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# Number is Integer or Float - return Absolute Function
# A Codecademy Python (Make a Payment: Run It) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
def hotel_cost(nights):
return nights * 140
bill = hotel_cost(5)
def add_monthly_interest(balance):
# Number is Integer or Float - return Absolute Function
# A Codecademy Python (List Sort) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
start_list = [5, 3, 1, 2, 4] # Existing list
square_list = [] # Placeholder for new list
for number in start_list: # Loop until no more items in list
square_list.append(number ** 2) # Square each item in the list and append to square_list
# Number is Integer or Float - return Absolute Function
# A Codecademy Python (It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This) list and dictionary assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
inventory = {'gold' : 500,
'pouch' : ['flint', 'twine', 'gemstone'], # Assigned a new list to 'pouch' key
'backpack' : ['xylophone','dagger', 'bedroll','bread loaf']}
# Adding a key 'burlap bag' and assigning a list to it
inventory['burlap bag'] = ['apple', 'small ruby', 'three-toed sloth']
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stevencombs / button.html
Created August 11, 2013 23:04
Using CSS to create a flat button that links to a web site.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"/>
<title>About Me</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>That's a button down there. Press it!</p>
<a href="http://www.docstechnotes.com"><div>
<br>Doc’s Tech Notes
# Print every definition in a dictionary
# A Codecademy Python (This is KEY!) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
webster = {
"Aardvark" : "A star of a popular children's cartoon show.",
"Baa" : "The sound a goat makes.",
"Carpet": "Goes on the floor.",
"Dab": "A small amount."
}
# Print every definition in a dictionary
# A Codecademy Python (Control Flow and Looping) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
for number in a:
if number % 2 == 0: # If divisible by two, the number is even
print number
# Print every definition in a dictionary
# A Codecademy Python (List + Functions) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
zz = ["fizz","buzz","fizz"] # zz word list
fizz_count(zz) # Pass the zz word list to fizz_count function
def fizz_count(zz): # Defines the fizz_count function
count = 0 # Intialize variable and set to 0
for string in zz: # Step through zz list
# Print Inventory and Cost of Fruit
# A Codecademy Python (Keeping Track of Produce) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
for cost in prices:
print cost
print "price: " + str(prices[cost])
print "stock: " + str(stock[cost])
prices = {
# Print the total value of the fruit inventory
# A Codecademy Python (Something of Value) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
total = 0 # Initialize variable to 0, required if code run more than once
for x in prices: # Step through each definintion in the prices and stock dictionaries
subtotal = prices[x] * stock[x] # Compute value of number of stock times individual cost
total += subtotal # Add the subtotal of each pair to the total (same as total=total+subtotal)
# Computer the bill for a shopping list
# A Codecademy Python (Making a Purchase) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice
groceries = ["banana", "orange", "apple"]
stock = {
"banana": 6,
"apple": 0,
"orange": 32,