Flashcard Instructions

Procedure

You'll develop a script. Create a new file in IDLE and save it as prg1.py. Also download the flashcards.txt available with the course files on Canvas to test your program with. This file contains terms followed by their definitions, one pair per line. Each term is separated from its definition by a colon.

You may collaborate with up to 2 other students on this lab if you wish, but you must have your collaborators approved by the instructor at least one week before the due date and agree that all students will receive the same grade. You may not share code with any students that are not in your group. Make sure your code is well documented, with a docstrings used at every appropriate opportunity.
What to turn in

Once you're finished, turn in the prg1.py file that you created.
Instructions

    At the beginning of your script, read in all the values from the flashcards.txt file line by line (assume it is in your working directory -- don't hard-code a path). You'll need to split the line in to two separate values (the term and the definition). Trim off any leading or trailing whitespace from these strings. You can use any data structure you want, but realize that this assignment was designed with dictionaries in mind.

    Next, enter an indefinite loop in which you prompt the user with a random definition from the file. Read a line of input from the user and check to see if they correctly identified the matching term from the file (again, trim leading or trailing whitespace, and ignore case).

    If the user types "exit", break out of the loop and print out how many answers the user got correct and how many attempts they made.

Sample Interactions

Definition: a typing scheme which determines types are compatible as long as the requested methods or properties are present within the object
What term does this define?  goose
Wrong!
Correct answer: duck
Definition: a sequence of statements and other blocks in a program
What term does this define?  block
Correct!
Definition: a language construct that is unnecessary but perhaps makes code shorter or easier to read
What term does this define?  not programming at all
Wrong!
Correct answer: syntactic sugar
Definition: a datastructure which does not support order or multiplicity of elements and is mutable
What term does this define?  set
Correct!
Definition: collection of variable bindings available within a certain scope of a program
What term does this define?  quit
Total Questions: 4
Total Correct: 2