Merge branch 'master' of github.com:mwarkentin/Learn-Python-The-Hard-Way

Author: mwarkentin

ex26.py

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+def break_words(stuff):
+    """This function will break up words for us."""
+    words = stuff.split(' ')
+    return words
+
+def sort_words(words):
+    """Sorts the words."""
+    return sorted(words)
+
+def print_first_word(words):
+    """Prints the first word after popping it off."""
+    word = words.pop(0)
+    print word
+
+def print_last_word(words):
+    """Prints the last word after popping it off."""
+    word = words.pop(-1)
+    print word
+
+def sort_sentence(sentence):
+    """Takes in a full sentence and returns the sorted words."""
+    words = break_words(sentence)
+    return sort_words(words)
+
+def print_first_and_last(sentence):
+    """Prints the first and last words of the sentence."""
+    words = break_words(sentence)
+    print_first_word(words)
+    print_last_word(words)
+
+def print_first_and_last_sorted(sentence):
+    """Sorts the words then prints the first and last one."""
+    words = sort_sentence(sentence)
+    print_first_word(words)
+    print_last_word(words)
+
+
+print "Let's practice everything."
+print 'You\'d need to know \'bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs.'
+
+poem = """
+\tThe lovely world
+with logic so firmly planted
+cannot discern \n the needs of love
+nor comprehend passion from intuition
+and requires an explanation
+\n\t\twhere there is none.
+"""
+
+
+print "--------------"
+print poem
+print "--------------"
+
+five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6
+print "This should be five: %s" % five
+
+def secret_formula(started):
+    jelly_beans = started * 500
+    jars = jelly_beans / 1000
+    crates = jars / 100
+    return jelly_beans, jars, crates
+
+
+start_point = 10000
+beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)
+
+print "With a starting point of: %d" % start_point
+print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % (beans, jars, crates)
+
+start_point = start_point / 10
+
+print "We can also do that this way:"
+print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % secret_formula(start_point)
+
+
+sentence = "All good things come to those who wait."
+
+words = break_words(sentence)
+sorted_words = sort_words(words)
+
+print_first_word(words)
+print_last_word(words)
+print_first_word(sorted_words)
+print_last_word(sorted_words)
+sorted_words = sort_sentence(sentence)
+print sorted_words
+
+print_first_and_last(sentence)
+
+print_first_and_last_sorted(sentence)

ex28.py

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+# 1. True
+# 2. False
+# 3. False
+# 4. True
+# 5. True
+# 6. True
+# 7. False
+# 8. True
+# 9. False
+#10. False
+#11. True
+#12. False
+#13. True
+#14. False
+#15. False
+#16. False
+#17. True
+#18. True
+#19. False
+#20. False