GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT of MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER
SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HONOURS DEGREE[COMPUTER
SCIENCE]
BLOCK RELEASE MASVINGO COHORT
Course Information
Course Code ISH 126
Course Title introduction to programming
Year One
Semester One
Lecturer Mr mugomo
STUDENT INFORMATION
Student Name HOVE MITCHELL
Reg Number M251064
Program BSC COMPUTER SCIENCE
Phone Number 0775129602
Question 1.1
def gcd(a,b):
if b==0:
return a
return gcd(b,a%b)
num1=int(input("enter the first integer:"))
num2=int(input("enter the second integer:"))
result=gcd(num1,num2)
print(f"The GCD of{num1} and {num2}is{result}")
Qestion 1.2
def is_prime(n):
"""check if a number is prime."""
if n<= 1:
return False
if n <= 3:
return True
if n%2==0 or n%3==0:
return False
i=5
while i*i<=n:
if n%i==0 or n%(i+2)==0:
return False
i += 6
return True
def find_primes(start,end):
"""Find all prime numbers between start and end(inclusive)."""
primes =[]
for num in range(start,end + 1):
if is_prime(num):
primes.append(num)
return primes
try:
num1=int(input("Enter the first number:"))
num2=int(input("Enter the second number:"))
except ValueError:
print("Please enter valid integers.")
exit()
lower=min(num1,num2)
upper=max(num1,num2)
prime_numbers= find_primes(lower,upper)
with open ("primes.txt","w") as file:
for prime in prime_numbers:
file.write(str(prime)+"/n")
print(f"Prime numbers between{lower} and{upper} have been written
to'primes.txt'.")
Question 1.3
def second_largest(numbers):
"""Return the second largest number in the list."""
unique_numbers=list(set(numbers))
if len(unique_numbers)<2:
return None
max_num=max(unique_numbers)
unique_numbers.remove(max_num)
return max(unique_numbers)
user_input=input("Enter a list of numbers seperated by spaces:")
try:
number_list = list(map(float,user_input.strip().split()))
except ValueError:
print("Please enter valid numbers separated by spaces.")
exit()
result=second_largest(number_list)
if result is None:
print("There are not enough unique numbers to determine the second largest.")
else:
print(f"The second largest number is:{result}")
Question 2.1
try:
user_input=input("Please enter an integer:")
number=int(user_input)
print(f"you entered the integer:{number}")
except ValueError:
print("Error: That is not a valid integer.")
Question 2.2
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import colorchooser
def choose_color():
color_code= colorchooser.askcolor(title="Choose a color")
if color_code:
selected_color=color_code[1]
color_display.config(text=selected_color,bg=selected_color,fg='white',font=('Arial',14))
root=tk.Tk()
root.title("Color Picker Example")
pick_color_button= tk.Button(root,text="Pick a Color",command=choose_color)
pick_color_button.pack(pady=20)
color_display = tk.Label(root,text="No color selected",width=20,height=2,font=('Arial',14))
color_display.pack(pady=10)
root.mainloop()
Question 2.3
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import colorchooser
def choose_color():
color_code= colorchooser.askcolor(title="Choose a color")
if color_code:
selected_color=color_code[1]
color_display.config(text=selected_color,bg=selected_color,fg='white',font=('Arial',14))
root=tk.Tk()
root.title("Color Picker Example")
pick_color_button= tk.Button(root,text="Pick a Color",command=choose_color)
pick_color_button.pack(pady=20)
color_display = tk.Label(root,text="No color selected",width=20,height=2,font=('Arial',14))
color_display.pack(pady=10)
root.mainloop()
Question3.1
Musoro=(2689.56,2770.38,2394.04,2099.91,3182.20,3267.12,1746.83,2545.72,3328.20,3147.30,2462
.61,3890.45)
Zvagwamba=[1969.62,3939.37,2241.59,3968.27,3068.80,1755.02,3885.66,2491.67,3828.49,3171.32,
2771.32,3380.37]
musoro_more_months = 0
for i in range(len(Musoro)):
if Musoro[i]>Zvagwamba[i]:
musoro_more_months += 1
print("Musoro spent more in",musoro_more_months,"months")
Question 3.2
scores=[('Mike',10),('Mike',8),('Mike',6),('John',7,),('John',8),('John',5),('Tom',8),('Tom',9),('Tom',8)]
total_scores={}
for name, score in scores:
if name in total_scores:
total_scores[name] +=score
else:
total_scores[name]=score
print(total_scores)
Question 3.3
int_list=[1,2,3,4,5]
str_list=(map(str,int_list))
print(str_list)
Question 4.1
numbers=[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
odd_numbers=[]
even_numbers=[]
for num in numbers:
if num % 2!=0:
odd_numbers.append(num)
else:
even_numbers.append(num)
odd_numbers_tuple=tuple(odd_numbers)
numbers = even_numbers
print("Even numbers:",numbers)
print("Odd numbers tuple:",odd_numbers_tuple)
Question 4.2
input_phrase=input("Enter a word or phrase:")
processed_phrase= join(input_phrase.split()).lower()
if processed_phrase==processed_phrase[::-1]:
print("The input is a palindrome.")
else:
print("The input is not a palindrome.")
Question 4.3
import tkinter as tk
def button_click(item):
current=display.get()
display.delete(0,tk.END)
display.insert(0,current+str(item))
def clear():
display.delete(0,tk.END)
def evaluate():
try:
expression=display.get()
result=eval(expression)
display.delete(0,tk.END)
display.insert(0,str(result))
except ZeroDivisionError:
display.delete(0,tk.END)
display.insert(0,"Error: Div by 0")
except Exception:
display.delete(0,tk.END)
display.insert(0,"Error")
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("Basic Calculator")
display=tk.Entry(root,width=16, font=("Arial",24),bd=2,relief="raised",justify='right')
display.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=4)
buttons =[('7',1,0),('8',1,1),('9',1,2),('+',1,3),('4',2,0),('5',2,1),
('6',2,2),('-',2,3),('1',3,0),('2',3,1),('3',3,2),('*',3,3),('0',4,0),('C',4,1),('=',4,2) ,
('/',4,3),]
for (text,row,col) in buttons:
if text =='=':
btn=tk.Button(root,text=text,width=5,height=2,font=("Arial",18),command=evaluate)
elif text=='C':
btn=tk.Button(root,text=text,width=5,height=2,font=("Arial",18),command=clear)
else:
btn=tk.Button(root,text=text,width=5,height=2,font=("Arial",18),command=lambda t=text:
button_click(t))
btn.grid(row=row, column=col)
root.mainloop()
Question 5.1
def power(a,b):
if b == 0:
return 1
elif b < 0:
return1/power(a,-b)
else:
return a*power(a,b-1)
a=float(input("Enter te base number(a):"))
b= int(input("Enter the exponent (b):"))
result=power(a,b)
print("{a}raised to the power of{b} is {result}")
Question 5.2
start=int(input("Enter the first value:"))
end=int(input("Enter the second value:"))
if start > end:
start, end = end, start
total=0
for num in range(start,end + 1):
if num% 2!=0:
total += num
print(f"The sum of all odd numbers between {start} and {end} is {total}"
Question 5.3
def calculate_area(length):
return length*width
def calulate_perimeter(length,width):
return 2 *(length+width)
length =float(input("Enter the length of the rectangle:"))
width=float(input("Enter the width of the rectangle:"))
area=calculate_area(length,width)
perimeter=calculate_perimeter(length,width)
print(f"Area of the rectangle:{area}")
print(f"Perimeter of the rectangle:{perimeter}")
Question 6.1
try:
numerator=float(input("Enter the numerator:"))
denominator=float(input("Enter the denominator:"))
result=numerator/denominator
print(f"The result of{numerator} divided by{denominator} is {result}")
except ZeroDivisionError:
print("Error: Cannot divide by zero.")
except ValueError:
print("Error: Please enter a valid number.")
Question 6.3
for i in range(1, 13):
print(f"Multiplication Table for {i}")
for j in range(1, 13):
print(f"{i} x {j} = {i * j}")
print("-" * 20)
Question 7.1
def count_lines_in_file(filename):
try:
with open(filename, 'r') as file:
lines = file.readlines()
print(f"The file '{filename}' contains {len(lines)} lines.")
except FileNotFoundError:
print(f"File '{filename}' not found.")
except Exception as e:
print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
# Example usage:
file_name = input("Enter the path to the .py file: ")
count_lines_in_file(file_name)
Question 7.3
from collections import Counter
number_list = [5, 8, 2, 7, 3, 5, 6, 9, 2, 4, 8, 7, 1, 5, 3]
counts = Counter(number_list)
result = [num for num, count in counts.items() if count >= 3]
print("Numbers that appear 3 or more times:", result)
