IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 27 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 ex27.py
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.
You should see

You should see

team:              Red Sox
'Sox' in team:     True
'Sox' not in team: False

name  : Glenn
digits: 0123456789
user  : alpha26
league: NFL
noun  : leaf

name.isalnum()  : True
user.isalnum()  : True
digits.isalnum(): True
league.isalnum(): True
noun.isalnum()  : True
name.isalpha()  : True
user.isalpha()  : False

digits.isalpha(): False
league.isalpha(): True
noun.isalpha()  : True

name.isdigit():   False
user.isdigit():   False
digits.isdigit(): True
league.isdigit(): False
noun.isdigit():   False

name.islower():   False
league.islower(): False
noun.islower():   True

name.isupper():   False
league.isupper(): True
noun.isupper():   False

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  ex27
```
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/ex27

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/ex27
```
Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex27.py
```
Run this script
```
p./ex27.py
```

You should see

team:              Red Sox
'Sox' in team:     True
'Sox' not in team: False

name  : Glenn
digits: 0123456789
user  : alpha26
league: NFL
noun  : leaf

name.isalnum()  : True
user.isalnum()  : True
digits.isalnum(): True
league.isalnum(): True
noun.isalnum()  : True
name.isalpha()  : True
user.isalpha()  : False

digits.isalpha(): False
league.isalpha(): True
noun.isalpha()  : True

name.isdigit():   False
user.isdigit():   False
digits.isdigit(): True
league.isdigit(): False
noun.isdigit():   False

name.islower():   False
league.islower(): False
noun.islower():   True

name.isupper():   False
league.isupper(): True
noun.isupper():   False

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex27.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex27.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.