Python 2, Introduction
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Course Introduction

 

Core Standards of the Course

STRAND 1
Lists (Arrays)

Standard 1
Students will identify when to use a list

1. Student will create a list with strings and numeric values
   
2. Access a particular element in a list by using an index
   

Standard 2
Students will use the list methods to manipulate their lists

1. .append(), .pop(), and .insert()
   
2. .extend(), +, .reverse(), and .sort()
   
3. .join(), split()
   

Standard 3
Students will use a for loop with "in"

1. For example:
   
   • fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
   • for x in fruits: print (x)
2. Students will use a for loop with range()
   
   • For example:
   • for x in range (4) print (x)

Performance Skills

1. use a variety of list methods
   
2. use a for loop with "in"
   
3. use a for loop with range()
   

STRAND 2
Indexes

Standard 1
Students will understand an index

1. The first index location is zero
   

Standard 2
Understand how a string is indexed

1. Work with string characters by index
   

Standard 3
Students will slice a string into substrings

1. Students will slice a list into sub lists
   

Performance Skills

1. Find the location of an element in a list
   
2. Slice a string into substrings
   
3. Slice a list in to sub lists
   

STRAND 3
Working with Files

Standard 1
Students will be able to:

1. Import files into Jupyter notebooks by using the curl command.
   
2. Read a local file in memory.
   
3. Use .read() to read a specific number of characters.
   

Standard 2
Students will be able to:

1. Use .readlines() to read text from files as a list of lines.
   
2. Use .close() to free system resources.
   

Standard 3
Students will be able to:

1. Use .readline() to read data from a file one line at a time.
   
2. Use .strip() to remove newline characters and other whitespaces.
   

Standard 4
Students will be able to:

1. Use .seek() to set file read and write locations.
   
2. Use file append mode.
   

Standard 5
Students will be able to:

1. Use .write() to write to a file
   
2. Use file append mode to append to a file
   

Performance Skills

1. Use .read() to read a specific number of characters.
   
2. Use .readlines() to read data from file as a list of lines.
   
3. Use .readline() to read data from file a line at a time.
   
4. Use .strip() to remove newline characters.
   
5. Use .write() to write data to a new local file.
   
6. Use .seek() to set file read or write location.
   
7. Use file append mode.
   

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