The Python Workbook: A Brief Introduction with Exercises and Solutions

✍ Scribed by Ben Stephenson (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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. 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
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
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

✦ Subjects

Software Engineering; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Computational Intelligence