In the Loop

In this lab you will create programs that implement some of the concepts that you’ve recently learned in class and in your readings. Specifically, you will practice writing and using for loops to handle repetitive operations.

Goals

Become more comfortable using variables and mathematical expressions
Use for loops to solve a variety of programming problems
Generate simple ASCII graphics using patterns with nested loops
Generate fun images with the picture.py module

Permitted Functions

Below is a list of the functions you are allowed to use in this lab. Generally, the rule is if you can use it in a previous lab, you can use it in this lab. If there is something you want to use but it isn’t listed here, first check if it is on your class slides / runestone and if it’s not there ask your professor.

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math.pi
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picture module and it’s methods

Instructions describing what commands are available for drawing shapes can be found here.