Week 4 Solutions

Lists, List Comprehensions

1

In [1]: l1 = ["Apples", "Pears", "Oranges", "Peaches"]
In [2]: l1
Out[2]: ['Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']
In [3]: i1 = raw_input("What's another fruit: ")
What's another fruit: Bananas
In [4]: l1.append(i1)
In [5]: l1
Out[5]: ['Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [6]: n1 = input("Which fruit number to show (1 is first): ")
Which fruit number to show (1 is first): 3
In [7]: print "Fruit number %s is %s."%(str(n1), l1[n1 - 1])
Fruit number 3 is Oranges.
In [8]: l1 = ['Mangos'] + l1
In [9]: l1
Out[9]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [10]: for x in l1:
   ....:     if x[0] == "P":
   ....:         print x
   ....:
Pears
Peaches
In [11]: print [x for x in l1 if x[0] == "P"]
['Pears', 'Peaches']

2

In [1]: l2 = ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [2]: l2
Out[2]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [3]: l2.pop()
Out[3]: 'Bananas'
In [4]: l2
Out[4]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']
In [5]: i2 = raw_input("Which fruit to delete: ")
Which fruit to delete: Oranges
In [6]: l2.remove(i2)
In [7]: l2
Out[7]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Peaches']

2 (bonus)

In [1]: l2 = ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [2]: l2
Out[2]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [3]: l2.pop()
Out[3]: 'Bananas'
In [4]: l2
Out[4]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']
In [5]: l2 = l2 * 2
In [6]: l2
Out[6]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']
In [7]: while True:
   ...:     i2 = raw_input("Which fruit to delete: ")
   ...:     if i2 in l2:
   ...:         while i2 in l2:
   ...:             l2.remove(i2)
   ...:         break
   ...:
Which fruit to delete: Tomatos
Which fruit to delete: Beans
Which fruit to delete: Apples
In [8]: l2
Out[8]: ['Mangos', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Mangos', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']

3 (wrong answer--fail)

In [1]: l3 = ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [2]: l3
Out[2]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [3]: for fruit in l3:
   ...:     if raw_input("Do you like %s?"%fruit.lower()) == "no":
   ...:         l3.remove(fruit)
   ...:     print l3
   ...:
Do you like mangos?yes
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like apples?no
['Mangos', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like oranges?
# It failed to ask about Pears!!!

3 (right answer)

In [1]: l3 = ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [2]: l3
Out[2]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [3]: x = 0
In [4]: while x < len(l3):
   ...:     if raw_input("Do you like %s?"%l3[x].lower()) == "no":
   ...:         del l3[x]
   ...:     else:
   ...:         x += 1
   ...:     print l3
   ...:
Do you like mangos?yes
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like apples?yes
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like pears?no
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like oranges?yes
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
Do you like peaches?no
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Oranges', 'Bananas']
Do you like bananas?yes
['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Oranges', 'Bananas']

4

In [1]: l1 = ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches', 'Bananas']
In [2]: l4 = [x[::-1] for x in l1]
In [3]: l1.pop()
Out[3]: 'Bananas'
In [4]: l1
Out[4]: ['Mangos', 'Apples', 'Pears', 'Oranges', 'Peaches']
In [5]: l4
Out[5]: ['sognaM', 'selppA', 'sraeP', 'segnarO', 'sehcaeP', 'sananaB']