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> On Apr 28, 2014, at 1:57 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 26/04/2014 23:53, jordan smallwood wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am new to Python. I mean completely new and we're working on this >> problem set in class where they give us specs and we have to build >> something based off these specs. I have no idea what they're asking. >> Could someone help get me started on the path to figuring this out? >> >> Below is the question: >> >> 1. Write a program module with at least two functions. Follow this >> specifi- cation exactly for these two functions: >> >> 1. >> (a) One function, CalculateCentimeters, receives a value in inches >> and returns the equivalent value in centimeters. >> centimeters =2.54×inches >> 2. >> (b) The other function, CalculateInches receives a value in centime- >> ters and returns the equivalent value in inches. inches >> =centimeters/2.54 >> >> ... but you don’t 2.54 in your code 2 times. It’s a good candidate to be >> a module-level constant. >> Specified instructions about the internals of code, i.e., the names of >> your functions and how they behave, is called theinternal specification. >> It tells you, the author of the function, as well as programmers who >> call your function, how to call it and what to expect when it is called. >> You must following them exactly or call a meeting of your programming >> team because your choices here affect the others. >> For this exercise, you design the rest of the functions for your >> program, but be careful to keep all the code in functions. >> Invent and arrange functions as you wish to ask the user for: >> (a) a value >> (b) a unit of measure >> and call the appropriate function to print out the value in the other >> unit of measure. >> >> Specified instructions about the user’s view of your code (like just >> given) is called the external specification. Often the paying customer >> gives these directions so you must follow them exactly, doing things in >> the order given; but in this case, the internal design is up to you. > > What did you not understand about the answers you received to your original > question "Help with an assignment"? Or if you could not be bothered to reply > to either Alan Gauld or Dave Angel, why should we now waste our time > attempting to help you? > > -- > My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you > can do for our language. > > Mark Lawrence > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
