Contents:

• Overview
• Problems to be Submitted
• Extra Credit

Topic: While Loops, Functions
Related Reading: Chapter 5.1-5.3
Due: 11:00am, Friday, 24 February 2017

Please make sure you adhere to the policies on academic integrity.

1. (6 points)

   Exercise 5.9 on page 196 of the book.

2. (6 points)

   Write a function acronym(phrase) that accepts a string as a parameter, and returns a new string that includes the first letter of every word in the original phrase, all in uppercase. For example, a call to acronym('Laughing out loud') should return the string 'LOL'.

3. (6 points)

   Exercise 5.23 on page 199 of the book.

4. (2 points)

   Exercise 5.25 on page 199 of the book.