Homework 2

Due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 9/6

Instructions

Download hw02.zip. Inside the archive, you will find a file called hw02.py, along with a copy of the ok autograder.

Submission: When you are done, submit with python3 ok --submit. You may submit more than once before the deadline; only the final submission will be scored. Check that you have successfully submitted your code on okpy.org. See Lab 0 for more instructions on submitting assignments.

Using OK: If you have any questions about using OK, please refer to this guide.

Readings: You might find the following references useful:

• Section 1.6

Vitamins

Vitamins are straightforward questions that are directly related to lecture examples. Watch lecture, and you should be able to solve them. Please remember that vitamins should be completed alone.

Several doctests use the construct_check module, which defines a function check. For example, a call such as

check("foo.py", "func1", ["While", "For", "Recursion"])

checks that the function func1 in file foo.py does not contain any while or for constructs, and is not an overtly recursive function (i.e., one in which a function contains a call to itself by name.)

Several doctests refer to these one-argument functions:

def square(x):
    return x * x

def triple(x):
    return 3 * x

def identity(x):
    return x

def increment(x):
    return x + 1

Question 1: Product

The summation(term, n) function from lecture adds up term(1) + ... + term(n) Write a similar product(n, term) function that returns term(1) * ... * term(n). Show how to define the factorial function in terms of product. Hint: try using the identity function for factorial.

def product(n, term):
    """Return the product of the first n terms in a sequence.

    n    -- a positive integer
    term -- a function that takes one argument

    >>> product(3, identity) # 1 * 2 * 3
    6
    >>> product(5, identity) # 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5
    120
    >>> product(3, square)   # 1^2 * 2^2 * 3^2
    36
    >>> product(5, square)   # 1^2 * 2^2 * 3^2 * 4^2 * 5^2
    14400
    """
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"

# The identity function, defined using a lambda expression!
identity = lambda k: k

def factorial(n):
    """Return n factorial for n >= 0 by calling product.

    >>> factorial(4)
    24
    >>> factorial(6)
    720
    >>> from construct_check import check
    >>> check(HW_SOURCE_FILE, 'factorial', ['Recursion', 'For', 'While'])
    True
    """
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
    return _______

Use OK to test your code:

python3 ok -q product
python3 ok -q factorial

Question 2: Make Adder with a Lambda

Implement the make_adder function from lecture using a single return statement that returns the value of a lambda expression.

def make_adder(n):
    """Return a function that takes an argument K and returns N + K.

    >>> add_three = make_adder(3)
    >>> add_three(1) + add_three(2)
    9
    >>> make_adder(1)(2)
    3
    """
    "*** YOUR CODE HERE ***"
    return lambda ________________

Use OK to test your code:

python3 ok -q make_adder