On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:08:57 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:
> I gave two different functions:
>
> def triangle():
> for i in range( 3 ):
> forward( 99 ); left( 360/3 )
>
> def rectangle()
> for i in range( 4 ):
> forward( 99 ); left( 360/4 )
>
> , and the exercise was to write a single definition for a function
> »angle( n )« that can be called with »3« to paint a triangle and with
> »4« to paint a rectangle. Nearly all participants wrote something like
> this:
>
> def angle( n ):
> if n == 3:
> for i in range( 3 ):
> forward( 99 ); left( 360/3 )
> if n == 4:
> for i in range( 4 ):
> forward( 99 ); left( 360/4 )
>
> Now I have added the requirement that the solution should be as short
> as possible!
seems a good exercise & you are breaking the students in step by stem
which is also good
get something that works, then make it better
i would suggest instead of the new requirement to be make it a short as
possible make it work with ANY number of sides.
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