On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Dave Angel <da...@davea.name> wrote:
>
> What are you uncertain about, assert or isinstance? Such
> statements are frequently used to make sure the function
> arguments are of the right type.
I’m not sure exactly what it’s doing. I guess I need to read up on it again.
>
>>
>>
>> This is what I have so far but I’m not really sure it’s what the excersise
>> is asking for?
>>
>> n = 5
>> def print_n(s, n):
>> while n > 0:
>> print s * n
>>
>> print_n("hello", 10)
>>
>
> So did your code print the string 10 times? When asking for help,
> it's useful to show what you tried, and what was expected, and
> what actually resulted.
Yes it repeated forever, I put a break after the print statement.
>
> You use * to replicate the string, but that wasn't what the
> assignment asked for. So take out the *n part. You're supposed to
> use iteration, specifically the while loop.
That’s where I was confused, I wasn’t sure how to get the while loop to work
just the n times and then stop.
>
> Your while loop doesn't quit after 10 times, it keeps going. Can
> you figure out why?
>
I understand why it didn’t stop after 10 times, because I said while n is
greater than 0 print s, and I have the value of n as 5 so it will never stop,
that’s why I added a break after the print statement. I’m sure there is a
better way , I’m just not seeing it. Any hints?
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