IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 24 Exercise

Script for this exercise

Open a text editor
You can use the editor built into IDLE or use a program like Sublime.
Copy the text below into the file

Save the file as ex24.py
Copy the file temperatures.txt from /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files
Use FileZilla to do this.
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE.
Under the Run menu, select Run Module.

You should see

numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Temperature list: [76, 67, 74, 76, 84, 69, 67, 76, 66, 71]

Average: 72.6

Days above average: 5

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 ex24
Copy your ex24.py file from your machine to the ex24 directory on pe15
Make the script executable
Right-click on the file and select "Permissions" from the menu
Enter 755 in the box provided
Copy temperatures.txt from the same directory where you created ex24.py to your ex24 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/ex24.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.