Assignment 1
BUSI 520: Python for Business Research
Jones Graduate School of Business
Rice University

1. Create a function that takes the lengths of two sides of a right triangle as inputs and returns the length of the hypotenuse.

2. 1. Create a list of names. Using list enumeration, print the names in the form

       1. Adam
       2. Bob
       3. ...

   2. Create a function that takes a list of strings as an input and prints the list as in part (a).
   3. Create a function that takes a list of strings as its input and returns a dictionary with integers 1, 2, … as keys and the strings as values.

3. Create a list of numbers from 1 to 10.

   1. Write a loop to print only even numbers from the list.
   2. Write another loop to calculate and print the factorial of each number in the list.

4. Write a loop to halve a given number until the result is less than 1.0e-6.

5. Create a function is_palindrome to check if a string is a palindrome (reads the same forwards as backwards – e.g., ‘radar’ is a palindrome). The function should return True if the input is a palindrome and False otherwise.

6. Write a script (.py file) that prompts the user to input

   1. title
   2. author
   3. journal
   4. volume
   5. pages
   6. year
   7. keyword
   8. pathname of a .bib file

   The function should then append a bibtex entry to the end of the .bib file formatted as follows, where the items within braces are the user’s inputs.

    @article{keyword,
    title={title},
    author={author names},
    journal={journal name},
    volume={volume number},
    pages={pages},
    year={year},
    }