Runestone assignments modules 9 and 10 (chapter 12-15)

9.1 Overview

This week you will be learning about functions (Chapter 12) and tuples (Chapter 13).

9.2 Reading - Chapter 12 - functions

Functions are a great way to modularize your code and avoid having to copy and paste code in multiple places. Learn more about function on Runestone with the “Module 9.2 (Chapter 12) - Functions” reading assignment and Python problems.

9.3 Reading - Chapter 13 - tuples

Pack and unpack tuples in chapter 13 in runestone Module 9.3 Chapter 13 - tuples

10.0 Overview

In module 10 you will learn about advanced iteration and

10.2 Reading - Chapter 14 - More About Iteration

This week you will learn how to create a while loop. You can use a while loop to listen for input from your user or any external system. This is called the Listener Loop pattern. It’s especially useful in video games, web applications or application where external events trigger changes in your program. I bet you’ll think of uses for the while loop in your data-driven text adventure program for the final project.

In both for loops and while loops you will often want to break out of the loop with a break statement, or skip the remaining lines of code in the loop using a continue statement.

To learn about the while, break and continue keywords, checkout out Chapter 14 in Runestone. You’ll get to practice your advanced iteration skills as you read the chapter and complete the interactive exercises embedded in the text.

Table of contents

  • Chapter 14. More About Iteration
    • 14.1 Introduction
    • 14.2 The while Statement
    • 14.3 The Listener Loop
    • 14.4 Randomly Walking Turtles
    • 14.5 Break and Continue
    • 14.6 👩‍💻 Infinite Loops

10.3 Exercises - Chapter 14 - More About Iteration

Test your advanced iteration skills with the exercises (quiz) in the Runeston assignment named “Module 10.2 (Chapter 14) - Advanced Iteration” The exercises are due 2024-04-14 23:00 Pacific time

Questions

10.4 Exercises - Chapter 15 - Reading

10.4 Exercises - Chapter 15 - Reading

Module 11.2

Module 11.3

Nested data and iterating through it. Saving and loading json?

Due: 2024-04-21

https://runestone.academy/runestone/lti?assignment_id=178582

Module 13.1

Create a data-driven text-adventure

”Data-driven” is a computer science concept of parameterizing your program so that it can be controlled or driven by a separate source of data other than the program itself. In most cases this means that you want to load a text file containing structured data. Some examples of text files containing data are here:

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