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# GPS Skills Course Series - Python (2023Winter)

**Course Details**
Dates: January 10th, 2023 - January 26th, 2023
Days: Tues/Thurs
Time: 2-3:30pm

**Course Agenda:**
(Github page)

**Software Installation:**
*Refer to Canvas course software download files.

**Lesson Data (download)**
*Refer to Canvas course data download files.

## NOTES:
A copy of the instructor live session notes will be uploaded in canvase at the end of session lesson.

Jupyterlab will be used for the lessons
[m] Markdown cell = notes
[#]also works in code cell for notes
[b] = add cell below [a] is above
[r]Raw cells cannot have text edits

https://www.markdownguide.org/getting-started/
https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/

## Session 1
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Chow, Viola / [e-mail]
Yang, Marcia / [e-mail]
Lascano,Dayra / [e-mail]
Li, Bingru / [e-mail]
Li, Weitong / [e-mail]
Tang, Wei-Hsin [e-mail]
Cai, Weiyan / [e-mail]
He,Taylor/ [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Cen, Jasper Junjie / [e-mail]
Fragoso, Alberto / [e-mail]
Suematsu, Tomoyuki / [e-mail]
Ye,Yuan/ [e-mail]
Himanshu Pykurel Himanshu/ [e-mail]
Xiaoran Li, [e-mail]
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Dukhnovskii, Fedor / [e-mail]
Molina, Angela/ [e-mail]
Roshdieh Altamimi/[e-mail]
Kato, Hiroaki / [e-mail]
Edwards, Lauryn/[e-mail]
Xu, Junhui/ [e-mail]
Mason-Lucas, Olivia / [e-mail]
Phrasavath, Bonaly / [e-mail]
Junyi Hua/ [e-mail]
Paula jaramillo / [e-mail]
Orosz, Stephanie/ [e-mail]
Berman-Schneider, Ray /[e-mail]
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki/ [e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]
Gabriela Quintanilla/[e-mail]
Leung, Taysia (T/[e-mail]
Ilaria, Simmen / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Fang, Zhuohan / [e-mail]
CHi, Zhiyuan / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Wang, Xuran / [e-mail]
Guo, Yuxin / [e-mail]
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Duan,Yihan/ [e-mail]
Yin, Qing / [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Aoi / [e-mail]
Bo,Yutong/[e-mail]
Tan, Jingyi / [e-mail]
Quintanilla, Gabriela / [e-mail]
Kato, Hiroaki / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki / [e-mail]
Zhuohan, Fang/[e-mail]

## Session 1 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Session 1

## Session 2
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Yin, Qing / [e-mail]
Lascano, Dayra / [e-mail]
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Phrasavath, Bonaly / [e-mail]
Tan, Jingyi / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin / [e-mail]
Duan, Yihan / [e-mail]
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
Zhiyuan Chi / [e-mail]
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Pykurel,Himanshu / [e-mail]
Xiaoran Li/ [e-mail]
Suematsu Tomoyuki/ [e-mail]
Quintanilla, Gabriela / gquintanilla
Berman-Schneider, Ray / [e-mail]
Edwards, Lauryn/[e-mail]
Leung Taysia/[e-mail]
Romstadt, Lisa / [e-mail]
Fragoso, Alberto / [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Bingru, Li / [e-mail]
Paula Jaramillo/ [e-mail]
Nogueda, Lesley/[e-mail]
Weitong Li / [e-mail]
Orosz, Stephanie/ [e-mail]
Junhui Xu / [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki / [e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]

## Session 2 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Session 2

## Session 3
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Zhiyuan Chi / [e-mail]
Phrasavath, Bonaly / [e-mail]
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Dayra Lascano / [e-mail]
Ye Yuan/ [e-mail]
Fragoso, Alberto / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
Wenxin Chen/[e-mail]
Romstadt, Lisa / [e-mail]
Xiaoran Li/[e-mail]
Junyi Hua/[e-mail]
Berman-Schneider, Ray /[e-mail]
Wei-Hsin Tang/[e-mail]
Pykurel, Himanshu / [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Zhuohan, Fang / [e-mail]
leung,taysia/[e-mail]
Orosz, Stephanie/ [e-mail]
Junhui Xu / [e-mail]
Weitong Li/ [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Suematsu Tomoyuki/ [e-mail]
Bingru, Li / [e-mail]
Molina, Angela/ [e-mail]
Lesley Nogueda/ [e-mail]
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Edwards, Lauryn/[e-mail]
Altamimi, Roshdieh/[e-mail]
Quintanilla, Gabriela / gquint
Simmen, Ilaria / isimmen@ucsd.e
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Dukhnovskii, Fedor / [e-mail]
Tan, Jingyi / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin/ [e-mail]
Duan, Yihan/ [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki / [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Xu, Junhui /
[e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]

# NOTES

using Python libraries
### Import `math` library

import math as m
import math as np #assign an alias short form name using `as` 
math.pi  #calculates pi
math.cos(math.pi)
print('cos(pi) is equal to: ', math.cos(math.pi)

### print output

print('pi is equal to: ', math.pi)

#### How do you learn more about a specific library?

help(math) #help functino to find help about a library or function

#### How do you shorten programs by importing specific items from a library?

from math import cos, pi 

Challenge 1

using the function:

help(math)

identify a function fromt the math library, which you can use to calculate square or cube roots, and/or power (e.g. 3 to the power of 4)?

one answer:
pow(x,y,/)

from math import cos, pi pow
pow(2, 1/2, /) #incorrect format returns invalid syntax 
pow(2, 1/2) # correct format 
print('square root of 2: 1, pow(2,1/2))

what library is sqrt2 in?

from math import pow, sqrt # need to specifcy sqrt function from the math library

import random #generate random numbers 

from random import randrange

bases = 'ACTTGCTTGAC #defined string variable

random_index = randrange(len(bases)) #saving a random index value between 0 -11 based on length of bases string 
print(len(bases)) #print out the length of the string
print(random_index) #printing out the random index value 
print(bases[random_index]) #

## Session 3 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Session 3

## Session 4
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Tan, Jingyi/ [e-mail]
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Dayra Lascano / [e-mail]
Duan, Yihan/ [e-mail]
Phrasavath, Bonaly / [e-mail]
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Weitong Li / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin / [e-mail]
Zhiyuan, Chi / [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Zhuohan, Fang / [e-mail]
Stephanie Orosz / [e-mail]
Paula jaramillo
Pykurel, Himanshu / [e-mail]
Junyi Hua/[e-mail]
Suematsu, Tomoyuki / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin/[e-mail]
Kimothy, Wong / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki / [e-mail]
Nogueda, Lesley/ [e-mail]
Romstadt, Lisa / [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]
leung,taysia /[e-mail] (watched video)

## Session 4 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Day 4

## Session 5
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Phrasavath, Bonaly / [e-mail]
Edwards, Lauryn/[e-mail]
Berman-Schneider,Ray/ [e-mail]
Fragoso, Alberto / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Lascano, Dayra / [e-mail]
Weitong Li / [e-mail]
Orosz, Stephanie / [e-mail]
Junyi Hua/@u
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Ye Yuan/ [e-mail]
Molina, Angela/ [e-mail]
Tang, Wei-Hsin/ [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Pykurel, Himanshu / [e-mail]
Xiaoran Li/xil206
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Suematsu, Tomoyuki / [e-mail]
Nogueda, Lesley/ [e-mail]
Kato, Hiroaki / [e-mail]
Murashima, Mizuki / [e-mail]
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Zhuohan, Fang / [e-mail]
Lian, Ann / [e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
leung,taysia /[e-mail] (watched video)
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Duan, Yihan / [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin / [e-mail]
Tan,Jingyi/[e-mail]

## NOTES:
chatGPT - can be used for debugging code

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt #import matplotlib library to use pyplot

time = [0,1,2,3]
position = [0, 100, 200, 300]
plt.plot(time, position) # inside plot function, type "x" values first, then comma, then "y" values
plt.xlabel('time (hr)')
plt.ylabel('position(km)')

plt.show()

Using Pandas - used to import csv files into the notebook

import pandas as pd

#read in data
data = pd.read_csv('gapminder_gdp_oceania.csv', index_col='country')  #use help(pandas) ro learn more about the library
print(data)

data = pd.read_csv('gapminder_gdp_oceania.csv', index_col='country')  #use help(pandas) ro learn more about the library
print(data)


years = data.columns.str.replace('gdpPercap_', '') #take out 'gdpPercap phrase before actual year

data.columns = years.astype(int) #convert string values in 'years' variable to integer values. 


data.loc['Australia'].plot()

Creating bar plot

data.T.plot()
plt.ylabel('GDP per capita')
plt.style.use('ggplot')
data.T.plot(kind='bar')
plt.ylabel('GDP per capita')

### Creating lists

difference between lists and tuples
lists can be modified

Tuples cannot be modified

print('pressures:')
print('length:', len(pressure))

pressures[0] = 0.265
print(new first element of list, pressures[4])
print('updated pressure, pressure')

del pressures[3]
print('updated pressure values:')

# For loops

for number in [2, 3, 5]:
    print(number)

**make sure to check indentation, if indentation is not correct, you will see an error**

primes = [2,3,5]
for p in primes:
    values_squared = p ** 2 #use ** to raise any number to a power of something
    values_cubed = p ** 3  
    print(p, values_squared, values_cubed)

## Session 5 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Day 5

## Session 6
### Name (Last, First) / Email
Doe, John / [e-mail] (example)
Yamada, Sohei / [e-mail]
Ahluwalia, Gurkriti / [e-mail]
Cuevas, Christopher / [e-mail]
Nakamura, Masaki / [e-mail]
leung,taysia /[e-mail] (watched video)
Ito, Yoshi/ [e-mail]
Weitong Li / [e-mail]
Xiang, Ruixuan / [e-mail]
Yamashita, Daichi / [e-mail]
Groper, Danielle / [e-mail]
Artan, Warsan / [e-mail]
Coyle, Jackson / [e-mail]
Chen, Wenxin / [e-mail]
Yamakawa, Daisuke / [e-mail]
Tan,Jingyi /[e-mail]

## Session 6 Questions:
Please enter any questions not answered during live session here:
1.

### End Day 6