CS 61A 2019 fall HW01

Homework 1: Variables & Functions, Control

Q1: Syllabus Quiz

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Q2: A Plus Abs B

Fill in the blanks in the following function for adding a to the absolute value of b, without calling abs. You may not modify any of the provided code other than the two blanks.

from operator import add, sub

def a_plus_abs_b(a, b):
    """Return a+abs(b), but without calling abs.

    >>> a_plus_abs_b(2, 3)
    5
    >>> a_plus_abs_b(2, -3)
    5
    >>> # a check that you didn't change the return statement!
    >>> import inspect, re
    >>> re.findall(r'^\s*(return .*)', inspect.getsource(a_plus_abs_b), re.M)
    ['return f(a, b)']
    """
    if b < 0:
        f = _____
    else:
        f = _____
    return f(a, b)

Answer：

if b < 0:
    f = sub(a, b)
else:
    f = add(a, b)
return f(a, b)

看示例可知 其实 f = a + |b|

所以b<0时取 a - b 就相当于取 b 的绝对值

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Q3: Two of Three

Write a function that takes three positive numbers as arguments and returns the sum of the squares of the two smallest numbers. Use only a single line for the body of the function.