EGR 103/Concept List Fall 2019
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This page will be used to keep track of the commands and major concepts for each lab in EGR 103.
Contents
Lectures
Lecture 1 - Introduction
- Class web page: EGR 103L; assignments, contact info, readings, etc - see slides on Errata/Notes page
- Sakai page: Sakai 103L page; grades, surveys and tests, some assignment submissions
- Piazza page: Piazza 103L page; message board for questions
Lecture 2 - Programs and Programming
- To play with Python:
- Install it on your machine or a public machine: Download
- Quick tour of Python
- Editing window, variable explorer, and console
- Variable explorer is your friend
- From Dewey - programming language typically have ability to work with input, output, math, conditional execution, and repetition
- Hilton and Bracy Seven Steps
- Class work developing algorithm for program to determine if a number is prime
- Inputs in Python using input() command - always grab strings
- Convert strings containing integer characters to integers using int()
- Some commands are only available by importing from modules;
import numpy as np
will bring in all the functions of the numpy module. Access these commands by typing np.VALUE or np.FUNCTION (for example, np.pi or np.cos(2))
Lecture 3
- Python has several different variable types, each with their own purpose and operators.
- Main ones this lecture: int, float, string, tuple, list.
Lecture 4
- Brief discussion of disctionaries, how to build, and how to access.
- Two main types of function - lambda functions and defined functions
- Lambda functions are one line of code; can have multiple inputs but only one expression.
- c = lambda a,b: np.sqrt(a**2 + b**2)
- Defined functions can be multiple lines of code and have multiple outputs.
- Four different types of inputs -
Lecture 5
- Creating formatted strings using {} and .format() (format strings, standard format specifiers -- focus was on using e or f for type, minimumwidth.precision, and possibly a + in front to force printing + for positive numbers.
- Basics of decisions using if...elif...else
- Basics of loops using for and while
- Building a program to count the number of numbers, vowels, consonants, and other characters in a phrase
# letter_counter.py from class:
def counter(phrase):
counts = [0, 0, 0, 0]
nums = "0123456789"
vowels = "aeiou"
cons = "bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz"
for k in phrase.lower():
#print(k)
if k in nums:
# print('{:s} is a number!'.format(k))
counts[0] += 1
elif k in vowels:
counts[1] += 1
elif k in cons:
counts[2] += 1
else:
counts[3] += 1
return counts
c = counter("Hello! Go 2022! East Campus Rocks!")
print(c)
Lecture 6
- The Price Is Right - Clock Game:
# tpir.py from class:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
The Price Is Right - Clock Game
"""
import numpy as np
import time
def create_price(low, high):
return np.random.randint(low, high+1)
def get_guess():
guess = int(input('Guess: '))
return guess
def check_guess(new_guess, price):
if new_guess > price:
print('${:0.0f} is too high - Lower!'.format(new_guess))
elif new_guess < price:
print('Higher!')
else:
print('You win!')
price = create_price(100, 1000)
# print(price)
new_guess = price + 1
start_time = time.clock()
while new_guess != price and (time.clock()-start_time)<30:
new_guess = get_guess()
# print(new_guess)
check_guess(new_guess, price)
if new_guess != price:
print('You lose :( '))