Spring Semester 2007

Lab One Help (Part One): Some of the programs.
The first two programs simply discuss printing strings.

The code does not show by default, it's up to you to make it show, when you're ready to look at it. 

print """
     4
    4
   4
  4   4
 44444444
      4
      4
"""

The next program is almost the same: 

print """
     \"
    \"
   \"
  \"   \"
 \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"
      \"
      \"
"""

However special characters require special treatment.

There isn't much that we can say about the next one: 

print """
          .8.           8 888888888o          ,o888888o.
         .888.          8 8888    `88.       8888     `88.
        :88888.         8 8888     `88    ,8 8888       `8.
       . `88888.        8 8888     ,88    88 8888
      .8. `88888.       8 8888.   ,88'    88 8888
     .8`8. `88888.      8 8888888888      88 8888
    .8' `8. `88888.     8 8888    `88.    88 8888
   .8'   `8. `88888.    8 8888      88    `8 8888       .8'
  .888888888. `88888.   8 8888    ,88'       8888     ,88'
 .8'       `8. `88888.  8 888888888P          `8888888P'
 """

And with the next one things become really relevant (meaningful): 

a = raw_input("Enter the lenght of the first side: ")
b = raw_input("Enter the lenght of the second side: ")
c = raw_input("Enter the lenght of the third side: ")

a = float(a)
b = float(b)
c = float(c)

s = (a + b + c) / 2.0

area = (s * (s - a) * (s - b) * (s - c)) ** 0.5

print "The area of the triangle is:", area

Next one is a bit tricky. Can you say what is tricky about it? 

a = raw_input("Enter your text:")
a = a.replace("e", "egge")
a = a.replace("a", "egga")
a = a.replace("e", "egge")
a = a.replace("i", "eggi")
a = a.replace("o", "eggo")
a = a.replace("u", "eggu")
print a

Here's the program that calculates the maximum: 

one = int(raw_input("Please enter the first number: "))
two = int(raw_input("Please enter the second number: "))
print one, "+", two, "=", one + two
print one, "-", two, "=", one - two
print one, "*", two, "=", one * two
print "avg(" + str(one) + ", " + str(two) + ") = ", (float(one) + two) / 2
print "dist(" + str(one) + ", " + str(two) + ") = ", abs(one - two)
print "max(" + str(one) + ", " + str(two) + ") = ", (one + two + abs(one - two)) / 2
print "min(" + str(one) + ", " + str(two) + ") = ", (one + two - abs(one - two)) / 2

Here's the last program, that gives change: 

due = raw_input("Due: ")
pay = raw_input("Pay: ")

change = int(100 * float(pay)) - int(100 * float(due))

print change / 25, " quarters"
change = change % 25

print change / 10, " dimes"
change = change % 10

print change / 5, " nickels"
change = change % 5

print change, " cents"

The other programs discussed are being posted in a separate document.

Updated by Adrian German for A202/A598