CSCI 201.003 Homework 03

Homework 03

Last revised 9 September 2010, 1:50 pm

Assigned: 09/09
Due: 09/16
NO CREDIT: 09/23

Programming Project:
Login to your Computer Science Linux account and set your default directory to be csci/201/homework. Then create a subfolder named hw03. Then write the following scripts (either here or on your own system, as you prefer), and deliver your finished versions to csci/201/homework/hw03:
1. A script named hw03a.py that defines and tests one or more functions solving Exercise 5.4 in your Python text.
2. A script named hw03b.py that defines and tests functions solving Exercise 7.3 in your text.
Note that the textbook author has posted online solutions for some of these exercises. It is certainly possible for you to look at these solutions, although it would be far more beneficial for you to avoid doing that unless you discover that you are really getting nowhere on your own. Even if you do consult the posted solutions, you may well decide that there are better ways to go...