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   "source": [
    "# Max of three, without max."
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_without_max(x, y):\n",
    "    return (x + y + abs(x - y)) / 2"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 13,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
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     "data": {
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       "10.0"
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     "execution_count": 13,
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     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   "source": [
    "max_without_max(1, 10)"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 23,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_of_three(a, b, c):\n",
    "    if a > b and a > c:\n",
    "        return a\n",
    "    if b > a and b > c:\n",
    "        return b\n",
    "    if c > a and c > b:\n",
    "        return c\n",
    "    else:\n",
    "        return \"all are equal\"\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 14,
   "metadata": {
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_of_three_abs(a, b, c):\n",
    "    return max_without_max(a, max_without_max(b, c))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 14,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_of_three_sort(a, b, c):\n",
    "    return sorted([a, b, c])[-1]\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 15,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_of_three_bin(a, b, c):\n",
    "    d = a if a > b else b\n",
    "    return c if c > d else d\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_of_three_cond(a, b, c):\n",
    "    m = a\n",
    "    if m < b:\n",
    "        m = b\n",
    "    if m < c:\n",
    "        m = c\n",
    "    return m\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a, b, c = 5, 10, 8\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
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     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "The slowest run took 5.72 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.\n",
      "1000000 loops, best of 3: 344 ns per loop\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%timeit max_of_three(a, b, c)"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "The slowest run took 5.73 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.\n",
      "1000000 loops, best of 3: 1.01 µs per loop\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%timeit max_of_three_abs(a, b, c)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 19,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "The slowest run took 5.00 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.\n",
      "1000000 loops, best of 3: 831 ns per loop\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%timeit max_of_three_sort(a, b, c)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 20,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "The slowest run took 6.33 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.\n",
      "1000000 loops, best of 3: 332 ns per loop\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%timeit max_of_three_bin(a, b, c)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 21,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "The slowest run took 6.12 times longer than the fastest. This could mean that an intermediate result is being cached.\n",
      "1000000 loops, best of 3: 284 ns per loop\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "%timeit max_of_three_cond(a, b, c)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Length of a string or list. Don't use length."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def length(object):\n",
    "    i = 0\n",
    "    for element in obj:\n",
    "        i += 1\n",
    "    return i"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 29,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def length_enum(obj):\n",
    "    for i, _ in enumerate(obj, start=1):\n",
    "        pass\n",
    "    return i"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 44,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Is vowel."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 48,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def is_vowel(c):\n",
    "    return c in list('aeiou')"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 53,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Sum and multiply"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 54,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from functools import reduce"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 57,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def sum_reduce(numbers):\n",
    "    return reduce(lambda a, b: a + b, numbers)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 61,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def multiply_reduce(numbers):\n",
    "    return reduce(lambda a, b: a * b, numbers)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 62,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Translate."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def translate(msg):\n",
    "    cipher, consonants = '', 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz'\n",
    "    for c in msg:\n",
    "        if c in consonants:\n",
    "            cipher += c + \"o\" + c\n",
    "        else:\n",
    "            cipher += c\n",
    "    return cipher\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'tothohisos isos fofunon'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 2,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "translate(\"this is fun\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 67,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Reverse a string."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def reverse(s):\n",
    "    return ''.join([s[len(s) - 1 - i] for i, _ in enumerate(s)])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'olleH'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 6,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "reverse(\"Hello\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 7,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Recognize palindromes."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 9,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def is_palindrome(s):\n",
    "    for i, c in enumerate(s[:len(s) // 2]):\n",
    "        if s[len(s) - 1 - i] != c:\n",
    "            return False\n",
    "    return True"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 15,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 15,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "is_palindrome(\"raddxar\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Is member (without \"in\")."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def is_member(value, alist):\n",
    "    for v in alist:\n",
    "        if v == value:\n",
    "            return True\n",
    "    return False"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 19,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Overlapping lists."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 20,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def overlapping(a, b):\n",
    "    for v in a:\n",
    "        for w in b:\n",
    "            if v == w:\n",
    "                return True\n",
    "    return False"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 22,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "overlapping([1, 2, 3], [7, 4, 5])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 23,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Generate n chars."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def generate_n_chars(c, n):\n",
    "    return c * n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 25,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'xxxxxxxxxx'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 25,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "generate_n_chars(\"x\", 10)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 26,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Histogram."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 27,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def histogram(numbers):\n",
    "    for n in numbers:\n",
    "        print('*' * n)\n"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 29,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "*\n",
      "**\n",
      "***\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "histogram(range(1, 4))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 33,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Max in list (without max)."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def max_in_list(alist):\n",
    "    if len(alist) == 0:\n",
    "        return None\n",
    "    m = alist[0]\n",
    "    for n in alist[1:]:\n",
    "        if n > m:\n",
    "            m = n\n",
    "    return m"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "100"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 2,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "max_in_list([1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 12, 19, 32, 66, 3, 7, 100, 0])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 36,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Map words to their lengths."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 40,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def map_words_length(words):\n",
    "    return dict([(w, len(w)) for w in words])\n",
    "        "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 41,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "{'a': 1, 'ab': 2, 'abc': 3}"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 41,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "map_words_length([\"a\", \"ab\", \"abc\"])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 42,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Longest word."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 46,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def longest_word(words):\n",
    "    return len(max(words, key=lambda w: len(w)))"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 47,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "9"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 47,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "longest_word([\"hello\", \"workd\", \"as\", \"asdasdasd\"])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 49,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Filter long words."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 50,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def filter_long_words(words, n):\n",
    "    return [w for w in words if len(w) > n]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 51,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "words = [\"cat\", \"dog\", \"alligator\", \"bird\", \"mouse\", \"sheep\"]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 52,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "['alligator', 'mouse', 'sheep']"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 52,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "filter_long_words(words, 4)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 53,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Pangram."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 57,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def is_pangram(s):\n",
    "    return all([l in s for l in list(\"abcdefghijklmopqrstuvwxyz\")])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 58,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "False"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 58,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "is_pangram(\"asd\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 59,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 59,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "is_pangram(\"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 60,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Char frequency."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 61,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import collections"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 62,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def char_frequency(s):\n",
    "    freq = collections.Counter()\n",
    "    for c in s:\n",
    "        freq[c] += 1\n",
    "    return freq"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 63,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "Counter({'b': 1, 'o': 2, 'r': 1, 't': 1})"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 63,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "char_frequency(\"robot\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 64,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Average word lengths in a file."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 77,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import io"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 78,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "def average_word_length(file):\n",
    "    content = file.read()\n",
    "    words = content.split()\n",
    "    return sum([len(w) for w in words]) / len(words)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 81,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "file = io.StringIO(\"Hello World One Two Three.\") # Simulate file api on a string."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 82,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "4.4"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 82,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "average_word_length(file)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": []
  }
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