Concordance

We’ve now learned how to use strings and lists to store different types of real-world data. This week, you will learn how to use multiple data structures together to process text files. Specifically, you will be using dictionaries and lists to store information. Deciding when and how to use these data structures will be the lab’s main focus.

Goals

Learn to identify the optimal data structure (i.e., list or dictionary) for a given problem
Practice working with text files
Continue to practice for loops
Continue to practice writing large programs

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.

dict()
.keys()
.values()
.items()
string.punctuation
sorted()
open() / close()