On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Pravya Reddy <pravyare...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you please help me with the code.
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> """
> inchtocm.py
>
> """
>
> def Inchtocm(inches):
> """Returns 2.54 * inches"""
> return (2.54 * float(inches_number1))
I don't know if your curriculum talks about writing test cases for
functions. If your instructors do not mention it, ask them, because
it's a crucial concept. And if they have no clue about it (which is
unfortunately possible), you probably will need to stretch a little to
learn about them yourself.
Python's default testing framework, unittest, unfortunately requires
knowledge on how to use "classes", which you haven't probably seen
yet. And it's a bit heavyweight, to boot.
In lieu of that, you can use something simpler: just run your
Inchtocm() with a few sample inputs first, and "assert" that they have
the right value, like this:
def Inchtocm(inches):
"""Returns 2.54 * inches"""
return (2.54 * float(inches_number1))
assert Inchtocm(0) == 0
Note that we don't just call Inchtocm(), but check to see that it has
the right value. This is important: otherwise, you are not really
"testing" the function, but just making it run. The code above just
has one test: usually, you want to add a few more. And you want to
write them _before_ you code up the function.
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