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Computational Methods: Paths and Strings

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ENG-270: Computational methods and tools

This course prepares students to use modern computational methods and tools for solving problems in engineering and science. ...

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This lecture covers computational methods focusing on paths and strings, including examples of concatenation, regex elements, and string operations. It also demonstrates how to manipulate files, construct file paths, and use the pathlib library over os. The lecture concludes with a practical exercise on regular expressions.

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Instructor

Satoshi Takahama

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Theoretical computer science

Programming language theory: High-level programming languages

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