Assessment: Programming in Python

Assessment: Programming in Python >> Python Basics

There is a function we are providing in for you in this problem called square. It takes one integer and returns the square of that integer value. Write code to assign a variable called xyz the value 5*5 (five squared). Use the square function, rather than just multiplying with *.

xyz = 5
xyz=square(xyz)

Write code to assign the number of characters in the string rv to a variable num_chars.

rv = """Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
    'Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door;
    Only this and nothing more."""

# Write your code here!
num_chars = len(rv)

data-19-1: The code below initializes two variables, z and y. We want to assign the total number of characters in z and in y to the variable a. Which of the following solutions, if any, would be considered hard coding?

z = "hello world"
y = "welcome!"