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    "# 2-4 Intro Python Practice\n",
    "## Working with Files\n",
    "\n",
    "<font size=\"5\" color=\"#00A0B2\"  face=\"verdana\"> <B>Student will be able to</B></font>  \n",
    " \n",
    "- Import files into Jupyter notebooks  \n",
    "- Open and **`.read()`** local files in memory   \n",
    "- Use **`.read()`** to read a specific number of characters  \n",
    "- Use **`.readlines()`** to read data from file as a **list** of lines  \n",
    "- Use **`.readlines()`** to read data from file as a **list** of lines   \n",
    "- Use **`.readline()`** to read data from file a line at a time   \n",
    "- Use **`.strip()`** to remove new line characters  \n",
    "- Use `.write()` to write data to a new local file  \n",
    "- Use **`.seek()`** to set file read or write location  \n",
    "- Use file append mode  \n"
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    "# &nbsp;\n",
    "<font size=\"6\" color=\"#B24C00\"  face=\"verdana\"> <B>Task 1</B></font>\n",
    "\n",
    "## Order the Rainbow\n",
    "#### Open the rainbow file then put in a list and print in alphabetical order\n",
    "Download and open the file. \n",
    "- Download list of rainbow colors, as `rainbow.txt`, using `curl` \n",
    "  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/rainbow   \n",
    "- Open rainbow.txt in read mode using a variable: rainbow_file   \n",
    " "
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    "# [ ] import https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/rainbow as rainbow.txt\n",
    "\n"
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    "\n",
    "- Read rainbow_file as a list variable: rainbow_colors using `.readlines()`    \n"
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    "# [ ]  Open rainbow.txt in read mode & read as list with .readlines()\n",
    "\n",
    "\n"
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    " \n",
    "1. Sort the rainbow_lines list alphabetically.  \n",
    "2. Print each line of rainbow_lines by iterating the sorted list.  \n",
    "3. Close rainbow_file.  "
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    "# [ ] sort rainbow_colors list, iterate the list to print each color\n",
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    "# &nbsp;\n",
    "<font size=\"6\" color=\"#B24C00\"  face=\"verdana\"> <B>Task 2</B></font>\n",
    "\n",
    "## The Weather\n",
    "Create a program that reads from a file to display city name and average temperature in Celsius.   \n",
    "\n",
    "&nbsp;  \n",
    "- use `!curl` to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/world_temp_mean.csv as `mean_temp.txt`  \n",
    "  \n"
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    "# [ ] The Weather: import world_mean_team.csv as mean_temp.txt\n",
    "\n"
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    "1. Open the file in `'r'` mode.  \n",
    "2. Read the first line of text into a variable called: `  headings` and `print()`.  \n",
    "3. Convert `headings` to a list using **`.split(',')`** which splits on each comma, `print()` the list.\n"
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    "# [ ] The Weather: open file, read/print first line, convert line to list (splitting on comma)\n",
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    "#### use a while loop to read the remaining lines from the file  \n",
    "  1. Assign remaining lines to a **`city_temp`** variable.  \n",
    "  2. Convert the city_temp to a list using **`.split(',')`** for each **`.readline()`** in the loop.  \n",
    "  3. Print each city & the highest monthly average temperature.  \n",
    "  4. Close mean_temps.  \n",
    "\n",
    ">Tips & Hints:   \n",
    "- Use the print output of **`headings`** to determine the city_temp indexes to use.  \n",
    "- \"month ave: highest high\" for Beijing is 30.9 Celsius.  \n",
    "- Convert `city_temp` to lists with `.split(',')`.  "
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    "# [ ] The Weather: use while loop to print city and highest monthly average temp in celsius\n",
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    "# &nbsp;  \n",
    "<font size=\"6\" color=\"#B24C00\"  face=\"verdana\"> <B>Task 3</B></font>  \n",
    "\n",
    "## Random pi  guessing\n",
    "Create random appearing numbers by reading digits of pi \n",
    "*Note: only \"appears\" random*\n",
    "\n",
    "- Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/digits_of_pi  as pi.txt"
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    "# [ ] use curl to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/digits_of_pi as pi.txt\n",
    "\n"
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    "#### Set up the project files and intitial values  \n",
    "1. Open pi.txt in read mode, the file has a single line of text \"3.14....\".  \n",
    "2. Get user name as input and say \"hi\".  \n",
    "3. Use the length of `name` for variable called `seed`.  \n",
    "4. Use `.seek()` with the value of `seed` to set the initial pointer location reading the file.  \n",
    "5. Create a variable `digit` and assign it the value of reading one character from the file.  \n",
    "6. Get `guess` variable value from users `input`  - \"enter a single digit guess or \"q\" to quit\".  \n",
    "7. Initialize `correct` and `wrong` counter variables to **`0`**  (zero).  "
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    "# [ ] Set up the project files and initial values\n",
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    "#### Create a while loop that tests that `guess` is a *digit* string\n",
    "then in the loop:\n",
    "1. if `digit` ( read from pi file) is \"**.**\" read the next character for digit  \n",
    "2. else if `digit` is \"\\n\" increment `seed` and use `seed` to set the pointer uing .`seek()`  \n",
    "3. else see if `guess` is equal to `digit`   \n",
    "  a. if `guess` equals `digit`: print \"correct\" and increment the varible named `correct`  \n",
    "  b. if `guess` not equal `digit`: print \"incorrect\" and increment the variable named `wrong`  \n",
    "  \n",
    "**end the while loop** when user enters any non-digit(s) for `guess`, like \"q\".  \n",
    "- Print `correct` and `wrong` values within a message to the user.  \n",
    "- Close the pi file.  "
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