IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 11 Exercise

Practice in interactive mode

Run Idle on your machine
```
python3
```

Augmented Assignment Operators

a = 5
a += 1
a
a += 4
a
a -= 2
a
a *= 2
a
a //= 3
a
a %= 3
a
a **= 3

Create the function print_umb_address

def print_umb_address():
    print("University of Massachusetts at Boston")
    print("100 Morrissey Boulevard")
    print("Boston, Massachusetts   02125-3393")

Run the function you just created
```
print_umb_address()
```

Create the function cheer

def cheer(team):
    print("Go " + team + "!")

Run the function you just created
```
cheer("Red Sox")
```

Script for this exercise

Open a text editor
A program like Sublime.
Do not use Word or Notepad.
Copy the text below into the file

Save the file as ex11.py
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.

You should see

a: 7
a: 8
a: 12
a: 10
a: 20
a: 6
a: 0

University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts   02125-3393

Go Red Sox!
Go Patriots!
Go Bruins!
Go Celtics!

Please enter your Name: Glenn Hoffman

Name:    Glenn Hoffman

Please enter your Address: 40 Central Street

Address:    40 Central Street

Please enter your City/State: Somerville, Massachusetts

City/State: Somerville, Massachusetts

Please enter your Phone: 617-821-3936

Phone:      617-821-3936

Please enter your Email: Glenn.Hoffman@umb.edu

Email:      Glenn.Hoffman@umb.edu

Values in blue are entered by the user.
You do not have to use the values I have shown above.
You can enter the appropriate values for yourself.

Copy the file to Unix

Open FileZilla and connect to pe15.cs.umb.edu
You will have to connect using your Unix username and password.
Go to your 116 directory
Go to your ex directory
Inside this directory create the directory ex11
Right-click in the whitespace inside the ex directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex11 to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Copy your script to pe15
Click and drag your ex11.py file to the ex11 directory

Running my test script on your script (Optional)

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Connect to pe15.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Run my test code on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex11.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.