Python Reading

• Read More About Iteration from the section entitled The 3n+1 Sequence through the section entitled Simple Tables.

Class Activity

• Write a program that prints an n (the number of rows from 1 to n) by m (the number of columns from 1 to m) multiplication table. For example, table(4,5) might produce:

  * |  1  2  3  4  5
  --+---------------
  1 |  1  2  3  4  5
  2 |  2  4  6  8 10
  3 |  3  6  9 12 15
  4 |  4  8 12 16 20
       

Active Learning Activity

• Write a function that when called, prints the first n rows of a lower triangle filled with asterisks. For example, if the function is called with 5, the following output would be produced:

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  * *
  * * *
  * * * *
  * * * * *
  

• Work Exercise 2.