Kent Johnson wrote:
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:43 AM, C.T. Matsumoto <c.t.matsum...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is the example.
"To keep this simple and practical, as a suggestion, consider the problem of
sorting a list (a pack of cards, or a list of names or whatever you want)
into order."
Yes, there are many built-ins that wrap good algorithms, so I guess I'm
leaning more toward problem solving. The above example must be solved
without using sorted() or list.sort().
To solve this without using the built-in sort then you will be
learning about sorting which is a major portion of the study of
algorithms.
So, if you want to learn about sorting algorithms, this is a good
problem to ponder. If you want to learn to be a better Python
programmer, I'm not sure it is helpful - the built-in sort is
excellent and you should be learning how to use it effectively, for
example, given a list of (first name, last name) print the list sorted
by first name, then sorted by last name.
Kent
Cheers Kent. I'll take your example too. As for the other example
I'm already quite stuck.
T
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