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> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:43:56 -0800
> From: "Raven Of Night Raven Of Night" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Tutor] python dictionaries
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> Hi, there was this two step program I was working on but i can only
> complete
> the first step.
>
> - - Write a Who's Your Daddy? program that lets the user enter the
name of
> the male and produces the name of his father. Allow the user to add,
> replace, and delete father son pairs. The program should also allow
the
> user
> to get a list of all son, fathers, or father son pairs.
>
> I made a dictionary:
> family = { "Wane Wilright" : "Dan Wilright",
> "Michal Zheng" : "Tsu Zheng",
> "Art Core" : "Vandalee Core",
> "John Wane" : "Calvin Wane" }
>
> and was able to complete the rest of the program.
>
>
> Then I was asked to improve the program:
> - - Improve the Who's Your Daddy program by adding a choice that lets
the
> user enter a name and get back a grandfather. Your program should
still
> use
> one dictionary of son-father pairs. Make sure to include several
> generatios
> in your dictionary so that a match can be found.
>
> I don't understand, dictionarys only allow two elements so how can you
> include several generations in the dictinoary... could you perhaps put
a
> dictinoary inside a dictionary? I don't understand how you would do
the
> second part.
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 00:02:22 +0000
> From: "Adam Bark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] python dictionaries
> To: "Raven Of Night Raven Of Night" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On 05/01/07, Raven Of Night Raven Of Night <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi, there was this two step program I was working on but i can only
> > complete
> > the first step.
> >
> > - - Write a Who's Your Daddy? program that lets the user enter the
name
> of
> > the male and produces the name of his father. Allow the user to add,
> > replace, and delete father son pairs. The program should also allow
the
> > user
> > to get a list of all son, fathers, or father son pairs.
> >
> > I made a dictionary:
> > family = { "Wane Wilright" : "Dan Wilright",
> > "Michal Zheng" : "Tsu Zheng",
> > "Art Core" : "Vandalee Core",
> > "John Wane" : "Calvin Wane" }
> >
> > and was able to complete the rest of the program.
> >
> >
> > Then I was asked to improve the program:
> > - - Improve the Who's Your Daddy program by adding a choice that
lets
> the
> > user enter a name and get back a grandfather. Your program should
still
> > use
> > one dictionary of son-father pairs. Make sure to include several
> > generatios
> > in your dictionary so that a match can be found.
> >
> > I don't understand, dictionarys only allow two elements so how can
you
> > include several generations in the dictinoary... could you perhaps
put a
> > dictinoary inside a dictionary? I don't understand how you would do
the
> > second part.
>
>
> Hopefully this will make sense to you as I don't want to give the
whole
> game
> away.
> A grandfather is just a father's father. If you don't get it still
then
> I'll
> make it a bit
> more obvious.
> HTH,
> Adam.
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Think of it this way:
My name is Barry.
My father's name is Jim.
Jim's father's name is Walt (***my grandfather***).
How can you use your dictionary to emulate that?
Good luck.
Regards,
Barry
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