discussion 3 quiztrees and sequences

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Question 1

Draw the environment diagram.

def reverse(lst):
if len(lst) <= 1:
return lst
return reverse(lst[1:]) + [lst[0]]

l = [1, [2, 3], 4]
rev = reverse(l)


Followup: How would you modify this to deep-reverse a list - that is, if an element of the list is also a list, that element gets reversed as well (and all lists under it)?

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Question 2

What does the following code print?

lst = [None for _ in range(10)]
for i in range(10):
lst[i] = lambda: i

for func in lst:
print(func())


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Note that all the lambda functions are not called until the second for loop - they are simply defined in the first for loop. By the time the second loop spins i has taken on the value 9, so the number 9 is printed 10 times. The key here is that the value of i is never stored inside the lambda function - the lambdas get the value of i from the outer frame.

9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9


Question 3

Implement a function addup that takes in a lst of numbers and a target value n. It should return True if some subset of lst adds up to n. Numbers in lst may not be reused. For example:

>>> addup([3, 4, 5], 9)
True # 4 + 5 = 9
>>> addup([3, 9, 27, 81], 3)
True # 3 = 3
>>> addup([3, 9, 27, 81], 33)
False


Followup: What needs to be changed if values in lst can be reused?

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def addup(tup, n):
if n == 0:
return True
elif n < 0:
return False
else:
for i, num in enumerate(tup):

if addup(tup, n ­- num):

Since we don’t remove any elements from tup in our recursive call, then we can reuse any element any number of times.