CSC212 Homework 3 2014

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 16:21, 24 September 2014 (EDT)

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This homework is due on Oct. 2nd, 2014, at 11:55 p.m.

Problem #1

• Create a text file in your directory with the following text. Call it temperatures.dat":

   1977   9   18.3     8.1       0    48.6   117.9
   1977  10   15.4     9.0       0    76.0    80.4
   1977  11   10.3     4.7       4   147.9    76.4
   1977  12    9.6     4.6       2    88.0    25.6
   1978   1    7.5     2.0       6   134.1    64.7
   1978   2    6.2     0.9      13   134.1    56.9
   1978   3   10.6     3.9       3   121.3   122.4
   1978   4   10.9     3.7       4    63.6   118.6
   1978   5   17.3     7.5       0    30.6   188.1
   1978   6   18.5     9.5       0    29.6   177.3
   1978   7   18.7    11.8       0   110.1   115.8
   1978   8   19.6    11.4       0    40.5   164.9
   1978   9   18.4    10.2       0    34.1   182.2
   1978  10   16.6     9.0       0    12.0    81.1

These numbers are weather numbers for Cardiff Bute Park, in the U.K. The 7 numbers on each line represent the following quantities, shown here with their standard abbreviation:

• the year of the recording (yyyy)
• the month of the recording (mm)
• the max daily temperature in degrees Celcius (tmax)
• the min daily temperature in degrees Celcius (tmin)
• the number of days of frost (af)
• the total rainfall (rain)
• the sunshine duration (sun)

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