Homework 3c — Lists

1. Alphabetical Split

This program will print out words that are “smaller” and “bigger” than a boundary word, using alphabetical order. Write a program that:

• Gets a list of words, ending with a blank line.
• Gets a boundary word.
• Prints the total number of words.
• Prints the words that come alphabetically before the boundary word.
• Prints the words that come alphabetically after the boundary word.

Here is some sample input and output from the program:

Word: fantastic
Word: zip
Word: sad
Word: mark
Word: wood
Word: beautiful
Word: amazing
Word: greatness
Word:
Boundary: honors
You have 8 words
These are small:
fantastic
beautiful
amazing
greatness
These are big:
zip
sad
mark
wood

You can find starter code in words.py.

2. Custom bullets

Write a program that prints a list with a variety of custom bullets. The program should:

• Get a list of words, ending with a blank line.
• Get a list of bullets, ending with a blank line.
• Print the list multiple times, once with each type of bullet.

Here is some sample input and output for the program:

Item: Soul
Item: Incredibles
Item: Brave
Item: Wall-e
Item: Finding Nemo
Item: A Bug's Life
Item:

Custom Bullet Point: *
Custom Bullet Point: o
Custom Bullet Point: -
Custom Bullet Point:

* Soul
* Incredibles
* Brave
* Wall-e
* Finding Nemo
* A Bug's Life

o Soul
o Incredibles
o Brave
o Wall-e
o Finding Nemo
o A Bug's Life

- Soul
- Incredibles
- Brave
- Wall-e
- Finding Nemo
- A Bug's Life

Hint: print(), with no arguments, will print an empty line.

You can find starter code in custom_bullets.py.

3. Compare lists

Write a program that compares how many fruits you eat with how many vegetables you eat. The program should:

• Get a list of fruits, ending with a blank line.
• Get a list of vegetables, ending with a blank line.
• If the list of fruits is longer:
  • Prints the list of fruits
  • Prints the list of vegetables
  • Prints “You need more vegetables!”
• If the list of vegetables is longer:
  • Prints the list of vegetables
  • Prints the list of fruits
  • Prints “You need more fruit!”
• If the lists are the same length:
  • Prints the list of fruits
  • Prints the list of vegetables
  • What a healthy balanced diet! (the lists are equal lengths)
• To get full credit, you must write and use a generic function (see Lab 3c - Shopping List for an example) to query the user for both lists.

Here is some sample input and output for the program:

Enter a Fruit: apple
Enter a Fruit:
Enter a Vegetable: carrot
Enter a Vegetable: squash
Enter a Vegetable:
Vegetables:
 - carrot
 - squash
Fruits:
 - apple
You need more fruit!

You can find starter code in compare_lists.py.