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Exercises for introductory Python 3 courses

Python Exercises for Beginners

This is a tutorial for novice programmers. You are the learner I had in mind when writing these exercises if:

• you have no programming experience at all
• you have some experience with a different programming language like R, MATLAB or C.
• you would like to teach Python to others

Pick an exercise and start programming!

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First Steps

Chapter	Difficulty
Installing Python	⭐
Python as a calculator	⭐
Hello World	⭐
Ada Lovelace	⭐
Rock-Paper-Scissors	⭐
Square Numbers	⭐
Slideshow	⭐

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Data Structures

Chapter	Difficulty
Strings	⭐
Lists	⭐
Dictionaries	⭐⭐
Nested Lists	⭐⭐
Data Types Overview	⭐

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Tabular Data

Challenge	Difficulty
Reading a text file	⭐
Extracting data from text	⭐
Writing files	⭐
Create a Time Series	⭐
Working with directories	⭐

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Program Structures

Chapter	Difficulty
Conditional Loops	⭐
Writing your own Functions	⭐⭐
Shortcuts	⭐⭐

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Challenges

Challenge	Difficulty
Christmas Tree	⭐
Pyramid	⭐
Fizz-Buzz-Test	⭐
Tic-Tac-Toe	⭐⭐
Checkerboard	⭐⭐

Text processing

Challenge	Difficulty
Palindrome	⭐⭐
Anagrams	⭐⭐
Roman Numbers	⭐⭐⭐
Encryption	⭐⭐⭐
Minesweeper	⭐⭐⭐

Math Problems

Challenge	Difficulty
Factorials	⭐
Common Divisor	⭐
Fibonacci	⭐⭐
Multiplicative Digital Root	⭐⭐
Birthday Problem	⭐⭐

Algorithms

Challenge	Difficulty
Binary Search	⭐
Sorting Algorithms	⭐
Chained List	⭐⭐
Josephus' Problem	⭐⭐
Tree Traversal	⭐⭐
Graph Traversal	⭐⭐⭐
Magic Square	⭐⭐⭐
Traveling Salesman	⭐⭐⭐
Backpack Problem	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blockchain	⭐⭐⭐⭐

Web Development

Challenge	Difficulty
Ping Pong	⭐⭐
Google Search	⭐⭐⭐
Download Web Pages	⭐⭐⭐

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More about Python

• Recap Questions
• Modules
• Introspection
• Background information on Python 3

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Appendix

• Recommended books and websites
• Learning Goals

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License

© 2015 Dr. Kristian Rother ([e-mail])

with contributions by Allegra Via, Kaja Milanowska, Anna Philips, @ShalokShalom and @devSython.

Distributed under the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike License 4.0

Sources of this document can be found on https://github.com/krother/Python3_Basics_Tutorial

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following people for inspiring exchange on training and Python that this tutorial has benefited from: Pedro Fernandes, Tomasz Puton, Edward Jenkins, Bernard Szlachta, Robert Lehmann and Magdalena Rother