Scientific Computing
Download and save the file hw05.py to your cs100/hw
folder. Additionally, you will need to save the following files in the same cs100/hw
folder: rainfall.txt and loremipsum.txt
This file is a template. It contains some code there for you. Put your name at the top of the file. The questions are written in comments. Each question involves you implementing a function below it to solve a specific problem. If you run it without changes, you should see the following:
Running Q1: Rainfall data
Running Q2: Temperature conversion table
Running Q3: Uppercase file contents
Running Q4: File contents metrics
I suggest you work one question at a time. Each question is worth 2.5 points. Read the question description and write your solution. Before you move on, test that your solution is correct. When you have questions about the homework, please join office hours.
Your program will produce two different kinds of outputs: it will create and write files in your cs100/hw
folder and it will also output to the shell/terminal. For clarity of reading, some of the output is omitted and is indicated so by ellipses (....
).
saveRainfallData()
output in the file outRainfall.txt: Akron 25.8
Albia 37.6
Algona 30.7
Allison 33.6
Alton 27.4
....
BurlingtonKBUR 37.9
Burlington 36.9
Carroll 33.3
Cascade 33.5
temperatureConversion()
output in the file outTemp.txt FARENHEIT CELSIUS
-300.000 -184.444
-299.000 -183.889
-298.000 -183.333
-297.000 -182.778
-296.000 -182.222
-295.000 -181.667
....
206.000 96.667
207.000 97.222
208.000 97.778
209.000 98.333
210.000 98.889
211.000 99.444
212.000 100.000
contentsToUppercase()
output in the file outLOREMIPSUM.txtLOREM IPSUM, OR LIPSUM AS IT IS SOMETIMES KNOWN, IS DUMMY TEXT USED
IN LAYING OUT PRINT, GRAPHIC OR WEB DESIGNS. THE PASSAGE IS
ATTRIBUTED TO AN UNKNOWN TYPESETTER IN THE 15TH CENTURY WHO IS
THOUGHT TO HAVE SCRAMBLED PARTS OF CICERO'S DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET
MALORUM FOR USE IN A TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK. IT USUALLY BEGINS WITH:
....
MCCLINTOCK'S EYE FOR DETAIL CERTAINLY HELPED NARROW THE WHEREABOUTS
OF LOREM IPSUM'S ORIGIN, HOWEVER, THE “HOW AND WHEN” STILL REMAIN
SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY, WITH COMPETING THEORIES AND TIMELINES.
FOR MORE DETAILS, REFER TO HTTPS://LOREMIPSUM.IO/
fileContentMetrics()
output in the shell/terminal in ThonnyHere is the expected output to the shell/terminal (in Thonny):
Running Q4: File contents metrics
lines: 68
words: 516
chars: 3315
You will be graded based on the quality of your code and that the output of each function matches the expected result. I will be checking to see that you correctly computed the solution programmatically. In order to receive any credit, your program must run without syntax errors in Thonny.
Double check that your program runs without syntax errors. Submit the file with your changes to Moodle. Do not submit any text files. Ensure that your output matches the expected output to files.