Practical No.
TITLE : Program to remove the ith occurrence of the given word in a list where words repeat.
Problem Description : The program takes a list and removes the ith occurrence of the given
word in the list where words can repeat.
Theory / Analysis
Python For Loops
A for loop is used for iterating over a sequence (that is either a list, a tuple, a dictionary, a set, or
a string).
This is less like the for keyword in other programming languages, and works more like an
iterator method as found in other object-orientated programming languages.
With the for loop we can execute a set of statements, once for each item in a list, tuple, set etc.
Example
Print each fruit in a fruit list:
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
print(x)
Looping Through a String
Even strings are iterable objects, they contain a sequence of characters:
Example
Loop through the letters in the word "banana":
for x in "banana":
print(x)
The break Statement
With the break statement we can stop the loop before it has looped through all the items:
Example
Exit the loop when x is "banana":
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
print(x)
if x == "banana":
break
The range() Function
To loop through a set of code a specified number of times, we can use the range() function,
The range() function returns a sequence of numbers, starting from 0 by default, and increments
by 1 (by default), and ends at a specified number.
Example
Using the range() function:
for x in range(6):
print(x)
The range() function defaults to 0 as a starting value, however it is possible to specify the starting
value by adding a parameter: range(2, 6), which means values from 2 to 6 (but not including 6):
Example
Using the start parameter:
for x in range(2, 6):
print(x)
Else in For Loop
The else keyword in a for loop specifies a block of code to be executed when the loop is
finished:
Example
Print all numbers from 0 to 5, and print a message when the loop has ended:
for x in range(6):
print(x)
else:
print("Finally finished!")
The else block will NOT be executed if the loop is stopped by a break statement.
Example
Break the loop when x is 3, and see what happens with the else block:
for x in range(6):
if x == 3: break
print(x)
else:
print("Finally finished!")
Nested Loops
A nested loop is a loop inside a loop.
The "inner loop" will be executed one time for each iteration of the "outer loop":
Example
Print each adjective for every fruit:
adj = ["red", "big", "tasty"]
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in adj:
for y in fruits:
print(x, y)
Python Conditions and If statements
Python supports the usual logical conditions from mathematics:
Equals: a == b
Not Equals: a != b
Less than: a < b
Less than or equal to: a <= b
Greater than: a > b
Greater than or equal to: a >= b
These conditions can be used in several ways, most commonly in "if statements" and loops.
An "if statement" is written by using the if keyword.
Example
If statement:
a = 33
b = 200
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
Indentation
Python relies on indentation (whitespace at the beginning of a line) to define scope in the code.
Other programming languages often use curly-brackets for this purpose.
Example
If statement, without indentation (will raise an error):
a = 33
b = 200
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a") # you will get an error
Elif
The elif keyword is pythons way of saying "if the previous conditions were not true, then try this
condition".
Example
a = 33
b = 33
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
elif a == b:
print("a and b are equal")
Else
The else keyword catches anything which isn't caught by the preceding conditions.
Example
a = 200
b = 33
if b > a:
print("b is greater than a")
elif a == b:
print("a and b are equal")
else:
print("a is greater than b")
Program to remove the ith occurrence of the given word in a list where words repeat.
1. Take the number of elements in the list and store it in a variable.
2. Accept the values into the list using a for loop and insert them into the list.
3. Use a for loop to traverse through the elements in the list.
4. Then use an if statement to check if the word to be removed matches the element and the
occurrence number and otherwise it appends the element to another list.
5. The number of repetitions along with the updated list and distinct elements is printed.
6. Exit.
Program
Here is source code of the Python Program to remove the ith occurrence of the given word in list
where words can repeat. The program output is also shown below.
a=[]
n= int(input("Enter the number of elements in list:"))
for x in range(0,n):
element=input("Enter element" + str(x+1) + ":")
a.append(element)
print(a)
c=[]
count=0
b=input("Enter word to remove: ")
n=int(input("Enter the occurrence to remove: "))
for i in a:
if(i==b):
count=count+1
if(count!=n):
c.append(i)
else:
c.append(i)
if(count==0):
print("Item not found ")
else:
print("The number of repetitions is: ",count)
print("Updated list is: ",c)
print("The distinct elements are: ",set(a))
Runtime Test Cases
Case 1:
Enter the number of elements in list:5
Enter element1:"apple"
Enter element2:"apple"
Enter element3:"ball"
Enter element4:"ball"
Enter element5:"cat"
['apple', 'apple', 'ball', 'ball', 'cat']
Enter word to remove: "ball"
Enter the occurence to remove: 2
('The number of repitions is: ', 2)
('Updated list is: ', ['apple', 'apple', 'ball', 'cat'])
('The distinct elements are: ', set(['ball', 'apple', 'cat']))
