Practical Programming, 2nd Edition

Exercises

Here are some exercises for you to try on your own. Solutions are available at http://pragprog.com/titles/gwpy2/practical-programming.

1. Variable kingdoms refers to the list [’Bacteria’, ’Protozoa’, ’Chromista’, ’Plantae’, ’Fungi’, ’Animalia’]. Using kingdoms and either slicing or indexing with positive indices, write expressions that produce the following:

   1. The first item of kingdoms
   2. The last item of kingdoms
   3. The list [’Bacteria’, ’Protozoa’, ’Chromista’]
   4. The list [’Chromista’, ’Plantae’, ’Fungi’]
   5. The list [’Fungi’, ’Animalia’]
   6. The empty list

2. Repeat the previous exercise using negative indices.

3. Variable appointments refers to the list [’9:00’, ’10:30’, ’14:00’, ’15:00’, ’15:30’]. An appointment is scheduled for 16:30, so ...