MAT Software Carpentry Feb 2013 - Assessed Exercise¶

Deadline is Monday 18th Feb at 5pm

1. Download fish datafile¶

The file (attached at the bottom of this page) contains three columns - date, species, and a count of the number of sightings
of that type of fish.

Some months, no fish of a certain type were seen, and there is no entry for the fish that month.
There are some comment lines which you should ignore, these lines start with #.
Someone thought that turtles were fish and entered counts for them. Ignore the turtles.

2. Create a Python script to create a single plot showing the number of each type of fish each month¶

i.e. the plot should have a line for each type of fish.
The script should take the name of the data file as a parameter.
If a type of fish appears more than one time in a month, add the counts together.

3. Provide a README file¶

This should be a text file called README.txt which should appear in your project's top-level directory, with your name and email and instructions on how to run your script.

4. Put the scripts and the README file in a new repository under your bitbucket.org account¶

Make this repository private, but add at least one of us to it. Our usernames are:

• Chris: cannam
• Luis: lafigueira
• Steve: stevewelburn

Notes:¶

• create the bitbucket repository as soon as you start working and commit frequently
• if you have any questions, email either Steve, Chris or Luis.