X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/wordplay-cdsw-solutions/blobdiff_plain/884ad8e21ea1ea9d1dd411b2a503d0dff4294c59..HEAD:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3f65169..2637489 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,25 +1,57 @@ +## Worked Solutions to Wordplay Coding Challenges +This repo contains worked solutions to the problems in the Wordplay section of +the Community Data Science Workshops at the University of Washington. More +details on the CDSW are available at: +http://wiki.communitydata.cc/CDSW +### Challenges about finding words: -1) Find all words that start with 'a' and are 9 or more letters long. -2) What is the longest word that starts with a 'q'? -3) Find all words that end with 'nge' -4) You need a word to match the phrase "a**e*y". -Are there any words that match? -5) Print *every other* word that matches the -condition in (1) above. -6) Find the longest string where no character is used > 1 time. +1. Find all words that start with 'a' and are 9 or more letters long. -Now we're going to start finding points! You can use scrabble.scores to get the scores for every letter. -But we're going to cheat: assume you have all the letters. -7) What is the most valuable word in the dictionary, and how much is it worth? -8) You want to match a word that starts with an 'a', has an 'e' in the 4th slot, and is no more than 7 characters long. What is the best word you can play? -(*) 9) Make a list that shows the most valuable word that starts with each letter. -Example: -a: 37 -b: 47 -c: 41 -d: 36 -..... +2. What is the longest word that starts with a 'q'? +3. Find all words that end with 'nge' + +4. You need a word to match the phrase "a\*\*e\*y". Are there any words that + match? + +5. Print *every other* word that matches the condition in (1) above. + +6. Find the longest string where no character is used > 1 time. + +### Incorporate Points + +Now we're going to start finding points! You can use scrabble.scores to get the +scores for every letter. But we're going to cheat: assume you have all the +letters. + +7. What is the most valuable word in the dictionary, and how much is it worth? + +8. You want to match a word that starts with an 'a', has an 'e' in the 4th + slot, and is no more than 7 characters long. What is the best word you can + play? + +9. Make a list that shows the most valuable word that starts with each letter. + For example: + +
a: apophthegmatize, 37
+c: chiquichiquis, 41
+b: bezzazzes, 47
+e: embezzlements, 37
+d: decitizenizing, 36
+.....
+ + +### Wordplay Project Ideas + +The [Wordplay wiki page](http://wiki.communitydata.cc/Wordplay) also include +several ideas for projects. These are listed as idea\_1.py, etc. in the +directory: + +1. Find and print the words that start with "ee". +2. Find and print the words that end in "mt". How about "gry"? +3. Find and print the longest word that has no vowels. +4. Find an print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's. +5. Find and print the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order.