IT 116: Introduction to Scripting - Class 6 Exercise

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 6 Exercise

Practice in interactive mode

Run Idle on your machine
Practice using the end named argument to print
```
>>> print("Line 1", end=" ")
```
Practice using the sep named argument to print
```
>>> print(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sep=", ")
```
Create some variables
```
>>> number_1 = 4
>>> number_2 = 5
```

Print the values of these numbers using an escape character

>>> print("number_1:\t", number_1)
>>> print("number_2:\t", number_2)

Print a Windows path using escape characters
```
>>> print('The path is C:\\temp\\data.')
```
Print text with single and double quotes using escape characters
```
>>> print("He said \"It\'s me!\"")
```

Script for this exercise

Open a text editor
A program like PyCharm or Sublime.
Do not use Word or Notepad.
Save the file as ex6.py
Change the file so it looks like the code below

Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.

You should see

number_1:	 4
number_2:	 5

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The path is C:\temp\data.
He said "It's me!"

Unix Setup

Log in to users3.cs.umb.edu
You will be in your home directory.
Go to your it116 directory
```
cd it116
```
Go to your ex directory
```
cd ex
```
Create a directory for this exercise
```
mkdir  ex6
```
Check that the directory was created
```
ls
```

Copy the file to Unix

Open FileZilla and connect to users3.cs.umb.edu
You will have to connect using your Unix username and password.
Copy the file to the to it116/ex/ex6

Testing the script on Unix

Connect to users3.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Go to the directory for this exercise
```
cd  it116/ex/ex6
```
Run this script
```
python3 ex6.py
```

You should see

number_1:	 4
number_2:	 5

Line 1 Line 2 Line 3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The path is C:\temp\data.
He said "It's me!"

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex06.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex06.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.