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Due: Friday, 3/10, 11:59pm

Write your answers in ''pythonAssignment.txt''. Make sure ''pythonAssignment.txt'' is a plain text file, not a Word or RTF document. Save ''pythonAssignment.txt'' and other assignment files to your UNIX account ''cs371/python/assignment'' directory. Run the ''submit.cs371'' script.

1. Describe Python's equivalent of Perl's ''use strict;'' pragma (if it has an equivalent). Describe Python's equivalent of Perl's "-w" runtime option (if it has an equivalent). List the information source(s) you used in your answer.

2. Reproduce [[perl_exercises#exercise_4_-_roster_to_hash|Perl exercise 4]] in Python. Save it as ''roster_dictionary.py''. (Even though the name of the script is ''roster_dictionary.py'', you can choose to use a simple list instead of a dictionary.)

3. Reproduce [[perl_exercises#exercise_7_-_extract_data_from_html|Perl exercise 7]] in Python. Save it as ''cssenews_lists.py''.

4. (at least 50 words) What is the functional programming paradigm? Show and explain a code example of functional programming in Python. List the information sources you used in your answer.

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