CPSC120
Fundamentals of Computer Science

In-class Activity 19

1. Create a Python program that computes the maximum of a collection of numbers. The program should prompt the user to enter a positive integer for the number of numbers to be input by the user. Then the program should repeatedly prompt the user to enter each number, one at a time. Once all of the numbers have been entered the program should print the maximum. Do not use the built-in max function.

2. What would the following snippet of Python code print if run?

   spam = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
   print(spam[0:3])

3. What would the following snippet of Python code print if run?

   spam = []
   for i in range(1, 6):
       spam.append(i)
   print(spam[:3])

4. What would the following snippet of Python code print if run?

   spam = list(range(1, 6))
   print(spam)

5. Create a Python program that computes the average of a collections of numbers. The program should prompt the user to enter a comma separated list of numbers and then print the average.