CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science

Some Python basics

The lab exercises

If you missed them the first time, see the general lab instructions on the first lab's page.

During this lab, you will work with the following programs. As before, just save a copy of each program in your account, open it up, and read the instructions you find in the program. Play around with programs to make sure you understand what they do and why. Ask questions during lab, or bring them to class.

• strings3.py -- string methods. See http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#id4 for official documentation.
• strings4.py -- formatted strings. See http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting-operations for official documentation. There's also a very nice Python tutorial from New Mexico Tech that has a good page of formatted string examples.
• functions.py -- a quick look on how parameters and return values work
• loops.py -- exploring a variety of loop structures
• menu.py -- using functions to create a menu-driven program