• Unit 1: Introduction
• Unit 2: Expressions
• Unit 3: Data Types
• Unit 4: Conditional Logic
• Unit 5: Loops
• Unit 6: Functions
• Unit 7: Strings
• Unit 8: Defining Classes
• Unit 9: Loading and Plotting Data
• Unit 10: Tabular Data
• Unit 11: Nested Structures
• Unit 12: Simulation
• Unit 13: Recursion
• Unit 14: Bonus Topics
• Unit 15: Inheritance and Polymorphism

Unit 3: Data Types

Students who complete this unit will demonstrate that they can:

• Distinguish sequence types from other types
• Use square brackets to index into a string
• Use and recognize string concatenation
• Create and manipulate lists using square brackets
• Use basic list methods and functions including: append(); pop(); remove(); + for concatenation; len(); min(); max(); sum().
• Compare and contrast string, lists, tuples vs. dictionaries
• Create and manipulate dictionaries (add new entries, update values, remove entries)
• Use the math module to perform calculations
• Be able to convert numbers between base 2 (binary) and base 10 (decimal)
• Explain how data is represented in a machine
• Explain how fixed-length number representations affect accuracy and precision.
• Compare representations of integers to floating point numbers
• Describe underflow, overflow, round off, and truncation errors in data representations.
• Explain the reasons for using alternative formats to represent numerical data.

Contents

• Homework 3
• Slides for Unit 3