La Salle University

College of Engineering and Architecture

ELC413b: Numerical Methods Laboratory

Activity No Score
01 Introduction to Python and Jupyter 30 points

I. Introduction

This lab uses Anaconda , a Python distribution with built

in packages such as numpy, matplotlib and sympy.

To install Anaconda, download the latest version from the

link below and follow the installation instructions.

https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

Installing Anaconda also installs Jupyter. Jupyter is a

browser based IDE with interactive input and output.

Open Jupyter by clicking the icon similar to the one

below.

In this lab, try the following code examples to get you

started with Python and Jupyter.

II. Examples

1. Hello World

print("Hello, World!")

2. Arrays
>> cars = ["Ford", "Volvo", "BMW"]
>> x = cars[0]
 >> x = len(cars)

3. Arithmetic
a= 21
b = 10
c = 0

c = a + b
print "Line 1 - Value of c is ", c

c = a - b
print "Line 2 - Value of c is ", c

c = a * b
print "Line 3 - Value of c is ", c

c = a / b
print "Line 4 - Value of c is ", c

c = a % b
print "Line 5 - Value of c is ", c

a = 2
b = 3
c = a**b
print "Line 6 - Value of c is ", c

a = 10
b = 5
c = a//b
print "Line 7 - Value of c is ", c

4. Conditonal Statements

If else

var1 = 100
if var1:
print "1 - Got a true expression value"
print var1
else:
print "1 - Got a false expression value"
print var1

var2 = 0
 if var2:
print "2 - Got a true expression value"
print var2
else:
print "2 - Got a false expression value"
print var2

print "Good bye!"

5. Tuples

thistuple = ("apple", "banana", "cherry")

print(thistuple)

thistuple = ("apple", "banana", "cherry")

print(thistuple[1])

More tuorials available at

https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers

III. Problems

1. Write a Python code that calculates the total

resistance of 3 resistors in parallel.

2. Write a python code that calculates the mean and

standard deviation of a given set of data.

3. Develop a simple python application to solve an

engineering problem.