Readings

The readings for Tuesday, September 29 are:

1. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

   • Chapter 4. Lists
   • Chapter 6. Manipulating Strings

2. Python for Informatics: Exploring Information

   • Chapter 6. Strings
   • Chapter 8. Lists

Questions

Once you have completed these readings, please answer the following questions:

1. What is the difference between a list and a string? What can you do with a list that you can't do with a string and vice versa?

2. Write a Python function, wsv_to_csv, that given a string s in whitespace separated format, the function returns a string in comma-separated-value format:

   def wsv_to_csv(s):
       ''' Return comma-separated-value string '''
       # TODO: Implement function
   
   >>> wsv_to_csv('Shake down the thunder!')
   Shake,down,the,thunder!
   

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Submission

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