Outline for October 27, 2022

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Homework 3, due November 10, 2022


  1. Binary search example

  2. Dictionary
    1. Collection of key-value pairs

  3. Creating dictionaries
    1. Using d = {}
    2. Using d = dict()

  4. Methods for dictionaries
    1. k in D: True if dictionary D has key k; else False
    2. D.keys(): list of keys in D
    3. D.values(): list of values in D
    4. D.items(): list of tuples (key, value) in D
    5. D.get(k, d): if key k in D, return associated value; else return d
    6. del D[k]: delete tuple with key k from D
    7. D.clear(): delete all entries in D

  5. Example: memos
    1. Remember how slowly the recursive Fibonacci number program rfib.py ran? Here is a faster recursive version that uses memos [rfibmemo.py]

  6. Sorting the dictionary
    1. sorted sorts based on keys

  7. Example: word frequency count
    1. Unsorted [wfc-1.py]
    2. Sorted alphabetically [wfc-2.py]
    3. Sorted alphabetically, but dictionary order (note key=str.lower() in sorted [wfc-3.py]
    4. Sorted by frequency (treat lambda x: x[1] as an idiom to reference the value of the dictionary entry, not the key—to go from highest to lowest, replace x[1] with -x[1]) [wfc-4.py]
    5. Sorted by frequency first, then alphabetically—note use of function alphafreq(x); you can use any function here, and the parameter is the item [wfc-5.py]


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MHI 289I, Programming in Health Informatics
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