Hej Dave, thank you for your response.
> Your original program had some code that interacted with the user. So > when you went from that to a giant print statement, I, and proably many > others, thought you were just kidding. I noticed that, but I was serious about that. I mean, my giant print statement was really ridiculous to say the least but it did what I wanted the program to do - adding items to the To Do List and printing that list. However, I knew this was my very first iteration and I wanted to improve my program by making those incremental baby steps. > Are you using Python 3.3, under Windows? Python 3.0 under Windows. > So let me ask some questions about your level of understanding. Sure. > Do you know what an if statement is? How about a for or while > statement? Yes, I am familiar with both. > Can you write code in a function, have it take parameters and return > results? Do you know how to call such a function? Yes. > Do you know what a list is? Can you manipulate it at all? Can you > create it from a literal, using the [] syntax. Yes. > Do you know what a file is? Do you know the difference between text > file and binary file? Can you read a text file into a list? Can you > write a list of strings out to a text file? I worked with text files yet, I have to admit I haven't worked with binary files though - and I don't know yet what they are. But I will figure that out. > If you understand all these pieces, you're probably ready to try to > construct a todo list program. If not, I second the suggestion to > follow a tutorial, till it's covered at least all of these. Ok, cool. > (I may have missed quite a few items, but I think all of these are > necessary.) Ok, so I will rewrite that To Do list as you (and the others) suggested and I will get back to you in case I have any further questons. > For example, write a function that builds a list of strings by asking > the user, a line at a time, till the user enters a blank string. The > function should return the list. Ok, understood. > Once you think you have the function written, write a simple top-level > program that calls the function and prints the results. Then have it > print the results one line at a time. I don't understand yet what a top-level program is, but I will figure that out. Again, thank you all. I have a fairly good understanding of how I should proceed now. Rafael _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
