Shakespeare

How many times does the word 'love' appear in Shakespeare's plays? Is it possible to find negative passages using a list of keywords? We'll use Python to practice our skills and answer questions like these.

Setup

We'll need additional setup here.

Goals

• Have fun using Python to learn basic data science.
• Practice searching for information in text documents
• Practice manipulating strings
• Practice using loops
• Practice using lists
• Practice using dictionaries.
• Get experience with regular expressions.

Skills Review

• Checking if two strings are equal

>>> s = "mama"
>>> s == "mama"
True
>>> s == "papa"
False

• Checking if a string contains another as a substring

>>> s = "mama"
>>> s in "I love mama"
True
>>> "day" in "Saturday"
True
>>> "Day" in "Saturday"
False
>>> Sat = "Saturday"
>>> "day" in Sat
True