Readings

The readings for Tuesday, October 04 are:

1. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

   • Chapter 5. Dictionaries and Structuring Data

2. Python for Informatics: Exploring Information

   • Chapter 9. Dictionaries

Questions

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

1. What is the difference between a list and a dict? When would we prefer one over the other?

2. Write a Python function, digits_to_text, that converts any digits (ie. 0 - 9) in a string to the corresponding English word:

   def digits_to_text(text):
       ''' Converts any digits in text to words '''
       # TODO: Implement function
   
   >>> digits_to_text('A B C 1 2 3')
   A B C one two three
   

Feedback

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Submission

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