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

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