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Coding Loops & Functions Guide

The document discusses iterative loops in coding, specifically for and while loops. It provides examples of how each loop works, including syntax and conditions. It then provides exercises for readers to practice writing functions using loops and strings, including defining functions to find the median of a list of numbers, reverse a string, count the total characters in a list of strings, and count the words of a certain length in a list.

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Coding Loops & Functions Guide

The document discusses iterative loops in coding, specifically for and while loops. It provides examples of how each loop works, including syntax and conditions. It then provides exercises for readers to practice writing functions using loops and strings, including defining functions to find the median of a list of numbers, reverse a string, count the total characters in a list of strings, and count the words of a certain length in a list.

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Luiss

Libera Università Internazionale


degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

Digital Transformation
and Emerging
Technologies
Coding Lab 5
Topics

• For
• While
Recall from previous
Iterative loops class

The iteration (or “loop”) is a control structure that allows you to repeatedly execute a
sequence of instructions until certain conditions are determined:

• for: iterates a certain number of times based on the elements of a sequence


• while: iterates as long as a certain condition is true

3
Recall from previous
For class

The for construct allows you to iterate


over a sequence, according to the
end of yes
following syntax: sequence
reached?

for var in sequence: next No


item
istructions
instructions
The instructions, indented by 4 spaces, are
executed for all elements of the sequence.

4
Recall from previous
While class

The while construct allows you to iterate as


long as the condition is True, according to
the following syntax : False
condition

while condition: True


instructions
instructions
A loop becomes an infinite loop if the
condition never becomes False (in some
cases an infinite loop can be useful, e.g.
server always active).

5
Exercise 1

Define the function median that has as parameter an odd number n and that takes
as input the same number n of integers returning the median.

• Theory recall: The median of a finite list of numbers is the "middle" number,
when those numbers are listed in order from smallest to greatest

• For example:
• if n=5 and as input I have 23, 45, 81, 10, 5 then it returns 23
Solution
Exercise 2

• Define the function string_reverse that has as parameter a string


and returns it in reverse order.
• For example, if as input string I have "hello" then it returns
"olleh"
Solution
Exercise 3

• Define the function count_num_characters that has as


parameter a number n and that takes as input the same number n
of strings returning the sum of the characters.
• For example, if n=3 and as input I have “hello”, “home”, “Luiss”
then it returns 14.
Solution
Exercise 4

• Define the function count_4 that taken a list as parameter return


the number of words that have exactly four characters. If the list
is empty return 0.
Solution

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