SILShack Spring 2014

## Excercise 4 ##

# I know this one was not required, but you did suggest learning how to 
# convert the numbers into days for bonus points, so I did.

start_day = int(input("What day are you leaving on, if 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday?"))
stay_length = int(input("In how many days will you return?"))
answer = ((start_day + stay_length) % 7)
if answer == 0:
    day_name = "Sunday"
elif answer == 1:
    day_name = "Monday"
elif answer == 2:
    day_name = "Tuesday"
elif answer == 3:
    day_name = "Wednesday"
elif answer == 4: 
    day_name = "Thursday"
elif answer == 5:
    day_name = "Friday"
else: day_name = "Saturday"
print("When you return, it will be %s." % day_name)

## Excercise 5 ##

a = "All"
b = "work"
c = "and"
d = "no"
e = "play"
f = "makes"
g = "Jack"
h = "a"
i = "dull"
j = "boy"
print(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i, “%s.” % j)

# Mention was made in class of a "split" function, which can do a similar thing; you can see it below.

str = "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
print str.split()

## Excercise 10 ##

miles = float(input("How many miles did you drive on your last tank of gas?"))
gallons = float(input("How many gallons did you need when you went to the gas station afterwards?"))
mpg = int(miles / gallons)
print("You are getting about", mpg, "miles per gallon.")
if mpg > 24.9:
    print("This is better than the average for a new car in 2013.")
elif mpg < 24.9:
    print("This is lower than the average for a new car in 2013.")
else:
    print("This is the average for a new car in 2013.")

## Excercise 11 ##

C = float(input("What is the temperature in degrees Celsius?"))
F = int(C * 9 / 5 + 32)
print(C, "degrees Celsius is equivalent to about", F, "degrees Fahrenheit.")

## Excercise 12 ## 

F = float(input("What is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?"))
C = int((F - 32) * 5 / 9)
print(F, "degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to about", C, "degrees Celsius.")

## Excercise 13 ##

# This is not an actual exercise number,
# but all the previous ones listed in the assignment under "Python Basics"
# had numbers listed on the Chapter 2 readings page,
# so I am giving this one a number so as not to make it feel lonely.

def ftoc():
    F = float(input("What is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?"))
    C = int((F - 32) * 5 / 9)
    print(F, "degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to about", C, "degrees Celsius.")

def ctof():
    C = float(input("What is the temperature in degrees Celsius?"))
    F = int(C * 9 / 5 + 32)
    print(C, "degrees Celsius is equivalent to about", F, "degrees Fahrenheit.")

choice = raw_input("This program can convert Celsius to Fahrenheit or Fahrenheit to Celsius. Which would you like to convert from, Celsius or Fahrenheit?")
if choice == "Celsius":
    ctof()
elif choice == "celsius":
    ctof()
elif choice == "C":
    ctof()
elif choice == "c":
    ctof()
elif choice == "Fahrenheit":
    ftoc()
elif choice == "fahrenheit":
    ftoc()
elif choice == "F":
    ftoc()
elif choice == "f":
    ftoc()
else:
    print("Sorry, that was not one of your options.")