Hi Stephen, Please see below:
On 5 May 2014 00:17, Stephen Mik <mik.step...@yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote: > Dear Python World: > I am almost brand new to Python 3.4.0 and am taking a beginning Python > Programming class at the nearby Community College. One major problem I have > is time management with beginning pseudo code and coding for my Class > Assignments. I'm not sure we can help you with your time management skills, except that I'd like to gently suggest the obvious: a) the sooner you get started the better and b) regularly doing small amounts of work is better than leaving things until the last minute. As for getting started with pseudo code, this can be done right now. Pseudo code is simply starting to think about and write down the steps and procedures in your own words of what you'd like to happen to solve whatever problem you're working on. > The instructor prefers Office Hour help,and does not respond to > email. I'm not surprised. I imagine if she allowed students to contact her out of office hours and over email she'd do little else but deal with student queries 24 hours a day. ;) Are you allowed to collaborate with other students? **If** (and only if) you're allowed to do so, I'd suggest you could consider doing this. It's often beneficial to talk to your fellow students about the programming problems to gain a better understanding and some inspiration, and it also practices your programming communication skills. (It is often the case in programming courses that you're allowed (encouraged even) to help each other at some, usually conceptual level, provided that you still produce and submit your *own* solutions to the problem(s), obviously you are NOT allowed to directly share or copy each others solutions. But please clarify what is allowed before you do anything. I don't want to get you into trouble for illegal collaboration.) > One of my Class Assignments due on May 9,2014 deals with making a > version of the "Hangman Game" which I'm sure somebody out there is familiar > with. The program problem says to use 1.Dictionaries 2. Lists 3.Embedded > While lists 4.for loops and more. Can you post the exact problem statement please? > I can refer to the Textbook for the class > to get a basic idea of what some of the code will look like,but I cannot > fathom how to use a Dictionary or List in order to enhance the Basic > Hangman Game Problem in the text (written by Michael Dawson). OK. I don't have this book but managed to track down excerpts from it on Google books: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-WULAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false I also managed to track down the web downloadable content here: http://www.programgames.com/page4.html I see there's 3 editions of this book. Which version are you using? > The Text does > cover "Dictionaries","Lists","While Loops","For Loops" but doesn't "amplify" > and show with examples how some of these Data Structures can be used. Right, I've downloaded the 3rd edition source code for the book and under the "chapter 5" folder, alongside the "hangman.py" program you're apparently expected to enhance, you're also actually given the other example source code from this chapter, e.g. "geek_translator.py", "hero's_inventory3.py", "high_scores.py", "high_scores2.py". These programs contain examples of the use of dictionaries, lists, while loops and for loops. So I suggest your book does in fact show examples of how these structures can be used? Have you looked at these programs at all and do you follow what they do? > If I can't get some ideas and hints from the Python Community by > Monday,May 5,2014, I will have to hold off this difficult programming > assignment until Tuesday,May 6,2014 when the instructor will be available to > help. You only posted this request for help *on* the 5th, this leaves yourself and us (a volunteer group not paid to do support) less than 24h to help you, going by your own timeline above. It would be better time management next time, if you get started on your assignments the day they're released, or shortly thereafter, especially if you're struggling and especially if you intend to to ask for help from third parties who might take an unpredictable amount of time to get back to you. In software it's always a good idea to leave yourself some "contingency" time to deal with the unexpected and with difficult problems. > That leaves me just 3 days to pseudocode,code in Python,fix syntax and > run-time and Logical errors before I can turn it in by Friday,May 16,2014. Good luck! > The instructor will only probably give me a suggestion and not some tangible > ideas.Any thoughts out there about how to implement the Loops and Data > Structures into a "Hangman Game" programming problem? I'd like to see the actual assignment question/requirement in order to better understand what exactly is required, given that the existing hangman program in fact already uses: a) a list b) a while loop c) a for loop (nested in an if statement) What exactly are you meant to produce and hand in? How is the mark allocation done? Hope that helps, Walter _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
