3.8 Homework and Popcorn Hacks

Popcorn Hack 1

counter = 5 # Initialize the counter variable

while 1 <= counter <= 5:  # Loop while the counter is between 1 and 5 (including 5)
    print("Hello") # Print "Hello"
    counter -= 1 # Decrement the counter by 1

Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello
Hello

Popcorn Hack 2

# Define the names
first_name = "Anvay"
middle_name = "Varin"
last_name = "Vahia"

# Repeat the entire sequence 4 times by initializing a repeat count
repeat_count = 0

while repeat_count < 4:
    # Print the first name one time
    print(first_name)
    
    # Print the middle name two times
    middle_count = 0
    while middle_count < 2:
        print(middle_name)
        middle_count += 1
    
    # Print the last name three times
    last_count = 0
    while last_count < 3:
        print(last_name)
        last_count += 1
    
    print() # Print a blank line
    
    # Increment the repeat count
    repeat_count += 1

Anvay
Varin
Varin
Vahia
Vahia
Vahia

Anvay
Varin
Varin
Vahia
Vahia
Vahia

Anvay
Varin
Varin
Vahia
Vahia
Vahia

Anvay
Varin
Varin
Vahia
Vahia
Vahia

Popcorn Hack 3

myname = "Anvay" # Initialize the string variable myname

for letter in myname: # Loop through each letter in the string
    print(letter) # Print the letter

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Popcorn Hack 4

# Create a dictionary
fruit_dict = {
    "apple": "red",
    "banana": "yellow",
    "cherry": "red",
    "date": "brown",
    "fig": "purple",
    "grape": "purple"
}

# Iterate through each key and value in the dictionary
for key, value in fruit_dict.items():
    # Print the key, value, and a custom message
    print(f"The color of {key} is {value}.")

The color of apple is red.
The color of banana is yellow.
The color of cherry is red.
The color of date is brown.
The color of fig is purple.
The color of grape is purple.

Homework Hacks

Hack #1 While loops

password = input("Enter your password: ") # Prompt the user to enter a password

while password != "secret": # Loop while the password is incorrect
    print("Incorrect password. Try again.") # Print an error message
    password = input("Enter your password: ") # Prompt the user to enter a password again

print("Password accepted.") # Print a success message

Incorrect password. Try again.
Incorrect password. Try again.
Incorrect password. Try again.
Incorrect password. Try again.
Incorrect password. Try again.
Password accepted.

Hack #2 For loops

usersName = input("Enter your name: ") # Prompt the user to enter their name

for letter in usersName: # Loop through each letter in the input
    print(letter) # Print the letter

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Hack #3 For loops with lists

fruitList = ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date", "fig", "grape"] # Create a list of fruits

for fruit in fruitList: # Loop through each fruit in the list
    print(fruit) # Print the fruit

apple
banana
cherry
date
fig
grape