CMU 15-112: Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science
Extra Practice for Week 3 (Due never) Code Tracing (CT) Exercises


These problems will help you prepare for the upcoming quiz. They are optional and you are encouraged to collaborate when working on them.
    Code Tracing (CT)
    What will each of these print?

    1. Trace #1:
      def onesDigit(n): return n%10 def ct1(L): for i in range(len(L)): L[i] += sum(L) + max(L) return sorted(L, key=onesDigit) a = [2,1,0] print(ct1(a)) print(a)

    2. Trace #2:
      def ct2(a, b): a += [3] a = a + [4] for c in a: for i in range(len(b)): if (b[i] not in a): print("A", end="") b[i] += c elif (c % 2 == 1): print("B", end="") b += [c] elif (b[-1] != c): print("C", end="") b = b + [c] return (a,b) a = [4] b = [2,3] print(ct2(a,b)) print(a,b)

    3. Trace #3:
      def ct3(L): result = [ ] M = [L[i]*10**i for i in range(len(L))] for val in M: result.extend([val, L.pop()]) return result L = [2,5,3] M = ct3(L) print(L, M)

    4. Trace #4:
      def ct4(L): result = [ ] M = L[:] # same as M = copy.copy(L) if (M == L): result.append(1) if (M is L): result.append(2) if (M[0] == L[0]): result.append(3) if (M[0] is L[0]): result.append(4) return result print(ct4([5,7,6]))

    5. Trace #5:
      def ct5(L): M = L L += [4] M = M + [5] print(L, M) ct5(list(range(1)))

    6. Trace #6:
      def ct6(): print([3,2,1] > [3,2]) a = [1] b = a c = copy.copy(a) a += [2] a = a + [3] print(a, b, c) a = [2,3,5,3,2] a.remove(2) v = a.pop(2) print(a, v) L = list(range(1,7,2)) M = [v**2 for v in L] N = [v*10 for v in M if v < 10] print(L, M, N) L = ['A', 'BC', 'D'] print('xy'.join(L)) ct6()

    7. Trace #7:
      import copy a = [1,2,3,4] (b,c) = (a, copy.copy(a)) print((a == b), (a == c)) print((a is b), (a is c)) print((a[0] is b[0]), (a[0] is c[0])) a = [1,2] (b,c) = (a, copy.copy(a)) b[0] += 10 c[1] += 100 for L in [a,b,c]: print(L) a = [1,2] (b,c) = (a, copy.copy(a)) a[0] += 1 b[0] += 2 c[1] += 3 a[0] = c[0] b[0] = a[1] for L in [a,b,c]: print(L) print() a = list(range(2,10,7)) (b, c) = (a, a[:2]) b[0] += 3 a += [3] a = a + [4] print(c + [b[0]]) print(c.append(b[1])) print(a, b, c)

    8. Trace #8:
      import copy def f(a, b): a = copy.copy(a) a[0] = b[1] b[0] = a[1] return a + b a1 = a2 = list(range(5,7)) b1 = b2 = list(range(2)) a1 = f(a1, b1) print(a1, a2, b1, b2)

    9. Trace #9:
      def onesDigit(n): return n%10 def ct(L): for i in range(len(L)): L[i] += sum(L) + max(L) return sorted(L, key=onesDigit) a = [2,1,0] print(ct(a)) print(a)

    10. Trace #10:
      def ct(a): a[1] = "foo" a[0], a[2] = a[2], a[0] print(a) b = a b.extend([42, "wow" ]) b.pop() print(b) c = [] + b c[1:-1] = ["Hello" , "World" ] return c lst = [15, "1" , "twelve" ] print(ct(lst)) print(lst)