Intro to Computer Science CS1510, Section 2 Dr. Sarah Diesburg Exam Prep and Wrap-Up Intro to Computer Science CS1510, Section 2 Dr. Sarah Diesburg

Topics for today Information on the exams Several examples from your book Some string formatting examples

Exam Information Two exams next week Focuses on chapters 0-4 Includes material from the lectures and from the readings.

Exam Information Wednesday Sabin 102 Normal class time Mixture of multiple choice, short answer, and essay. 125 points Closed book, closed notes Computerized exam

Exam Information Thursday In lab (WRT 112), programming exam Five small programs 125 points (25 points each) Closed book May use the IDLE built in Python documentation (really not helpful if you haven’t used it before then) Do not bring your thumb drives

Advice for the Tests These things can make the difference of whether you pass or fail this class when studying Go through each class days notes and example programs on the website Practice coding over and over by going through your labs!!! This is the only way to really learn. Review vocabulary and concepts by reading the book!!

Again… The only way you can become comfortable with a toolset is to practice Understanding what a power drill does will not help you much if you don’t practice using it It’s the same for code Practicing coding will make you more familiar with the coding structures necessary to code more quickly Patterns will emerge, it will become easier

Review Wrap-Up Find a Letter Error Checking Nested Loops DeMorgan’s Law Using and/or/not correctly

4.1 Find a Letter river = 'Mississippi' target = input('Input character to find: ') found = False for index in range(len(river)): #for each index if river[index] == target: #check print( "Letter found at index: ", index ) found = True break # stop searching if (found == False) print( 'Letter',target,'not found in',river)

Examples