• Each program must contain at least one for loop and one if statement.
• At least one of the programs must receive input from a text file.
• At least one of the programs must send output to a text file.
• Each program should fulfill a useful, contextualized purpose.
• If you would like to employ a Python concept that we have not yet covered in class, you are welcome to do so.
• Submit each program as a separate *.py file, via Moodle.
• You should also submit two sample input files for each program (four input files in all; six total files to submit including the programs themselves).
• The project is due on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 5 pm.

Here are some examples of project ideas. You are welcome to use any of these. Feel free to expand (or simplify) any of these suggestions; alternatively, you are greatly encouraged to pursue your own project ideas. In any event, make sure your submissions fulfill to the above requirements.

NOTE: A program need not be long to be useful. All of my solutions for the project ideas below were 24 lines or less.

• Write a program to calculate paychecks based on timecards. An input file contains hours worked and the hourly pay rate for each employee. Each line starts with the first and last names of each employee, followed by the hourly pay rate. After this is one number for the hours worked on each timecard. Different employees may submit differing numbers of timecards. Here is an example of such a file:

  Thomas Edison 7.50 5 10 7 6.5
  Albert Einstein 8.50 8 8 8 8 8 
  Gilbert Chesterton 32.00 10 5 10 10 8
  Ferris Bueller 17.75 1 1 1 5
  

  The program will calculate the amount that each employee is to be paid. It will generate an output file containing the name and payment for each employee. Below is a sample output file:

  $ 213.75: Edison, Thomas
  $ 340.00: Einstein, Albert
  $1376.00: Chesterton, Gilbert
  $ 142.00: Bueller, Ferris
  

• Write a program to calculate final student grades. It will read student names and grades from an input file. Each line of the input file contains a first and last name, followed by a sequence of numbers representing grades. Different students might have earned differing numbers of grades. Here is an example of such an input file:

  Thomas Edison 53 67 40 80 90 100
  Albert Einstein 80 80 70 70 90 90
  Gilbert Chesterton 95 85 75 95 85
  Ferris Bueller 0 0 50 100 0 80
  

  The program will generate an output file that will serve as a report for the registrar. The output file will contain the student name and letter grade. Below is a sample output file:

  Edison, Thomas: C
  Einstein, Albert: B
  Chesterton, Gilbert: B
  Bueller, Ferris: F
  

• Write a program that runs simple turtle-controlling programs. Here is an example of a turtle-controlling program:

  forward 50
  right 90
  forward 50
  right 90
  forward 50
  right 90
  penup
  forward 50
  pendown
  forward 50
  

  Here is an image that is generated by this program:
  
  Your program will read in the turtle-controlling program from an input text file. It will process each line of input, instructing the turtle accordingly.
  
• Write a program that is a math tutor. It will read in a set of math problems from an input file. It then loops through these problems, displaying each problem and requesting an answer. It tells the user whether or not each answer is correct. It displays the percent correct when finished. It also creates an output file containing a report that includes the percent correct, a listing of correctly answered problems, and a listing of incorrectly answered problems. Here is a sample input file:

  3 * 2
  14 + 13
  5 / 2
  20 - 13
  3 ** 2
  

  Here is a sample tutoring session:

  >>> math('math.txt', 'mathResults.txt')
  3 * 2 = 6
  Correct!
  14 + 13 = 22
  Sorry, the answer is 27
  5 / 2 = 2
  Sorry, the answer is 2.5
  20 - 13 = 7
  Correct!
  3 ** 2 = 9
  Correct!
  Score: 60.00%
  

  Here is a sample output file:

  Score: 60.00%
  
  Correctly answered:
  3 * 2
  20 - 13
  3 ** 2
  
  Incorrectly answered:
  14 + 13
  5 / 2