Discussion Questions: Python Fundamentals Review

Instructions

Take 30 minutes and answer the following questions together with your group. Take turns playing around with the code provided in a Python shell or ipdb.

Questions

1 . What does the below function return?

def greet(name):
  print(f"Hello, {name}")

greet("Steven") #=> ?

2 . What does this function return?

def love_this_veggie(vegetable):
  if vegetable == "broccoli":
    return "Nah, thanks"
  else:
    return "I love it!"

3 . How would you produce a new list all of the words that start with the letter "a" from the below list?

fruit = ["apple", "pear", "face", "champagne", "palm tree", "aardvark", "pineapple"]

4 . Write a function that takes in an argument of a sentence and returns the number of words in the sentence

word_count("Hi, isn't this a great and interesting sentence??")
 # => 8

5 . What will the following function return?

def friendly_greeting(name=None):
  name = name or "friend"
  print(f"Hey there, {name}")

6 . What will the following print?

best_animal = "cat"
favorite_animal = best_animal
print(favorite_animal)
# => ?

7 . What will the following print?

def my_favorite_animal():
  return "cat"


best_animal = my_favorite_animal

print(best_animal)

8 . What error, if any, will the following code raise?

"Blink" + 182

9 . How would you print out any and all foods that are delicious?

foods = {
  "pie": "delicious",
  "broccoli": "not delicious",
  "carrots": "not delicious",
  "apples": "delicious",
  "peanut butter": "delicious"
}

10 . Delete all elements of the foods dict that are not delicious.

11 . What is the return value of this function?

character_names = ["Daenerys Targaryen", "Jon Snow" ,"Arya Stark", "Tyrion Lannister", "Sansa Stark", "Cersei Lannister", "Margaery Tyrell"]

def downcase_all(list_of_strings):
  for one_string in list_of_strings:
    one_string.lower()
  

12 . Write a function that prints out a random Agent Cooper quote.

cooper = {
    "name": "Dale Bartholomew Cooper",
    "co-workers": ["Diane", "Sheriff Harry S. Truman"],
    "favorite_drink": "Coffee",
    "quotes": ["Damn fine cup of coffee", "Diane...", "This must be where pies go when they die", "That's what you do in a town where a yellow light still means slow down, not go faster.", "Every day, once a day, give yourself a present", "I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange."]
}