PYTHON 
PROGRAMMING 

LAB FILE

Submitted To:- 
Dr. Ranjana Rajnish 
Submitted By:- 
Salil Dixit
B.Sc.(IT) 
6th semester 
A7304918014
 

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Index 
S. No.  Experiment  Page  Date 
No. 
01  Start the Python interpreter and type 5   
help(‘print’) to get information about the
print statement. 
 
02  If you run a 10-kilometer race in 43 minutes 6   
30 seconds, calculate your average time per
mile and your average speed in miles per
hour using Python 
Calculator. (Hint: there are 1.61 kilometers in
a mile). 
 
03  Write a function to calculate the square of 7   
first n natural numbers. 
 
04  Write a function that draws a grid  8-9   
05  Write a function that takes four parameters— 10   
a, b, c and n—and then checks to see if
Fermat’s theorem, an + bn = cn, holds. If n is
greater than 2 and it 
turns out to be true then the program should
print, “Holy smokes, Fermat was
wrong!” Otherwise the program should print,
“No, that doesn’t work.” 
 
06  Write a function that takes a string argument 11   
and returns true if it is a palindrome and False
otherwise. 
 
07  A number, a, is a power of b if it is divisible 12   
by b and a/b is a power of b. Write a function
that takes parameters a and b and returns True
if a is a power 
of b. 
 
08  Write a recursive function to calculate the 13   
factorial of a given number. 

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09  Write a function that takes a string as a 14   
parameter. Calculate the length of a string
without using len function. Print the length
concatenated with the 
string and aligned towards the extreme right
of the output screen. 
 
10  ROT13 is a weak form of encryption that 15   
involves “rotating” each letter in a word by
13 places. To rotate a letter means to shift it
through the alphabet, 
wrapping around to the beginning if
necessary, so ’A’ shifted by 3 is ’D’ and ’Z’
shifted by 1 is ’A’. Write a function that takes
a string and an integer 
as parameters, and then returns a new string
that contains the letters from the original
string “rotated” by the given amount. Use the
built-in functions 
ord, which converts a character to a numeric
code, and chr, which converts numeric codes
to characters. 
 
11  Write a function that takes a nested list of 16   
integers and add up the elements from all
of the nested lists. 
 
12  Write a function called middle that takes a list 17   
and returns a new list that contains all but the
first and last elements. So middle ([1, 2, 3, 4])
should return 
[2, 3]. 
 
13  Write a program to print the keys of the 18   
dictionary and their values in an alphabetical
order. 
 
14  Write a function that takes any number of 19   
arguments and returns their sum. 
 
15  Write a program that reads words.txt and 20   
prints only the words with more than
20characters (not counting white space). 
 
 
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Experiment 1 
Start the Python interpreter and type help(‘print’) to get information about the print statement. 
 
help('print') 

 
 
 
 
 

Experiment 2 
If you run a 10-kilometer race in 43 minutes 30 seconds, calculate your average time per mile
and your average speed in miles per hour using Python 
Calculator. (Hint: there are 1.61 kilometers in a mile). 
 
distKm = 10.0 
distMi = (distKm * (1.0 / 1.61)) 
seconds = ((43.0 * 60.0) + 30.0) 
hours = (43.5 / 60.0) 
 
def timePerMile(distMi, seconds): 
   print (seconds / distMi, 'seconds per mile') 
 
def avgSpeed(distMi, hours): 

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   print (distMi / hours, 'miles per hour') 
 
timePerMile(distMi, seconds) 
avgSpeed(distMi, hours) 

 
 

 
Experiment 3 
Write a function to calculate the square of first n natural numbers. 
 
def squaresum(n) :  
sm = 0 
for i in range(1, n+1) :  
sm = sm + (i * i)  
 
return sm  
n = int(input("Enter a number")) 
print(squaresum(n))

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Experiment 4 
 
Write a function that draws a grid like the following: 
+ - - - -+ - - - -+ 
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|  |  | 
|  |  | 
+ - - - -+ - - - -+ 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
+ - - - -+ - - - -+  
 
def do_Func(f, val, iter): 
    i=0  
    while i < iter: 
        f(val) 
        i=i+1 
 
def printer(val): 
    print (val) 
 

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colCell = '+ - - - - + - - - - +' 
rowCell = '|         |         |' 
 
do_Func(printer, colCell, 1) 
do_Func(printer, rowCell, 4) 
do_Func(printer, colCell, 1) 
do_Func(printer, rowCell, 4) 
do_Func(printer,colCell,1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Experiment 5 
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Write a function that takes four parameters—a, b, c and n—and then checks to see if Fermat’s
theorem, an + bn = cn, holds. If n is greater than 2 and it 
turns out to be true then the program should print, “Holy smokes, Fermat was
wrong!” Otherwise the program should print, “No, that doesn’t work.” 
 
def check_fermat(a, b, c, n): 
    if n > 2 and (a**n + b**n == c**n): 
        print("Holy smokes, Fermat was wrong!") 
    else: 
        print("No, that doesn’t work.") 
 
def check_numbers(): 
    a = int(input("Choose a number for a: ")) 
    b = int(input("Choose a number for b: ")) 
    c = int(input("Choose a number for c: ")) 
    n = int(input("Choose a number for n: ")) 
    return check_fermat(a, b, c, n) 
check_numbers()

 
 

Experiment 6 
Write a function that takes a string argument and returns true if it is a palindrome and False
otherwise. 
 
def isPalindrome(s): 
return s == s[::-1] 
s = "malayalam" 
ans = isPalindrome(s) 
 
if ans: 
print("True") 
else: 
print("False")

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Experiment 7 
A number, a, is a power of b if it is divisible by b and a/b is a power of b. Write a function that
takes parameters a and b and returns True if a is a power 
of b. 
 
def is_power(a, b): 
    if a < b:  
        return False  
    if a == b:   
        return True   
    else: 
        return is_power(a / b, b) 
a = int(input("Choose a number : ")) 
b = int(input("Choose a number : ")) 
print(is_power(a,b)) 

 
 
 
 

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 Experiment 8 
 
Write a recursive function to calculate the factorial of a given number. 
 
def recur_factorial(n): 
   if n == 1: 
       return n 
   else: 
       return n*recur_factorial(n-1) 
a = int(input("Choose a number for factorial : ")) 
if a == 0: 
   print("The factorial of 0 is 1") 
if a > 0: 
   print("The factorial of", a, "is", recur_factorial(a)) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Experiment 9 
 
Write a function that takes a string as a parameter. Calculate the length of a string without
using len function. Print the length concatenated with the 
string and aligned towards the extreme right of the output screen. 
 
str1 = input("Enter a string: ") 

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counter = 0 
for s in str1: 
      counter = counter+1 
print("Length of the input string is:") 
a=str(counter) 
print (a.center(375), "\n") 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Experiment 10 
 
ROT13 is a weak form of encryption that involves “rotating” each letter in a word by 13 places.
To rotate a letter means to shift it through the alphabet, 
wrapping around to the beginning if necessary, so ’A’ shifted by 3 is ’D’ and ’Z’ shifted by 1 is
’A’. Write a function that takes a string and an integer 
as parameters, and then returns a new string that contains the letters from the original string
“rotated” by the given amount. Use the built-in functions 
ord, which converts a character to a numeric code, and chr, which converts numeric codes to
characters. 

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def normalize(x, low, high): 
    while x > high: 
        x -= 26 
    while x < low: 
        x += 26 
    return x 
 
 
def rotate_word(word, amount): 
    new_word = '' 
    for letter in word: 
        if letter.isupper(): 
            new_word += chr(normalize(ord(letter) + amount, 65, 90)) 
        elif not letter.isalpha(): 
            new_word += letter 
        else: 
            new_word += chr(normalize(ord(letter) + amount, 97, 122)) 
    return new_word 
     
print (rotate_word("Thas is a test. Don't try this @ home!", 13)) 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Experiment 11 
 
 
Write a function that takes a nested list of integers and add up the elements from all of the nested
lists. 
 
def sum1(lst): 
    total = 0 
    for element in lst: 
        if (type(element) == type([])): 
            total = total + sum1(element) 
        else: 
            total = total + element 
    return total 
print( "Sum is:",sum1([[1,2],[3,4]])) 
 
 
 

 
 
 

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Experiment 12 
 
 
Write a function called middle that takes a list and returns a new list that contains all but the first
and last elements. So middle ([1, 2, 3, 4]) should return 
[2, 3]. 
 
def middle(lst): 
    new = lst[1:] 
    del new[-1]  
    return new 
my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4] 
print(middle(my_list))    
 
 

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 Experiment 13 
 
 
Write a program to print the keys of the dictionary and their values in an alphabetical order. 
 
dict ={  
    "L1":[87, 34, 56, 12],  
    "L2":[23, 00, 30, 10],  
    "L3":[1, 6, 2, 9],  
    "L4":[40, 34, 21, 67]  
}  
   
print("\nBefore Sorting: ")  
for x in dict.items():  
    print(x)  
   
print("\nAfter Sorting: ")  
   
for i, j in dict.items():  
    sorted_dict ={i:sorted(j)}  
    print(sorted_dict)  
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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Experiment 14 
 
Write a function that takes any number of arguments and returns their sum. 
 
def sum_all(*args): 
    return sum(args) 
print (sum_all(1, 2, 3)) 
print (sum_all(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)) 
print (sum_all(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)) 

 
 
 

Experiment 15 
 
Write a program that reads words.txt and prints only the words with more than 20characters (not
counting white space). 
 
def test(): 
    fin = open('words.txt') 
    count = 0 
    word = fin.readline() 
    x = len(word) 
    for i in word: 
        if i == ' ': 
            count = count + 1 
    y = x - count 
    if y >= 20: 
        print (word) 
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        return word 
    else: 
        print ('words have only', y, 'char') 
 
test() 
 
 

 
 

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