python exercise

Python code examples:

1.      find the position of an item in a list in python

the index() method

list = [“red”,”green”,”blue”]

assert list.index(“red”) == 0

 

2.      test if a value is contain within a list

in method

list = [“red”,”green”,”purple”]

assert “red” in list

assert not “red” in list

3.      insert an item into a list

insert(),add the index and value

list = [“red”,”green”]

list.insert(1,”blue)

assert list == [“red”,”blue”,”green”]

4.      append an item to a list

list = [“green”,”red”]

list.append(“blue”)

assert list == [“green”,”red”,”blue”]

5.      find the last element a list

python supports negative indices

colors = [“red”,”green”,”blue”]

assert colors[-1] == “blue”

6.      get the current time and date

import datetime

now = datetime.datetime.now()

print “Year:%d” % now.year

print now.strftime(“%Y/%m/%d”)

7.      get the name of a weekday

import datetime

d = datetime.date(2010,12,24)

assert d.strftime(“%a”) == “Fri”

assert d.strftime(“%A”) == “Friday”

8.      create an iterator

class OddIterator(object):

def __init__(self):

    self.value = -1

def __iter__(self):

    return self

def next(self):

    self.value +=2

    return self.value

   iter = OddIterator()

   assert iter.next() ==1

   test for for-in syntax:

   iter = OddIterator()

   for i in iter:

      print i

      if i >= 9:

         break

9.      create an iterating counter

itertools module provides a count generator

import itertools

counter = itertools.count(10)

counter = itertools.count(10,2)

10.   append two lists

c1 = [“red”,”green”,”blue”]

c2 = [“Orange”,”apple”]

c1.extend(c2)

 

c3 = c1+c2

list can also be appended using the + operator

11.   convert a tuple to a list

color_tuple = (“red”,”green”)

color_list = list(color_tuple)

assert color_list == [“red”,”green”]

12.   iterate through a list using an index

colors = [“red”,”green”,”blue”]

for color in colors:

   print color

enumerate() function

colors = [“red”,”green”,”blue”]

for i,color in enumerate(colors):

   print i, color

13.   delete items from a dictionary

use the del statement to delete individual items for a dicitionary or clear()

d = {}

d[“name”] = “Fido”

assert d.has_key(“name”)

#del the item

del d[“name”]

assert not d.has_key(“name”)

# add a couple of items

d[“name”] = “Fido”

d[“type” ]=”dot”

assert len(d) == 2

d.clear()

assert lend(d) == 0

14.   access the docstring of a class

class Foo:

pass

class Bar:

“”” Representation of a BAr “””

Assert Foo._doc_ == None

Assert Bar._doc_==”Representation of a Bar”