\[ \begin{align}\begin{aligned}\newcommand\blank{~\underline{\hspace{1.2cm}}~}\\% Bold symbols (vectors)
\newcommand\bs[1]{\mathbf{#1}}\\% Poor man's siunitx
\newcommand\unit[1]{\mathrm{#1}}
\newcommand\num[1]{#1}
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\newcommand\squared{{}^2}
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% Scale
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\newcommand\centi{\unit{c}}
\newcommand\kilo{\unit{k}}
\newcommand\mega{\unit{M}}
%
% Angle
\newcommand\radian{\unit{rad}}
\newcommand\degree{\unit{{}^\circ}}
%
% Time
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%
% Distance
\newcommand\meter{\unit{m}}
\newcommand\m{\meter}
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\newcommand\feet{\unit{ft}}
\newcommand\mile{\unit{mi}}
\newcommand\mi{\mile}
%
% Volume
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%
% Mass
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%
% Frequency
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\newcommand\rpm{\unit{rpm}}
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% Voltage
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%
% Resistance
\newcommand\ohm{\Omega}
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\newcommand\ozin{\unit{oz}\text{-}\unit{in}}
\newcommand\newtonmeter{\unit{N\text{-}m}}\end{aligned}\end{align} \]
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8.2.6. Step Counter
A Personal Fitness Tracker is a wearable device that tracks your physical
activity, total calories burned, heart rate, sleeping patterns, and so on. One
common physical activity that most of these devices track is the number of steps
you take each day.
The file steps.txt contains the number of steps a person has taken
each day for a year. There are \(365\) lines in the file, and each line
contains the number of steps taken during a day. (The first line is the number
of steps taken on January \(1\)st, the second line is the number of steps
taken on January \(2\)nd, and so forth).
Write a program that reads the steps.txt file, then calculates and
displays the average number of steps taken for each month. The data is from a
year that was not a leap year, so February has \(28\) days. Set the decimal
precision of the monthly averages to \(2\).
Sample Output
Ensure your program’s output matches the provided samples exactly.
This includes all characters, white space, and punctuation. In the
samples, user input is highlighted like
this for clarity, but your program should not highlight user
input in this way.
Sample Output
$ python3 step_counter_login.py
The average steps taken each month were:
January : 7053.94
February : 11333.29
March : 5253.23
April : 10585.23
May : 8312.03
June : 8105.33
July : 11202.06
August : 10234.68
September : 9436.17
October : 8210.77
November : 11664.63
December : 7353.26
Deliverables
Save your finished program as step_counter_login.py, replacing
login with your Purdue login. Then submit it along with all the
deliverables listed in
Table 8.10 below.
