What changes are you trying to make? (e.g. Adding or removing code, refactoring existing code, adding reports)

Completed Assignment 1. The following files have had code added:

• assignment_1.ipynb

What did you learn from the changes you have made?

I have a bit of experience with Python, so there were two main learnings from this assignment.

1. Learning and getting comfortable with Jupyter - it was great having the demo in class, but during the assignment I got to get much more comfortable with it.
2. Finding differences between sort() and sorted(). I was pretty sure to use a sorting function, but sort was not giving me what I needed for the assignment, so I needed to look into it further and find that sort doesn't actually return anything if I was trying to check my progress in building the anagram checker.

Was there another approach you were thinking about making? If so, what approach(es) were you thinking of?

• I initially used nested if statements and got it working. They would check if is_case_sensitive is true, and then pasting the same code from Part 1, but excluding using lower() function if is_case_sensitive is true. I ended up going this method because it's easier to follow/read/grade.
• Aside from that, we could also use upper() instead of lower() when comparing non-case sensitive words.

Were there any challenges? If so, what issue(s) did you face? How did you overcome it?

• I was initially trying to use the sort function instead of sorted, and was becoming confused when it wasn't returning the sorted list when testing. I ended up googling the Python documentation and stackoverflow to understand that sort doesn't return anything, but the sorted function does.
• I also learned that strings are immutable, which means the letters can't be broken down and sorted in alphabetic order using sort.
• I was worried my initial attempt of using a nested if statement would be to difficult to grade/read so I rewrote it so that the format would be easier to follow.

How were these changes tested?

• I tried breaking down the problem into steps, and testing to return each component indivudally:

1. Returning sorted word_a
2. Returning sorted and lowercase word_a
3. Returning sorted and lowercase word_b
4. Returning True/False if they pass condition of being equal

For Part 2, I also tested returning the compare_a and compare_b values when the is_case_sensitive was set to True/False.

A reference to a related issue in your repository (if applicable)

N/A

Checklist

• I can confirm that my changes are working as intended