Difference between revisions of "CSC111 Final Exam 2010"
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=Final Exam= | =Final Exam= | ||
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The '''exam is due on Friday, May 7th, at 4:00 p.m.''' You will need to submit the exam using the '''submit''' command, similarly to the way you have submitted homework assignment this past semester. | The '''exam is due on Friday, May 7th, at 4:00 p.m.''' You will need to submit the exam using the '''submit''' command, similarly to the way you have submitted homework assignment this past semester. | ||
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=Problem #1: Temperatures in the UK= | =Problem #1: Temperatures in the UK= | ||
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The Web site http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ keeps records of temperatures for '''37''' towns/cities of the UK for the past few years, going back in some cases to 1853. | The Web site http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ keeps records of temperatures for '''37''' towns/cities of the UK for the past few years, going back in some cases to 1853. | ||
| − | Your assignment | + | Your assignment deals with reading the data from this site, for all the cities, gathering some statistics, and outputting information in a nice, human readable format. |
===Accessing the Data=== | ===Accessing the Data=== | ||
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* The main address for the data is that of the Met-Office site: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ | * The main address for the data is that of the Met-Office site: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/ | ||
| − | * Note: in case the metoffice.gov.uk were to go down during the exam period, the data has been replicated at http://cs.smith.edu/~ | + | * Note: in case the metoffice.gov.uk were to go down during the exam period, the data has been replicated at http://cs.smith.edu/~dthiebaut/UKTemperatures/, and you can use this Smith-based Url instead. The data files are the same at both places. |
* A file name is associated with each city or town. For example, the city of '''Aberporth''' is associated with '''aberporthdata.txt''', and the record of the weather data for '''Aberporth''' is stored at URL http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/aberporthdata.txt | * A file name is associated with each city or town. For example, the city of '''Aberporth''' is associated with '''aberporthdata.txt''', and the record of the weather data for '''Aberporth''' is stored at URL http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/aberporthdata.txt | ||
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=Problem #2= | =Problem #2= | ||
| − | Write a program called final2.py that contains a '''recursive''' function called '''minmax()''' which returns the smallest and largest | + | Write a program called final2.py that contains a '''recursive''' function called '''minmax()''' which returns the smallest and largest elements of a list. |
Example '''main()''' program: | Example '''main()''' program: | ||
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# will print | # will print | ||
# smallest item = -10 largest item = 20 | # smallest item = -10 largest item = 20 | ||
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| + | A = [ 1 ] | ||
| + | low, high = minmax( A ) | ||
| + | print "smallest item =", low, " largest item = ", high | ||
| + | # will print | ||
| + | # smallest item = 1 largest item = 1 | ||
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| + | A = [ ] | ||
| + | low, high = minmax( A ) | ||
| + | print "smallest item =", low, " largest item = ", high | ||
| + | # will print | ||
| + | # smallest item = None largest item = None | ||
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; Good luck! | ; Good luck! | ||
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