# GE8161 PROBLEM SOLVING AND PYTHON PROGRAMMING LABORATORY L T P C

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**OBJECTIVES:**

* To write, test, and debug simple Python programs.
* To implement Python programs with conditionals and loops.
* Use functions for structuring Python programs.
* Represent compound data using Python lists, tuples, dictionaries.
* Read and write data from/to files in Python.

**LIST OF PROGRAMS:**

1. Compute the GCD of two numbers.
2. Find the square root of a number (Newton‘s method)
3. Exponentiation (power of a number)
4. Find the maximum of a list of numbers
5. Linear search and Binary search
6. Selection sort, Insertion sort
7. Merge sort
8. First n prime numbers
9. [Multiply matrices](http://j.mp/matrixMultiplyCC)
10. Programs that take command line arguments (word count)
11. Find the most frequent words in a text read from a file
12. Simulate elliptical orbits in Pygame
13. Simulate bouncing ball using Pygame

**PLATFORM NEEDED**

Python 3 interpreter for Windows/Linux

**OUTCOMES:**

**Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:**

* Write, test, and debug simple Python programs.
* Implement Python programs with conditionals and loops.
* Develop Python programs step-wise by defining functions and calling them.
* Use Python lists, tuples, dictionaries for representing compound data.
* Read and write data from/to files in Python.

**TOTAL: 60 PERIODS**


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