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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.

Setup

See the Friday setup instructions.

Handout

Wordplay handout: goals and cheat sheet.

« Back to the Saturday Projects page

« to the Workshop home page

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 See the [http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop_4/Friday Friday setup instructions].
-==Goals==
+==Handout==
+[[Boston_Python_Workshop_4/Wordplay_handout| Wordplay handout]]: goals and cheat sheet.
-* Have fun using Python to cheat at Scrabble and crosswords.
-* Practice using lists and manipulating strings.
-* Get experience with regular expressions.
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-==Suggested exercises==
+[[Boston Python Workshop 4/Saturday projects|&laquo; Back to the Saturday Projects page]]
-* Find and print the words that start with "ee".
-* Find and print the words that end in "mt". How about "gry"?
-* Find and print the longest word that has no vowels.
-* Find an print the words that contain 4 or more 'l's.
-* Find and print the words that have all 5 vowels in alphabetical order.
-* Look for other interesting properties of English words in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_with_uncommon_properties and write code to find the words that have these properties.
-[[Boston Python workshop 4/Saturday projects|&laquo; Back to the Saturday project page]]
+[[Boston Python Workshop 4|&laquo; to the Workshop home page]]