Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Day 1 projects

Welcome to the Saturday afternoon projects section of the Community Data Science Workshop (Fall 2014)! After lunch, we'll break out into groups to practice Python through short projects on two fun and practical topics.

Wordplay


Wordplay: You are filling out a crossword and need a word that fits the pattern E*G****R. What are your options? How many words have all 5 vowels in order? What's the only common English word that ends in mt? Use Python to answer questions like this instantly while practicing manipulating data from a file and regular expressions.

Colorwall


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.

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