1. pick4num.py
2. search.py
3. string_compare.py
4. string_iteration.py
5. survey.py

# Simulate Pick 4 lottery game - selecting ping pong balls at random
# Modified to figure out if the user entered the winning number
# By CSCI111

from random import *
import sys

# define constants that are easy to change so that our
# program is flexible
NUM_PICKS = 4
MIN_VALUE = 0
MAX_VALUE = 9

NUMFORMAT="####"

pickedNum = input("What is your pick? (Format: " + NUMFORMAT + ") ")

######  handle bad input ######

# TODO: COMPLETE GENERATING THE RANDOM NUMBER

# generate the random number
winningNum = 

for x in range(NUM_PICKS):
    randnum = str(randint(MIN_VALUE, MAX_VALUE))
    winningNum = randnum + winningNum

# Demonstrate use of "in" operator for strings as well
# as an if test
# Sara Sprenkle

# QUESTION: Why is this a constant?
PYTHON_EXT = ".py"

filename = raw_input("Enter a filename: ")

if filename[-(len(PYTHON_EXT)):] == PYTHON_EXT:
    print("That's a name for Python script")

if PYTHON_EXT in filename:
    print("That filename contains", PYTHON_EXT)

# QUESTION: should the above be an if-elif ?
#    What is the impact of that decision?

# Program compares two strings
# by Sara Sprenkle

str1 = input("Enter a string to compare: ")
str2 = input("Compare '" + str1 + "' with what string? ")

print("-" * 40)

if str1 < str2 :
    print("Alphabetically,", str1, "comes before", str2 + ".")
elif str1 > str2:
    print("Alphabetically,", str2, "comes before", str1 + ".")
else:
    print("You tried to trick me!", str1, "and", str2, "are the same word!")

# Iterating through strings
# by Sara Sprenkle

phrase = input("Enter a phrase: ")

print("Iterate through phrase, using characters:")

for char in phrase:
    print(char)
    
print()

print("Iterate through phrase, using positions of characters:")
for pos in range(len(phrase)):
    print(pos, phrase[pos])

# Demonstrate use of constants, string concatenation
# by CS111

import sys
from random import *

SCALE_MIN=0
SCALE_MAX=100
DIVIDER_LENGTH=70
NUM_TIMES=3

divider="-"*DIVIDER_LENGTH

print(divider)

prompt = "On a scale of " + str(SCALE_MIN) + " to " + str(SCALE_MAX)
# broke up into 2 lines because ran out of room
prompt += ", what do you think of Ryan Gosling? "

for whichTime in range(NUM_TIMES):
    # ask once, with wise crack
    rating = float(input(prompt))
    if rating < SCALE_MIN or rating > SCALE_MAX:
        print("Your rating is not in the valid range", SCALE_MIN, "to", SCALE_MAX)
        sys.exit(1)
    
    responseType = randint(0,3)
    if responseType <= 1:
        print(rating,"?!?  That's more than I do.")
    elif responseType == 2:
        print("yup, right on.")
    else:
        print("Nah,", rating, "is much too low.")
    
    print(divider)