Conditionals LO - script and questions.
authorPuneeth Chaganti <punchagan@fossee.in>
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:14:25 +0530
changeset 315 7944a4504769
parent 314 11869b16d86b
child 316 4bebfa8c9a0a
Conditionals LO - script and questions.
conditionals.rst
conditionals/questions.rst
conditionals/quickref.tex
conditionals/script.rst
conditionals/slides.org
conditionals/slides.tex
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-Hello friends. Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Getting started with
-strings.
-
-{{{ Show the slide containing the title }}}
-
-{{{ Show the slide containing the outline }}}
-
-In this tutorial, we will learn the basic conditional constructs
-available in Python. We learn the if/else, if/elif/else and ternary
-conditional constructs available in Python. 
-
-{{{ Shift to terminal and start ipython }}}
-
-To begin with let us start ipython, by typing::
-
-  ipython
-
-on the terminal
-
-Whenever we have two possible states that can occur depending on a
-whether a certain condition we can use if/else construct in
-Python. Say for example we have a variable "a" which stores integers
-and we are required to find out whether the value of the variable "a"
-is an even number or an odd number. To test out conditional statements
-as an example, let us say the value of the variable "a" is 5::
-
-  a = 5
-
-In such a case we can write the if/else block as::
-
-  if a % 2 == 0:
-      print "Even"
-  else:
-      print "Odd"
-
-When the value of the variable "a" is divided by 2 and the remainder
-is 0 i.e. the result of the operation "a modulo 2" is 0 the condition
-"a % 2 == 0" evaluates to True, so the code within the if block gets
-executed. This means that the value of "a" is Even. 
-
-If the operation "a modulo 2" is not 0 the condition "a % 2 == 0"
-evaluates to False and hence the code block within else gets executed
-which means that the value of "a" is Odd. 
-
-Note in such a case only one of the two blocks get executed depending
-on whether the condition is True or False.
-
-There is a very important sytactic element to understand here. All the
-statements which are inside a certain code block are indented by 4
-spaces. The statement which starts a new code block after it, i.e. the
-if statement in this example ends with a colon (:). So the next
-immediate line will be inside the if block and hence indented by 4
-spaces. To come out of the code block we have to come back to the
-previous indentation level as shown in the else line here. Again the
-line following else will be in a new block so else line ends with a
-colon and the following block of code is indented by 4.
-
-As we use if/else statement when we have a condition which can take
-one of the two states, we may have conditions which can take more than
-two states. In such a scenario Python provides if/elif/else
-statements. Let us take an example. We have a variable "a" which holds
-integer values. We need to print "positive" if the value of a is
-positive, "negative" if it is negative and "zero" if the value of the
-variable "a" is 0. Let us use if/elif/else ladder for it. For the
-purposes of testing our code let us assume that the value of a is -3::
-
-  a = -3
-
-  if a > 0:
-      print "positive"
-  elif a < 0:
-      print "negative"
-  else:
-      print "zero"
-
-This if/elif/else ladder is self explanatory. All the syntax and rules
-as said for if/else statements hold. The only addition here is the
-elif statement which can have another condition of its own.
-
-Here, exactly one block of code is executed and that block of code
-corresponds to the condition which first evaluates to True. Even if
-there is a situation where multiple conditions evaluate to True all
-the subsequent conditions other than the first one which evaluates to
-True are neglected. Consequently, the else block gets executed if and
-only if all the conditions evaluate to False.
-
-Also, the else block in both if/else statement and if/elif/else is
-optional. We can have a single if statement or just if/elif statements
-without having else block at all. Also, there can be any number of
-elif's within an if/elif/else ladder. For example
-
-{{{ Show slide for this }}}
-
-  if user == 'admin':
-      # Do admin operations
-  elif user == 'moderator':
-      # Do moderator operations
-  elif user == 'client':
-      # Do customer operations
-
-{{{ end of slide switch to ipython }}}
-
-is completely valid. Note that there are multiple elif blocks and there
-is no else block.
-
-In addition to these conditional statements, Python provides a very
-convenient ternary conditional operator. Let us take the following
-example where we read the marks data from a data file which is
-obtained as a string as we read a file. The marks can be in the range
-of 0 to 100 or 'AA' if the student is absent. In such a case to obtain
-the marks as an integer we can use the ternary conditional
-operator. Let us say the string score is stored in score_str
-variable::
-
-  score_str = 'AA'
-
-Now let us use the ternary conditional operator::
-
-  score = int(score_str) if score_str != 'AA' else 0
-
-This is just the if/else statement block which written in a more
-convenient form and is very helpful when we have only one statement
-for each block. This conditional statement effectively means as we
-would have exactly specified in the English language which will be
-like score is integer of score_str is score_str is not 'AA' otherwise
-it is 0. This means that we make the scores of the students who were
-absent for the exam 0.
-
-Moving on, there are certain situations where we will have to no
-operations or statements within the block of code. For example, we
-have a code where we are waiting for the keyboard input. If the user
-enters "s" as the input we would perform some operation nothing
-otherwise. In such cases "pass" statement comes very handy::
-
-  a = raw_input("Enter 'c' to calculate and exit, 'd' to display the existing
-  results exit and 'x' to exit and any other key to continue: ")
-
-  if a == 'c':
-     # Calculate the marks and exit
-  elif a == 'd':
-     # Display the results and exit
-  elif a == 'x':
-     # Exit the program
-  else:
-     pass
-
-In this case "pass" statement acts as a place holder for the block of
-code. It is equivalent to a null operation. It literally does
-nothing. So "pass" statement can be used as a null operation
-statement, or it can used as a place holder when the actual code
-implementation for a particular block of code is not known yet but has
-to be filled up later.
-
-{{{ Show summary slide }}}
-
-This brings us to the end of the tutorial session on conditional
-statements in Python. In this tutorial session we learnt
-
-  * What are conditional statements
-  * if/else statement
-  * if/elif/else statement
-  * Ternary conditional statement - C if X else Y
-  * and the "pass" statement
-
-{{{ Show the "sponsored by FOSSEE" slide }}}
-
-This tutorial was created as a part of FOSSEE project, NME ICT, MHRD India
-
-Hope you have enjoyed and found it useful.
-Thankyou
- 
-.. Author              : Madhu
-   Internal Reviewer 1 :         [potential reviewer: Puneeth]
-   Internal Reviewer 2 :         [potential reviewer: Anoop]
-   External Reviewer   :
-
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+Objective Questions
+-------------------
+
+.. A mininum of 8 questions here (along with answers)
+
+1. Given a variable ``time``, print ``Good Morning`` if it is less
+   than 12, otherwise ``Hello``. 
+
+   Answer::
+     
+     if time < 12:
+         print "Good Morning"
+
+     else:
+         print "Hello"
+
+#. Every ``if`` block must be followed by an ``else`` block. T or F?
+
+   Answer: F
+
+#. Every ``if/elif/else`` ladder MUST end with an ``else`` block. T/F?
+
+   Answer: F
+
+#. An if/elif/else ladder can have any number of elif blocks. T or F?
+
+   Answer: T
+
+#. What will be printed at the end this code block::
+   
+     x = 20
+
+     if x > 10:
+     print x * 100
+   
+   Answer: IndentationError - Expected and indented block.. 
+
+#. What will be printed at the end this code block::
+   
+     x = 20
+
+     if x > 10:
+         print x * 100
+         else:
+             print x
+
+   Answer: SyntaxError
+
+#. What will be printed at the end this code block::
+   
+     x = 20
+
+     if x > 10:
+         print x * 100
+     else:
+         print x
+
+   Answer: 2000
+
+#. Convert the if else ladder below into a ternary conditional
+   statement::
+   
+     x = 20
+
+     if x > 10:
+         print x * 100
+     else:
+         print x
+
+   Answer: print x * 100 if x > 10 else x
+
+
+Larger Questions
+----------------
+
+.. A minimum of 2 questions here (along with answers)
+
+1. Question 1
+2. Question 2
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
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+Creating a linear array:\\
+{\ex \lstinline|    x = linspace(0, 2*pi, 50)|}
+
+Plotting two variables:\\
+{\ex \lstinline|    plot(x, sin(x))|}
+
+Plotting two lists of equal length x, y:\\
+{\ex \lstinline|    plot(x, y)|}
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
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+.. Objectives
+.. ----------
+
+.. Clearly state the objectives of the LO (along with RBT level)
+
+.. Prerequisites
+.. -------------
+
+..   1. Name of LO-1
+..   2. Name of LO-2
+..   3. Name of LO-3
+     
+.. Author              : Madhu
+   Internal Reviewer   : 
+   External Reviewer   :
+   Checklist OK?       : <put date stamp here, if OK> [2010-10-05]
+
+
+Script
+------
+
+{{{ Show the slide containing the title }}}
+
+Hello friends. Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Getting started with
+strings.
+
+{{{ Show the slide containing the outline }}}
+
+In this tutorial, we will learn the basic conditional constructs
+available in Python. We learn the if/else, if/elif/else and ternary
+conditional constructs available in Python. 
+
+{{{ Shift to terminal and start ipython }}}
+
+To begin with let us start ipython, by typing::
+
+  ipython
+
+on the terminal
+
+Whenever we have two possible states that can occur depending on a
+whether a certain condition we can use if/else construct in
+Python. Say for example we have a variable "a" which stores integers
+and we are required to find out whether the value of the variable "a"
+is an even number or an odd number. To test out conditional statements
+as an example, let us say the value of the variable "a" is 5::
+
+  a = 5
+
+In such a case we can write the if/else block as::
+
+  if a % 2 == 0:
+      print "Even"
+  else:
+      print "Odd"
+
+When the value of the variable "a" is divided by 2 and the remainder
+is 0 i.e. the result of the operation "a modulo 2" is 0 the condition
+"a % 2 == 0" evaluates to True, so the code within the if block gets
+executed. This means that the value of "a" is Even. 
+
+If the operation "a modulo 2" is not 0 the condition "a % 2 == 0"
+evaluates to False and hence the code block within else gets executed
+which means that the value of "a" is Odd. 
+
+Note in such a case only one of the two blocks get executed depending
+on whether the condition is True or False.
+
+There is a very important sytactic element to understand here. All the
+statements which are inside a certain code block are indented by 4
+spaces. The statement which starts a new code block after it, i.e. the
+if statement in this example ends with a colon (:). So the next
+immediate line will be inside the if block and hence indented by 4
+spaces. To come out of the code block we have to come back to the
+previous indentation level as shown in the else line here. Again the
+line following else will be in a new block so else line ends with a
+colon and the following block of code is indented by 4.
+
+As we use if/else statement when we have a condition which can take
+one of the two states, we may have conditions which can take more than
+two states. In such a scenario Python provides if/elif/else
+statements. Let us take an example. We have a variable "a" which holds
+integer values. We need to print "positive" if the value of a is
+positive, "negative" if it is negative and "zero" if the value of the
+variable "a" is 0. Let us use if/elif/else ladder for it. For the
+purposes of testing our code let us assume that the value of a is -3::
+
+  a = -3
+
+  if a > 0:
+      print "positive"
+  elif a < 0:
+      print "negative"
+  else:
+      print "zero"
+
+This if/elif/else ladder is self explanatory. All the syntax and rules
+as said for if/else statements hold. The only addition here is the
+elif statement which can have another condition of its own.
+
+Here, exactly one block of code is executed and that block of code
+corresponds to the condition which first evaluates to True. Even if
+there is a situation where multiple conditions evaluate to True all
+the subsequent conditions other than the first one which evaluates to
+True are neglected. Consequently, the else block gets executed if and
+only if all the conditions evaluate to False.
+
+Also, the else block in both if/else statement and if/elif/else is
+optional. We can have a single if statement or just if/elif statements
+without having else block at all. Also, there can be any number of
+elif's within an if/elif/else ladder. For example
+
+{{{ Show slide for this }}}
+
+  if user == 'admin':
+      # Do admin operations
+  elif user == 'moderator':
+      # Do moderator operations
+  elif user == 'client':
+      # Do customer operations
+
+{{{ end of slide switch to ipython }}}
+
+is completely valid. Note that there are multiple elif blocks and there
+is no else block.
+
+In addition to these conditional statements, Python provides a very
+convenient ternary conditional operator. Let us take the following
+example where we read the marks data from a data file which is
+obtained as a string as we read a file. The marks can be in the range
+of 0 to 100 or 'AA' if the student is absent. In such a case to obtain
+the marks as an integer we can use the ternary conditional
+operator. Let us say the string score is stored in score_str
+variable::
+
+  score_str = 'AA'
+
+Now let us use the ternary conditional operator::
+
+  score = int(score_str) if score_str != 'AA' else 0
+
+This is just the if/else statement block which written in a more
+convenient form and is very helpful when we have only one statement
+for each block. This conditional statement effectively means as we
+would have exactly specified in the English language which will be
+like score is integer of score_str is score_str is not 'AA' otherwise
+it is 0. This means that we make the scores of the students who were
+absent for the exam 0.
+
+Moving on, there are certain situations where we will have to no
+operations or statements within the block of code. For example, we
+have a code where we are waiting for the keyboard input. If the user
+enters "s" as the input we would perform some operation nothing
+otherwise. In such cases "pass" statement comes very handy::
+
+  a = raw_input("Enter 'c' to calculate and exit, 'd' to display the existing
+  results exit and 'x' to exit and any other key to continue: ")
+
+  if a == 'c':
+     # Calculate the marks and exit
+  elif a == 'd':
+     # Display the results and exit
+  elif a == 'x':
+     # Exit the program
+  else:
+     pass
+
+In this case "pass" statement acts as a place holder for the block of
+code. It is equivalent to a null operation. It literally does
+nothing. So "pass" statement can be used as a null operation
+statement, or it can used as a place holder when the actual code
+implementation for a particular block of code is not known yet but has
+to be filled up later.
+
+{{{ Show summary slide }}}
+
+This brings us to the end of the tutorial session on conditional
+statements in Python. In this tutorial session we learnt
+
+  * What are conditional statements
+  * if/else statement
+  * if/elif/else statement
+  * Ternary conditional statement - C if X else Y
+  * and the "pass" statement
+
+{{{ Show the "sponsored by FOSSEE" slide }}}
+
+This tutorial was created as a part of FOSSEE project, NME ICT, MHRD India
+
+Hope you have enjoyed and found it useful.
+Thank you!
+ 
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
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+
+#+TITLE:    Accessing parts of arrays
+#+AUTHOR:    FOSSEE
+#+EMAIL:     
+#+DATE:    
+
+#+DESCRIPTION: 
+#+KEYWORDS: 
+#+LANGUAGE:  en
+#+OPTIONS:   H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t -:t f:t *:t <:t
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+
+* Outline
+  - Manipulating one and multi dimensional arrays
+  - Access and change individual elements 
+  - Access and change rows and columns 
+  - Slicing and striding on arrays to access chunks 
+  - Read images into arrays and manipulations
+* Sample Arrays
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []: A = array([12, 23, 34, 45, 56])
+    
+    In []: C = array([[11, 12, 13, 14, 15],
+                      [21, 22, 23, 24, 25],
+                      [31, 32, 33, 34, 35],
+                      [41, 42, 43, 44, 45],
+                      [51, 52, 53, 54, 55]])
+    
+  #+end_src
+* Question 1
+  Change the last column of ~C~ to zeroes. 
+* Solution 1
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []:  C[:, -1] = 0
+  #+end_src
+* Question 2
+  Change ~A~ to ~[11, 12, 13, 14, 15]~. 
+* Solution 2
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []:  A[:] = [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
+  #+end_src
+* squares.png
+  #+begin_latex
+    \begin{center}
+      \includegraphics[scale=0.6]{squares}    
+    \end{center}
+  #+end_latex
+* Question 3
+  - obtain ~[22, 23]~ from ~C~. 
+  - obtain ~[11, 21, 31, 41]~ from ~C~. 
+  - obtain ~[21, 31, 41, 0]~.   
+* Solution 3
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []:  C[1, 1:3]
+    In []:  C[0:4, 0]
+    In []:  C[1:5, 0]
+  #+end_src
+* Question 4
+  Obtain ~[[23, 24], [33, -34]]~ from ~C~
+* Solution 4
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []:  C[1:3, 2:4]
+  #+end_src
+* Question 5
+  Obtain the square in the center of the image
+* Solution 5
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []: imshow(I[75:225, 75:225])
+  #+end_src
+* Question 6
+  Obtain the following
+  #+begin_src python
+    [[12, 0], [42, 0]]
+    [[12, 13, 14], [0, 0, 0]]
+  #+end_src
+
+* Solution 6
+  #+begin_src python
+    In []: C[::3, 1::3]
+    In []: C[::4, 1:4]
+  #+end_src
+* Summary
+  You should now be able to --
+  - Manipulate 1D \& Multi dimensional arrays
+      - Access and change individual elements 
+      - Access and change rows and columns 
+      - Slice and stride on arrays
+  - Read images into arrays and manipulate them.
+* Thank you!
+#+begin_latex
+  \begin{block}{}
+  \begin{center}
+  This spoken tutorial has been produced by the
+  \textcolor{blue}{FOSSEE} team, which is funded by the 
+  \end{center}
+  \begin{center}
+    \textcolor{blue}{National Mission on Education through \\
+      Information \& Communication Technology \\ 
+      MHRD, Govt. of India}.
+  \end{center}  
+  \end{block}
+#+end_latex
+
+
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+  \begin{center}
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+      Information \& Communication Technology \\ 
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