I am copying and pasting your code here from the previous email:
def ask_number(question, low, high):
> """Ask for a number within a range."""
> response = None
> if response in range(low, high, 1):
> return response
> while response not in range(low, high):
> response = int(input(question))
> return response
> I tried to find clues by looking at the later section that calls on the
> ask_number function:
> def human_move(board, human):
> """Get human move."""
> legal = legal_moves(board)
> move = None
> while move not in legal:
> move = ask_number("Where will you move? (0 - 8):", 0, NUM_SQUARES)
> if move not in legal:
> print("\nThat square is already occupied, foolish human.
> Choose another.\n")
> print("Fine...")
> return move
As to the question, I think what you are missing is, how do you make a
default value in a function parameter?
So, for example, let's say I have a function called, enchilada with a few
parameters. guac, spicey,
so it might look like this:
def enchildada(guac, spicey):
do stuff with guac and spiceyness.
return tasty_ness
And I can call that function like this:
a = enchilada(True, True)
But, let's say I want there to be a default vale for Spicey. Maybe I have
heartburn and I happen to enjoy heartburn every day at around noontime, so
my default option for spcicey is True.
I would then write the function like this:
def enchildada(guac, spicey=True):
do stuff with guac and spiceyness.
return tasty_nes
Now, when I call my enchilada function, I can call it like this:
a = enchilada(True) and the default value for spicey is True and it returns
a tasty encilada.
But, lets say my heartburn is beyond all rationality and I want a non-spicey
enchilada, i can override that default:
a = enchilada(True, False)
That is what the author meant by a default value and this just becomes a
variable you enter into the range function (so, a default of 1, and you can
change this to 2,3,etc)
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Vincent Balmori
<vincentbalm...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> The question to that code I am trying to solve is
>
> "Improve the function *ask_number()* so that the function can be called
> with a step value. Make the default value of step *1*."
>
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