This document contains answers to questions and exercises from a book on learning Python programming. It includes sample code and explanations for concepts around data types, operators, selection, iteration, functions, files and databases. The answers cover a wide range of topics and provide working code examples to demonstrate solutions.
This document contains answers to questions and exercises from a book on learning Python programming. It includes sample code and explanations for concepts around data types, operators, selection, iteration, functions, files and databases. The answers cover a wide range of topics and provide working code examples to demonstrate solutions.
This document contains answers to questions and exercises from a book on learning Python programming. It includes sample code and explanations for concepts around data types, operators, selection, iteration, functions, files and databases. The answers cover a wide range of topics and provide working code examples to demonstrate solutions.
This document contains answers to questions and exercises from a book on learning Python programming. It includes sample code and explanations for concepts around data types, operators, selection, iteration, functions, files and databases. The answers cover a wide range of topics and provide working code examples to demonstrate solutions.
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Section 1 – Fundamentals of programming
Answers to Questions and Exercises
This document contains answers to in-text questions and exercises in the book Learning to Program in Python by PM Heathcote. The Python programs referred to in the text and in this Answers document are all in a separate folder within this pack.
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Answers Chapter 1 – Data types, operators and I-O In-text questions Q1: (a) 10*6 + 5*3 will give the result directly in interactive mode or use a print statement: >>> print(10*6 + 5*3) 75 (b) 10*(6 + 5)*3 will give the result directly in interactive mode or use a print statement: >>> print(10*(6+5)*3) 330 (c) >>> 33%7 5 Q2: >>> result = round(6.7/3, 3) >>> print (result) 2.233 (or any variation that produces the same result)
Exercises 1. (a) >>> food = input("Enter favourite food: ") Enter favourite food: peanut butter >>> colour = input("Enter favourite colour: ") Enter favourite colour: blue >>> print ("My favourite food is " + food + " and my favourite colour is " + colour) My favourite food is peanut butter and my favourite colour is blue (b) >>> print ("My favourite food is", food, "and my favourite colour is", colour) My favourite food is peanut butter and my favourite colour is blue 2. (a) Please enter your name: Jo >>> telephone = input ("Please enter your telephone number: ") Please enter your telephone number: 01227 342567 >>> print(name + "\n\n" + telephone) Jo
Chapter 2 – Strings and numbers In-text questions Q1: method upper() should be followed by parentheses print ( "\nUppercase string:", astring.upper()) next line missing a closing bracket print("\nNew string:", astring.replace("good","excellent"))
Exercises 1. See Python program Ch 2 Exercise 1 string methods.py 2. See Python program Ch 2 Exercise 2 radius and circumference.py 3. See Python program Ch 2 Exercise 3 rounding floating point numbers.py
Q1: See Python program Ch 3 Question 1 minimum number.py
num1 = int(input("Enter first number: ")) num2 = int(input("Enter second number: ")) if num1 < num2: minimum = num1 else: minimum = num2 print("minimum number =",minimum)
Q2: weekendRate will remain False.
See Python program Ch 3 Example 3 Selection statements.py
Exercises 1. See Python program Ch 3 Exercise 1 area of square or rectangle.py 2. See Python program Ch 3 Exercise 2 menu of subject choices.py 3. See Python program Ch 3 Exercise 3 throw two dice.py 4. See Python program Ch 3 Exercise 4 discount on goods purchased.py 5. See Python program Ch 3 Exercise 5 car parking charges.py Chapter 4 – Iteration In-text questions
Q1: (a) See Python program Ch 4 Question 1a Lift-off.py
(b) See Python program Ch 4 Question 1b total and average.py Q2
Q2: The maximum result would be correct so long as all the results are 100 or less. The minimum result would be given as -1. See Python program Ch 4 Question 2 max and min error.py
Q3: Maximum test result 56
Minimum test result 100 “100” is less than “19” when these are interpreted as strings. See Python program Ch 4 Question 3 max and min with string input.py
Q4: See Python program Ch 4 Question 4 max and min no results entered.py
Q5: See Python program Ch 4 Question 5 find e.py
Exercises 1. See Python program Ch 4 Exercise 1 10 random numbers.py
2. See Python program Ch 4 Exercise 2 1000 sets of 10 random numbers.py
The answer should be close to 55. Overall, each of the numbers 1-10 should be generated with the same frequency. The total of the numbers 1 to 10 is 55, so the average total of all the numbers will be close to this. Try it with 10,000 sets of numbers – it should be even closer. Obtaining an answer to a question like “What is the total of the numbers 1-10?” using this method is called the Monte Carlo method, and is a useful technique to find answers to questions for which there is no obvious formula. 3. See Python program Ch 4 Exercise 3 product codes.py
Chapter 9 – Reading and writing files In-text questions
Q1: (a) See Python program Ch 9 Question 1 read and print temperature file.py (b) London,7,1200, Accra,30,1200, Baghdad,20,1500, Winnipeg,-12,0600, New York,14,0700, Nairobi,27,1500, Sydney,22,2300,
Q2: See Python program Ch 9 Question 2 integer temperatures.py
Q3: a = 3 b = 4 c = a + b d = a * b print("%d + %d = %d" %(a,b,c)) print("The product of %d and %d is %d" %(a,b,d))
See Python program Ch 9 format operators.py
Exercises 1. See Python program Ch 9 Exercise 1 create or append to student file.py
2. See Python program Ch 9 Exercise 2 girls in Yr 10.py
3. See Python program Ch 9 Exercise 3 student records in order of surname.py
Chapter 13 – Developing an application using TKInter Exercises 1. See Python programs Ch 13 Exercise 1 student details to database.py and Ch 13 Exercise 1 student details to file.py
2. See Python program Ch 13 Exercise 2 Print student details.py
3. See Python program Ch 13 Exercise 3 password validation.py
4. See Python program Ch 13 Exercise 4 Write test to file.py
Chapter 15 – Testing and debugging In-text questions
Q1: for performance in range(5): Should be range(4)
if number in range (120): should be range(121) The if flag: conditional statement is incorrect. (Compare with Ch 6 Exercise 1 Theatre tickets)
Exercises 1. As it stands, the program adds 1 to the variable passwordChecks each time a valid lowercase or uppercase letter is detected. It also adds 1 to passwordChecks if the password length is within the acceptable range. However, it will accept any password with at least 3 valid upper- or lowercase letters. There needs to be separate flags for each condition, i.e. between 8 and 15 letters, an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, and a number.
See Python program Ch 6 Exercise 4 validate password.py
2. The program works correctly if the correct password is entered on the first attempt. If the user enters an incorrect password, the statement input("Password incorrect - please re-enter: ") is executed. However even when the correct password is entered, it is not accepted.
The input should be assigned to the variable password, i.e.
password =input("Password incorrect - please re-enter: ") Note that there is no limit to the number of tries the user can have in this version. See Python program Ch 6 Exercise 5 Caesar cipher.py
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