – 15

 You may also work on your VM !

Save Your Work Properly
(Recap)
 Setup your own filing system: create a folder
for your works in ENGG1003
 Keep on your own computer, e.g., Documents
 Keep on portable storage such as USB drive
 Keep on cloud storage such as OneDrive
(CUHK O365)

 Folder structure is hierarchical, i.e., tree-like

with branches called sub-folders
Lab 08 Activities

 Practice using variables and expressions

interactively

 Use of input(), int() and float() commands

 Solving two problems using if: elif: else:

 Last problem, print number sequences using for:

 Upload and submit your saved files to Blackboard

 Extras
Variables and Expressions
temperature = 24.6
humidity = 0.75 Key-in OR copy-and-
print(temperature > 24) paste
print(humidity > 0.85) one line at a time!
 Practice on print(temperature >= 24 or humidity < 0.7)
print(22 < temperature < 28)
IDLE (Python)
approx_dew_point = temperature - (100 - humidity * 100) /
print('Dew point =', approx_dew_point)
 Try different test
User Input cases.
What do you see?
 File  New File, enter the following code:
Name? Mike
Year? 2
name = input("Name? ")
GPA? 2.99
year = int( input("Year? ") )
gpa = float( input("GPA? ") )
print("Year", year, "friend", name, "!") Name? Ann
if gpa >= 3.0: Year? 4
print("Marvel!")
GPA? 3.78
elif gpa > 2.2:
print("Keep up!") Name? Pete
else: Year? 1
print("Work hard!") GPA? 2.1

 Run  Run Module [F5]

after Save As… friend.py in your working folder

 BEWARE:
Assignment with =
Comparison with ==
Solve Problem One: Don’t miss the colon in
3 Lengths Form a Triangle?conditionals and indent
with 4 spaces!

 Create a New File triangle.py

Triangle Inequality
 Write some code to Theorem: The sum of the
 ask the user for 3 integers (int), a, b and c lengths of any two sides of
a triangle is greater than
 check if they can form a triangle (using the the length of the third
theorem provided) side.

 b a+b>c
print the message ”Formed a triangle!" or a
a+c>b
"Not a triangle!" b+c>a
 Run, test and verify your work thoroughly c
and carefully (think of some more test
cases):
a? 2 a? 2 a? 3
b? 3 b? 5 b? 6
c? 4 c? 10 c? -5
Formed a triangle! Not a triangle! Not a triangle!
 Category Wind Speed (mph)

Solve Problem Two: 1

2
>= 74 and < 96
>= 96 and < 111
Hurricane 3 >= 111 and < 131

 4 >= 131 and < 155

Create a New File hurricane.py
5 155 and above
 Write some code to
 ask the user for a wind speed value (float), w
 check and print whether it qualifies as a hurricane, and
if so, whether it is a Category 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 hurricane
using the provided table of wind speeds (based on the
Saffir-Simpson scale).
 Run, test and verify your work thoroughly and
carefully:
Wind speed (mph): 73.5 Wind speed (mph): 111.1
Not a hurricane Class 3 hurricane

Wind speed (mph): 74 Wind speed (mph): 200

Class 1 hurricane Class 5 hurricane

Wind speed (mph): 96.0 Wind speed (mph): -1

Class 2 hurricane Not a hurricane
 This exercise lets us visualize
how fast some simple math
Solve Problem Three: functions (like two times,
square and cube of a number)

Order of Growth grow with the number.

Revision: how to calculate

 Create a New File growth.py powers of a number in
 Python?
Write some code to
 ask the user for ONE integer (int), n
 print a table of the values of i, 2i, i2, i3 for i = 1, 2, 3, ...,
n using the for i in range(…): construct
 Use tabs ('\t' characters) to line up columns
 Run, test and verify your work thoroughly and
carefully.
 See sample results on the next page.
Assume user is cooperative that n is
always a positive integer less than
or equal to 30.
 Hint: A print() function call can print
Solve Problem Three: multiple things with a space between them
by default, e.g.,
Order of Growth print(1, 2, 3) prints
 1 2 3
Sample program outputs:
n? 25 You can set the sep parameter to change
1 2 1 1
2 4 4 8 the separator between the arguments to
3 6 9 27 something else of your choice, e.g., a tab.
4 8 16 64
5 10 25 125
6 12 36 216 print(1, 2, 3, sep='\t') prints
7
8
14
16
49
64
343
512
1 2 3
9 18 81 729
10 20 100 1000
11 22 121 1331
12 24 144 1728 n? 10
13 26 169 2197 1 2 1 1
14 28 196 2744
2 4 4 8
15 30 225 3375
16 32 256 4096 3 6 9 27
17 34 289 4913 4 8 16 64
18 36 324 5832 5 10 25 125
19 38 361 6859
20 40 400 8000
6 12 36 216
21 42 441 9261 7 14 49 343
22 44 484 10648 8 16 64 512
23 46 529 12167 9 18 81 729
24 48 576 13824
25 50 625 15625 10 20 100 1000
Blackboard Submission

 Login Blackboard course ENGG1003

 Go to Lab 08 Python Basics online submission form
 Under [Attach Files], Browse and select your saved
files triangle.py, hurricane.py and growth.py from
your newly created folder
 Do NOT Write Submission or type in Comments
box
 Click [Submit] button
Extras for Fun (no Bonus:)
for: Spiral
 Download and Run the given file spiral_bw.py

import turtle as pet

pet.speed(0)

for x in range(1, 181):

if x % 2 == 0:
pet.pencolor('black')
else:
pet.pencolor('blue')

pet.forward(x)
pet.left(59) % is the remainder operator.
pet.pencolor('red')
x % 2 == 0 is an even-odd integer test.
pet.forward(270)
pet.exitonclick()