exercise 10.2 - chop

"""===========================

exercise 10.2

==========================="""

def chop (a_list):

    del a_list[0] #remove first element

    del a_list[-1] #remove last element

    

test = [1,2,3,4,5,]

chop(test)

print test

test2 = [6,7,8,9,10]

def middle(a_list):

    new_list = a_list[1:-1]

    return new_list

practice = middle(test2)

print practice

exercise 10.1

"""===========================

exercise 10.1

==========================="""

def cumul_sum(original):

    new = []

    running_total = 0

    

    for number in original:

        running_total = running_total + number

        new.append(running_total)

    

    return new

old_list = [1,2,3]

print old_list

new_list = cumul_sum(old_list)

print new_list

exercise 9.7 - puzzler_1

"""================

exercise 9.7

==============="""

def puzzler_1 (word):

    index = 0

    consecutive_dbl_ltr = 0

    

    while index < len(word)-1:

        current_char = word[index]

        next_char = word[index+1]

        if current_char == next_char:

            consecutive_dbl_ltr += 1

            index = index + 2

        else:

            consecutive_dbl_ltr = 0

            index += 1

        if consecutive_dbl_ltr == 3:

            return True

    #end while loop

    return False

# end puzzler_1 (word)

#print puzzler_1("ddeeff")

#print puzzler_1("pocahontas")

#print puzzler_1("abcddeeffghij")

fin = open('words.txt')

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if puzzler_1(word):

        print word

exercise 9.6 - is_abecedarian

"""=============================

exercise 9.6

============================="""

def is_abecedarian(word):

    prev_char_ord = 0

    

    for char in word.lower():

        if prev_char_ord <= ord(char):

            prev_char_ord = ord(char)

        else:

            return False

    return True

#print is_abecedarian("abcDEfg")

#print is_abecedarian("xylophone")

#print is_abecedarian("eeeeeee")

fin = open('words.txt')

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if is_abecedarian(word):

        print word

        abcd = abcd + 1

print "number of abecedarian words = ",abcd

exercise 9.5 - uses_all

"""=============================

exercise 9.5

============================="""

def uses_all (word, use_all_chars):

    for char in use_all_chars:

        if char.lower() not in word.lower():

            if char != " ": #ignore space character

                return False

    return True

    

#print uses_all("Ho ho ho","acefhlo")

#print uses_all("Flo ace hoe","acefhlo")

fin = open('words.txt')

use_all_vowels = "aeiou"

use_all_vowels_and_y = "aeiouy"

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if uses_all(word,use_all_vowels):

        print word

        vowels = vowels + 1

    if uses_all(word,use_all_vowels_and_y):

        print word

        vowels_and_y = vowels_and_y + 1

    total_words = total_words + 1

print "number of words with aeiou = ",vowels

print "number of words with aeiouy = ",vowels_and_y

exercise 9.4 - uses_only

"""=============================

exercise 9.4

============================="""

def uses_only (word, only_chars):

    for char in word:

        if char.lower() not in only_chars.lower():

            if char != " ": #ignore space character

                return False

    return True

    

print uses_only("Ho ho ho","acefhlo")

print uses_only("Flo ace hoe","acefhlo")

exercise 9.3 - avoids

"""=====================

exercise 9.3

====================="""

def avoids(word, forbidden_chars):

    letter = ""

    forbidden_char = ""

    

    for letter in word:

        if letter.lower() in forbidden_chars.lower():

            return False

    

    return True

# end def avoids ()

avoid_chars = raw_input()

total_words = 0

fin = open('words.txt')

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if avoids(word,avoid_chars):

        print word

        words_that_avoid = words_that_avoid + 1

    total_words = total_words + 1

total_unavoided = total_words - words_that_avoid

print total_unavoided

exercise 9.2 - has_no_e

"""=====================

exercise 9.2

====================="""

def has_no_e(word):

    char = ""

    for char in word:

        if (char == "E") or (char == "e"):

            return False

    return True

fin = open('words.txt')

total_words = 0

words_without_e = 0

percent_without_e = 0.0

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if has_no_e(word):

        print word

        words_without_e = words_without_e + 1

    total_words = total_words + 1

percent_without_e = ( words_without_e / total_words ) * 100

exercise 9.1

"""=====================

exercise 9.1

====================="""

fin = open('words.txt')

for line in fin:

    word = line.strip()

    if len(word) > 20:

        print word

exercise 8.12 - rotate_word

"""=======================

exercise 8.12

======================"""

def rotate_word (word, num_shift):

    new_letter = ""

    new_word = ""

    word_lower = word.lower()

    

    for letter in word_lower:

        #rotate letter

        new_ltr_position = ord(letter)+num_shift

        

        # rotate z-->a or z<--a

        if new_ltr_position < ord('a'): #rotate z<--a

            new_ltr_position = new_ltr_position + 26

        elif new_ltr_position > ord('z'): #rotate z-->a

            new_ltr_position = new_ltr_position - 26

        

        #build new word

        new_letter = chr(new_ltr_position)

        new_word = new_word + new_letter

    return new_word

    

print rotate_word("melon",-10)

print rotate_word("cheer",7)

exercise 8.9 - is_palindrome

"""======================

exercise 8.9

======================"""

def is_palindrome_v2(word):

    if word == word[::-1]: 

        return True 

    else: 

        return False

print is_palindrome_v2('duh')

print is_palindrome_v2('boob')

exercise 8.8 - is_reverse

"""======================

exercise 8.8

======================"""

def is_reverse(word1, word2):

    if len(word1) != len(word2):

        return False

        

    i = 0

    j = len(word2)-1

    

    while j >= 0:

        print i, j,

        print word1[i], word2[j]

        if word1[i] != word2[j]:

            return False

        i = i+1

        j = j-1

        

    return True

    

print is_reverse('stop','pots')

exercise 8.6 - find

"""=========================

exercise 8.6

========================="""

def find(word, letter, start):

    index = start

    while index < len(word):

        if word[index] == letter:

            return index

        index = index + 1

    return -1

def count_v2 (word, letter, start):

    

    how_many = 0

    index = find(word, letter, start)

    

    if index == -1:

        how_many = 0

    else:

        while index > -1:

            how_many = how_many + 1

            index = index+1

            index = find(word, letter, index)

    print how_many

    

count_v2 ('banana', 'x', 0)    

count_v2 ('banana', 'a', 4)

count_v2 ('banana', 'a', 2)

count_v2 ('banana', 'a', 0)

exercise 8.5 - count

"""=========================

exercise 8.5

========================="""

def count (word, letter):

    how_many = 0

    for char in word:

        if char == letter:

            how_many = how_many + 1

    print how_many, "count version 1"

    

count ('banana', 'a')

exercise 8.4 - find

"""=========================

exercise 8.4

========================="""

def find(word, letter, start):

    index = start

    while index < len(word):

        if word[index] == letter:

            return index

        index = index + 1

    return -1

    

print find('stirring','i',0)

print find('stirring','i',2)

print find('stirring','i',3)

exercise 8.2 - Quack

"""=========================

exercise 8.2

========================="""

prefixes = 'JKLMNOPQ'

for letter in prefixes:

    if (letter == 'O') or (letter == 'Q'):

        suffix = 'uack'

    else:

        suffix = 'ack'

    print letter + suffix

exercise 8.1 - reverse_string

"""=======================

exercise 8.1

======================="""

def reverse_string (word):

    limit = len(word) * -1

    index = -1

    while index >= limit:

        letter = word[index]

        print letter

        index = index - 1

reverse_string("word")

exercise 7.4 - eval_loop

"""====================

exercise 7.4

===================="""

import math

def eval_loop():

    #initialize variables

    input = ""

    last_input = ""

    

    #get user input from interpreter

    #until user types 'done'

    while True:

        print "your input, please :)"

        print "to end, type 'done'"

        input = raw_input()

        if input == 'done':

            return result

            break

        else:

            result = eval(input)

            print result

# end eval_loop()

return_result = eval_loop()

print "returned result = ", return_result

exercise 7.3 - test_square_root

"""===========================

exercise 7.3

==========================="""

import math

def approx_equal(a, b, limit):

    if abs(a-b) < limit:

        return True

    else:

        return False

def square_root (a):

    x = a / 2.0

    epsilon = 0.001

    while True:

        #print x

        y = (x + a/x) / 2.0

        if approx_equal (y, x, epsilon):

            break

        x = y

    return x

    

def test_square_root(a):

    ex_sqrt = square_root(a)

    py_sqrt = math.sqrt(a)

    diff = abs(ex_sqrt-py_sqrt)

    print a, ex_sqrt, py_sqrt , diff

    

test_square_root(1.0)

test_square_root(2.0)

test_square_root(3.0)

exercise 7.2 - square_root

"""===========================

exercise 7.2

==========================="""

def approx_equal(a, b, limit):

    if abs(a-b) < limit:

        return True

    else:

        return False

def square_root (a):

    x = a / 2.0

    epsilon = 0.001

    while True:

        print x

        y = (x + a/x) / 2

        if approx_equal (y, x, epsilon):

            break

        x = y

    return x

    

print square_root(25)

print square_root(2)

print square_root(49)