The Python Workbook

Introduction

While other textbooks devote their pages to explaining introductory programming concepts, The Python Workbook focuses exclusively on exercises, following the philosophy that computer programming is a skill best learned through experience and practice.

Designed to support and encourage hands-on learning about programming, this student-friendly work contains 174 exercises, spanning a variety of academic disciplines and everyday situations. Solutions to selected exercises are also provided, supported by brief annotations that explain the technique used to solve the problem, or highlight specific points of Python syntax. No background knowledge is required to solve the exercises, beyond the material covered in a typical introductory Python programming course.

Uses an accessible writing style and easy-to-follow structure

Includes a mixture of classic exercises from the fields of computer science and mathematics, along with exercises that connect to other academic disciplines

Presents the solutions to approximately half of the exercises

Provides annotations alongside the solutions, which explain the approach taken to solve the problem and relevant aspects of Python syntax

Offers a variety of exercises of different lengths and difficulties

Contains exercises that help the development of programming skills using if statements, loops, basic functions, lists, dictionaries, files, and recursive functions

Undergraduate students undergoing their first programming course and wishing to enhance their programming abilities will find the exercises and solutions provided in this book to be ideal for their needs.

Dr. Ben Stephenson is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

Exercises

Front Matter

Pages 1-1

Introduction to Programming Exercises

Pages 3-13

If Statement Exercises

Pages 15-27

Loop Exercises

Pages 29-38

Function Exercises

Pages 39-47

List Exercises

Pages 49-60

Dictionary Exercises

Pages 61-67

File and Exception Exercises

Pages 69-78

Recursion Exercises

Pages 79-84

Solutions

Front Matter

Pages 85-85

Introduction to Programming Solutions

Pages 87-95

If Statement Solutions

Pages 97-106

Loop Solutions

Pages 107-113

Function Solutions

Pages 115-126

List Solutions

Pages 127-137

Dictionary Solutions

Pages 139-144

File and Exception Solutions

Pages 145-155

Recursion Solutions

Pages 157-161

Back Matter

Pages 163-165

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Bibliographic information

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14240-1

Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

eBook Packages: Computer Science

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14239-5

Online ISBN: 978-3-319-14240-1