phuongpham_X442.3_Assignment_5.txt

#Phuong Pham X442.3 Assignment 5
#Question 1:
addressbook = { 'Peter':'San Francisco', 'Alan':'San Jose', 'Bob':'Sunnyvale', 'Sam':'Menlo Park', 'Michael':'San Jose'}

nameslist = addressbook.keys()
nameslist.sort()

print "Question 1:"
for i in nameslist:
	print i, addressbook[i]


#Question 2:
a = [7,12,9,14,15,18,12] 
b = [9,14,8,3,15,17,15] 

big = []
i = 0
while i < len(a):
    big.append(max(a[i],b[i]))
    i += 1

print "\nProblem 2:", big

#Question 3:
filename = 'text_file.txt' 
try: 
    f = open(filename) 

except IOError, e: 
    print("Unable to open file for reading %s: %s" % (filename, e))

text = f.readlines()
f.close()

lettercounter = 0
linecounter = 0
for item in text:
    linecounter += 1
    lettercounter += len(item)
    if lettercounter >= 1000:
        break

print """\nProblem 3:
Number of lines is %r
Number of characters is %r""" %(linecounter, lettercounter)

#Question 4:
filename = 'text_file.txt' 
try: 
    f = open(filename) 
except IOError, e: 
    print("Unable to open file for reading %s: %s" % (filename, e))

text = f.readlines()
f.close()

lettercounter = 0
linecounter = 0
for item in text:
    if item.startswith('#'):
        linecounter += 1
        lettercounter += len(item)
        if lettercounter >= 1000:
            break


print """\nProblem 4:
Number of lines is %r
Number of characters is %r""" %(linecounter, lettercounter)