Lab 1 — Categorize a Device by Its Hostname

Objective: Use if/elif/else to identify a device type from its hostname prefix.

Instructions

Open python3 in your terminal. Run the code block below exactly as written — paste it all in at once or line by line:

hostname = "sw-core-01"
if hostname.startswith("sw"):
    print("Cisco Switch")
elif hostname.startswith("rtr"):
    print("Router")
elif hostname.startswith("fw"):
    print("Firewall")
else:
    print("Unknown")

Paste the single line of output below and submit.

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The hostname starts with "sw" so the first condition matches. Python runs that branch and skips the rest.

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