CS 1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #2
Generated for Student ID: 0244156
Due Date: Wednesday, February 8th
(You are responsible for verifying that your student number is correct!)
Part 1: Debugging
The following four functions are infested with bugs. Correct them by adding or changing a single
line in each one. Clearly indicate your changes with comments. If you add a line, append the
comment, "# added." If you change a line, append a comment to it containing the original, erroneous line.
Solutions submitted without comments will not be marked.
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def norm(aVector):
"""Computes the Euclidian norm of the given vector in R^n.
The Euclidean norm of x=(x1, x2, ..., xn) is defined as the square root of
x1^2 + x2^2 + ... + xn^2."""
n = len(aVector)
if n <= 0:
return None
theNorm = 0
i = 0
while i < n:
theNorm = theNorm + abs(aVector[i])**2
i=i+1
return pow(theNorm, 0.5)
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def argMax(aList):
"""Returns the index of the largest element in the list"""
n = len(aList)
if n <= 0:
return None
i = n-1
theArgMax = i
theMax = aList[theArgMax]
while i >= 0:
x = aList[i]
if x > theMax:
theMax = x
theArgMax = i
i=i+1
return theArgMax
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def product(numberList):
"""Computes the product of all the list elements."""
n = len(numberList)
if n <= 0:
return None
theProduct = 1
i = n
while i >= 0:
theProduct = theProduct * numberList[i]
i=i-1
return theProduct
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def mean(numberList):
"""Returns the mean (i.e. average) value of the elements in the list"""
n = len(numberList)
if n == 0:
return None
theSum = 0
i = 0
while i < n:
x = numberList[i]
theSum = theSum + x
i = i + l
return float(theSum) / float(n)
Part 2: Testing
Create automated tests for the following function using PyUnit. Your tests should ensure that the code produces the expected result in all cases.
def isAnagram(str1, str2):
"""Returns True if the two strings are anagrams of each other (i.e. if str2 is
simply a permutation of the letters of str1); otherwise returns False."""
if len(str1) != len(str2):
return False
list1 = list(str1)
list2 = list(str2)
n = len(list1)
for x in list1: # For each character in list1...
if x in list2: # ...if that character appears in list2, remove it from list2.
xPos = list2.index(x)
list2 = list2[0:xPos] + list2[xPos+1:len(list2)]
else:
return False
if len(list2) == 0: # If list2 is empty by this point, then the strings were anagrams
return True
else:
return False