CS 61A_Homework 1: Variables & Functions, Control

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 h(a, b)']
    """
    if b >= 0:
        h = _____
    else:
        h = _____
    return h(a, b)

思路：首先operator函数中调用了add， sub函数来代替abs函数，add为加法函数、sub为加法函数。当 b<0时，我们考虑用a-b来对a_plus_abs_b(a, b)中的数值进行运算。所以在if语句中，将h分配给add和sub两个函数中去。

解决方案

from operator import add, sub

def a_plus_abs_b(a, b):

    if b >= 0:
        h = add
    else:
        h = sub
    return h(a, b)