Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand and use a dictionary in a program

Review

• lists

Lesson

• go over Arrays, Chapter 5
  • Computer Based Problem Solving
  • "2D Arrays"

Activity

• go over dictionaries
• look over: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_dictionary.htm

#!/usr/bin/python

dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}

print "dict['Name']: ", dict['Name']

print "dict['Age']: ", dict['Age']

dict['Name']:  Zara

dict['Age']:  7

Daily Assignment

• create a program that loads the Unicode character set (a subset of it, just the characters) into a table
• the stub program accepts a string and breaks it apart into characters
• a function accepts a single character and returns a Hexidecimal number that is the Unicode for that character (see: http://unicode-table.com/en/)
• the stub program returns the string, but in hex equivalent
• create:
  • flowchart - only for the function
  • Test cases
  • code
  • screenshots
  • GitHub link

Extra

• work on the weekly assignment

Homework!

• read over Enmeration, Chapter 6
  • Computer Based Problem Solving
  • "Enumerated Types"