Finding the Pollution for a State¶
We can use split to chop up our data by fields, separated by “:”. But we can also use it within field, to separate by space. If we split the city/state by “space”, we’d get city and state as two different elements of the list.
This section uses the same data file that we have been using, but if you want to see all of the data click on the Show button below. Once it appears, you can hide it again by clicking on the Hide button.
Aberdeen, SD :13 :8 Adrian, MI :15 :9 Akron, OH :18 :11 Albany, GA :18 :11 Albany-Lebanon, OR :14 :8 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY :13 :8 Albuquerque, NM :12 :7 Alexandria, LA :20 :12 Allegan, MI :14 :9 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ :21 :12 Altoona, PA :19 :12 Anchorage, AK :13 :8 Anderson, IN :18 :11 Ann Arbor, MI :16 :10 Appleton, WI :14 :9 Asheville, NC :15 :9 Athens, OH :14 :9 Athens, TN :15 :9 Athens-Clarke County, GA :16 :9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA :23 :14 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ :14 :8 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC :18 :11 Augusta-Waterville, ME :14 :9 Austin-Round Rock, TX :17 :10 Bakersfield, CA :24 :15 Baltimore-Towson, MD :20 :12 Bangor, ME :12 :7 Baraboo, WI :17 :10 Baton Rouge, LA :19 :11 Bay City, MI :13 :8 Beaver Dam, WI :15 :9 Beckley, WV :14 :8 Bellingham, WA :7 :4 Bennington, VT :11 :7 Birmingham-Hoover, AL :20 :12 Bishop, CA :11 :6 Bismarck, ND :11 :6 Bloomington, IN :17 :10 Bloomington-Normal, IL :16 :9 Boise City-Nampa, ID :17 :10 Boone, NC :13 :8 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH :16 :10 Boulder, CO :12 :7 Bowling Green, KY :17 :10 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL :12 :7 Brainerd, MN :8 :5 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA :7 :4 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT :16 :9 Brigham City, UT :12 :7 Brookings, SD :14 :9 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX :16 :10 Brunswick, GA :13 :8 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY :16 :9 Burlington, NC :14 :9 Burlington-South Burlington, VT :12 :7 Butte-Silver Bow, MT :19 :11 Cadillac, MI :10 :6 Cambridge, MD :13 :8 Canton-Massillon, OH :21 :12 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL :12 :7 Casper, WY :9 :5 Cedar Rapids, IA :16 :10 Champaign-Urbana, IL :16 :10 Charleston, WV :18 :11 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC :16 :10 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC :16 :10 Charlottesville, VA :13 :8 Chattanooga, TN-GA :18 :11 Cheyenne, WY :9 :6 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI :22 :13 Chico, CA :12 :7 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN :23 :14 Clarksburg, WV :16 :10 Clarksville, TN-KY :16 :10 Clearlake, CA :7 :4 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH :24 :15 Clinton, IA :18 :11 Colorado Springs, CO :12 :7 Columbia, SC :17 :10 Columbia, TN :14 :8 Columbus, GA-AL :19 :11 Columbus, OH :18 :11 Concord, NH :16 :9 Cookeville, TN :14 :9 Corning, NY :11 :7 Corpus Christi, TX :18 :11 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX :20 :12 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL :15 :9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL :18 :11 Dayton, OH :18 :11 Decatur, AL :15 :9 Decatur, IL :17 :10 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL :11 :6 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO :14 :9 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA :15 :9 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI :21 :12 Dickinson, ND :7 :4 Dothan, AL :15 :9 Dover, DE :14 :8 Duluth, MN-WI :11 :6 Durango, CO :7 :4 Durham, NC :14 :8 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC :14 :8 Dyersburg, TN :15 :9 East Stroudsburg, PA :13 :8 Eau Claire, WI :14 :8 El Centro, CA :24 :14 El Dorado, AR :18 :11 El Paso, TX :21 :12 Elizabethtown, KY :20 :12 Elkhart-Goshen, IN :21 :12 Erie, PA :19 :11 Eugene-Springfield, OR :13 :8 Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA :11 :7 Evansville, IN-KY :19 :12 Fairbanks, AK :31 :19 Fairmont, WV :17 :10 Fargo, ND-MN :13 :8 Farmington, NM :8 :5 Fayetteville, NC :15 :9 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO :16 :10 Flagstaff, AZ :9 :5 Flint, MI :13 :8 Florence, SC :15 :9 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL :15 :9 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO :12 :7 Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO :18 :11 Fort Payne, AL :15 :9 Fort Smith, AR-OK :17 :10 Fort Wayne, IN :23 :14 Fresno, CA :74 :45 Gadsden, AL :16 :10 Gainesville, FL :12 :7 Gainesville, GA :16 :9 Gettysburg, PA :18 :11 Gillette, WY :13 :8 Goldsboro, NC :21 :13 Grand Island, NE :13 :8 Grand Junction, CO :12 :7 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI :16 :10 Grants Pass, OR :12 :7 Greeley, CO :13 :8 Green Bay, WI :16 :10 Greensboro-High Point, NC :14 :9 Greenville, NC :13 :8 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC :16 :10 Grenada, MS :16 :9 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS :16 :10 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV :19 :11 Hammond, LA :15 :9 Hanford-Corcoran, CA :28 :17 Harriman, TN :22 :13 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA :20 :12 Harrisonburg, VA :15 :9 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT :14 :9 Hattiesburg, MS :18 :11 Helena, MT :16 :9 Helena-West Helena, AR :16 :9 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC :16 :10 Hilo, HI :27 :16 Hobbs, NM :13 :8 Holland-Grand Haven, MI :15 :9 Homosassa Springs, FL :11 :7 Honolulu, HI :12 :7 Hot Springs, AR :18 :11 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA :13 :8 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX :21 :13 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH :19 :11 Huntsville, AL :16 :9 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN :25 :15 Iowa City, IA :16 :10 Jackson, MS :19 :11 Jackson, TN :15 :9 Jackson, WY-ID :11 :6 Jacksonville, FL :13 :8 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY :13 :8 Jasper, IN :18 :11 Johnstown, PA :19 :12 Juneau, AK :11 :6 Kahului-Wailuku, HI :11 :6 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI :17 :10 Kalispell, MT :13 :8 Kansas City, MO-KS :24 :15 Kapaa, HI :11 :7 Keene, NH :16 :10 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA :15 :9 Kinston, NC :13 :8 Klamath Falls, OR :18 :11 Knoxville, TN :18 :11 Kokomo, IN :16 :10 La Crosse, WI-MN :14 :8 Laconia, NH :11 :7 Lafayette, IN :24 :14 Lafayette, LA :18 :11 Lake Charles, LA :14 :8 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ :6 :4 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL :13 :8 Lancaster, PA :21 :13 Lansing-East Lansing, MI :14 :9 Laramie, WY :9 :6 Las Cruces, NM :25 :15 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV :20 :12 Laurel, MS :18 :11 Lawrenceburg, TN :14 :8 Lebanon, NH-VT :11 :7 Lebanon, PA :24 :14 Lewiston-Auburn, ME :13 :8 Lexington-Fayette, KY :16 :10 Lima, OH :17 :10 Lincoln, NE :14 :9 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR :19 :12 Logan, UT-ID :15 :9 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA :33 :20 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN :22 :13 Lumberton, NC :14 :9 Lynchburg, VA :13 :8 Macon, GA :19 :12 Madera, CA :27 :16 Madison, WI :16 :9 Manchester-Nashua, NH :14 :8 Marshall, MN :12 :7 Marshall, TX :17 :10 McAlester, OK :19 :11 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX :18 :11 Medford, OR :15 :9 Memphis, TN-MS-AR :17 :10 Merced, CA :18 :11 Meridian, MS :17 :10 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL :14 :8 Michigan City-La Porte, IN :16 :10 Middlesborough, KY :17 :10 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI :18 :11 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI :17 :10 Missoula, MT :21 :12 Mobile, AL :15 :9 Modesto, CA :25 :15 Monroe, LA :22 :13 Monroe, MI :16 :9 Montgomery, AL :18 :11 Morgantown, WV :15 :9 Mount Vernon, IL :14 :9 Muncie, IN :16 :10 Muscatine, IA :18 :11 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI :15 :9 Napa, CA :23 :14 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN :17 :10 New Castle, IN :15 :9 New Haven-Milford, CT :15 :9 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA :21 :13 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA :23 :14 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI :14 :9 Nogales, AZ :16 :10 Norwich-New London, CT :13 :8 Ogden-Clearfield, UT :15 :9 Oklahoma City, OK :16 :10 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA :19 :12 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL :12 :7 Owensboro, KY :18 :11 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA :16 :10 Paducah, KY-IL :17 :10 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL :10 :6 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH :17 :10 Pascagoula, MS :15 :9 Pendleton-Hermiston, OR :12 :7 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL :14 :8 Peoria, IL :16 :10 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD :28 :17 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ :26 :16 Pittsburgh, PA :25 :15 Pittsfield, MA :14 :9 Platteville, WI :15 :9 Pocatello, ID :15 :9 Ponca City, OK :17 :10 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME :15 :9 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA :12 :7 Portsmouth, OH :16 :10 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY :13 :8 Prescott, AZ :7 :4 Prineville, OR :14 :9 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA :18 :11 Provo-Orem, UT :14 :8 Pueblo, CO :11 :7 Quincy, IL-MO :16 :10 Raleigh-Cary, NC :16 :9 Rapid City, SD :11 :6 Reading, PA :19 :11 Red Bluff, CA :14 :8 Redding, CA :10 :6 Reno-Sparks, NV :15 :9 Richmond, VA :15 :9 Richmond-Berea, KY :15 :9 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA :34 :21 Riverton, WY :13 :8 Roanoke, VA :15 :9 Rochester, MN :13 :8 Rochester, NY :14 :9 Rock Springs, WY :13 :8 Rockford, IL :16 :9 Rocky Mount, NC :13 :8 Rome, GA :18 :11 Russellville, AR :14 :9 Rutland, VT :15 :9 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA :15 :9 Salinas, CA :10 :6 Salisbury, NC :16 :9 Salt Lake City, UT :15 :9 San Antonio, TX :14 :9 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA :24 :14 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA :16 :10 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA :16 :10 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA :16 :10 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA :14 :9 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA :10 :6 Santa Fe, NM :8 :5 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA :14 :8 Sault Ste. Marie, MI :14 :8 Savannah, GA :17 :10 Scottsbluff, NE :9 :6 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA :14 :8 Seaford, DE :14 :8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA :16 :10 Sheridan, WY :14 :8 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA :26 :16 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ :11 :7 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD :16 :10 Sioux Falls, SD :14 :9 Somerset, KY :16 :10 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI :21 :13 Spartanburg, SC :16 :10 Spokane, WA :12 :7 Springfield, IL :16 :10 Springfield, MA :15 :9 Springfield, MO :17 :10 Springfield, OH :17 :10 St. Cloud, MN :14 :8 St. George, UT :11 :7 St. Joseph, MO-KS :20 :12 St. Louis, MO-IL :22 :13 State College, PA :19 :11 Stockton, CA :21 :12 Syracuse, NY :12 :7 Talladega-Sylacauga, AL :17 :10 Tallahassee, FL :14 :9 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL :13 :8 Terre Haute, IN :19 :12 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR :18 :11 Thomasville-Lexington, NC :17 :10 Toledo, OH :17 :10 Topeka, KS :14 :9 Torrington, CT :9 :6 Trenton-Ewing, NJ :15 :9 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA :10 :6 Tucson, AZ :10 :6 Tulsa, OK :16 :10 Tupelo, MS :16 :10 Tuscaloosa, AL :16 :9 Ukiah, CA :12 :7 Valdosta, GA :14 :9 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA :15 :9 Vernal, UT :12 :7 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC :14 :8 Visalia-Porterville, CA :25 :15 Warner Robins, GA :16 :10 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV :19 :12 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA :16 :10 Watertown, SD :18 :11 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH :20 :12 Wenatchee, WA :17 :10 Wheeling, WV-OH :20 :12 Wichita, KS :16 :9 Wilmington, NC :14 :9 Winchester, VA-WV :16 :10 Winston-Salem, NC :15 :9 Worcester, MA :15 :9 Yakima, WA :17 :10 York-Hanover, PA :20 :12 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA :23 :14 Yuba City, CA :12 :7 Yuma, AZ :14 :9
But, what if the city name has a space in it? Then we won’t get the state in
the second slot. It is safer to split on ,.
So, to check for particular state, we want to know if the current state name
matches the one we’re looking for. We can use the str_name.find(test)
function to see if the current state is the one we are looking for. The
find function returns the index of the test in str_name or -1 if it
isn’t found.
Now, let’s reuse the average code and look for a particular state.
Use the below active code area to figure out the PM 10 code. Replace the lines that start with #.
What states have the highest average pollution values? What do you think is most related to pollution: Population, area, or wealth? Does it differ by PM 2.5 and PM 10? For a list of the state two-letter abbreviations see http://www.50states.com/abbreviations.htm#.VJCB9r5NsXc.
csp-18-8-2: csp-18-8-1: The following program prints the average PM 2.5 pollution for a state, but the code is mixed up. Drag the blocks of statements from the left column to the right column and put them in the right order. Then click on Check Me to see if you are right. You will be told if any of the lines are in the wrong order or have the wrong indention.# read all the lines
infile = open("uspoll.txt","r")
lines = infile.readlines()
infile.close()
# initialize the variables
state = "CA"
total25 = 0
count = 1.0
---
# loop through the lines
for line in lines:
---
# split at :
values = line.split(":")
---
# split at ,
city_state = values[0].split(",")
---
# if found state
if city_state[1].find(state) >= 0:
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# add the current to the sum
new25 = float(values[2])
total25 = total25 + new25
# increment the count
count = count + 1
---
# print the average
avg = total25 / count
print("Avg for " , state, " is ", avg)