Project 5 - Due Tue Oct 8 at 23:00

Reading

1. Slides and notebooks from the Booleans lecture, the Conditionals lecture, The While Loops lecture, and the Sequences and Loops lecture.
2. Problems and solutions from Lab 4 and Lab 5.
3. Think Python, Chapter 5 (skip sections 5.8–5.10) on booleans and conditionals remains relevant, Think Python, Chapter 7 covers iteration, and Think Python, Chapter 10 covers lists.

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Tasks

The instructions for each task:

• Task 1: Word Guesser — Use while loops to implement a word guessing game. For this task, having a partner is optional but recommended.

• Task 2: Genetic Sequences — Use loops to write some functions that process strings representing RNA sequences. For this task, having a partner is optional but recommended.

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About this Project

These tasks will give you practice with basic while and for loops, while also reviewing material on conditionals. You will be creating a word-guessing game using while loops, and writing functions to process strings representing genetic sequences.

Both tasks are required this week.

If you want to find a partner to work with for this project, use this Google Sheet to do so.

Reminders

• Remember to download the starter code for each task from the Potluck server.

Time Estimate

Our per-task estimate for this project is 2.5-3.5 hours, plus up to an hour of reading.

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How to turn in this Project

• Upload your tasks via the Potluck server by the deadline (Tue Oct 8 at 23:00).

  • For wordGuesser, each team member must submit wordGuesser.py.
  • For genetics, each team member must submit genetics.py.

• Double-check the status of your submitted tasks, since there may be warnings.

• Reminder: you can submit as many times as you like, and only the most recent submission will count for your grade.

• If you run into trouble with the submissions server, contact Peter Mawhorter, and include a copy of the file(s) you were trying to submit.

• Check your score for each task and submit revisions if you need to.

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