Re: [Tutor] counter not working in Quick Sort script

2015-10-30 Thread Patti Scott via Tutor
not working in Quick Sort script To: tutor@python.org Date: Thursday, October 29, 2015, 9:12 PM On 29/10/15 19:11, Patti Scott via Tutor wrote: Caveat: I didn't check the algorithms for correctness, I'll just take your word for that. > My accumulator variable to cou

[Tutor] counter not working in Quick Sort script

2015-10-29 Thread Patti Scott via Tutor
Mac OS 10.10 Python 3.4.3 I self-study Python and am using it for a Coursera algorithm class. Hi! My script sorts correctly on all my test arrays. My accumulator variable to count the number of comparisons returns nonsense. I'm counting the (length - one) of each sublist that will be sorted in

Re: [Tutor] [OT] Best Practices for Scientific Computing

2014-12-29 Thread Patti Scott
Could someone clarify "Modularize code rather than copying and pasting?" thanks On Fri, 11/14/14, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Subject: [Tutor] [OT] Best Practices for Scientific Computing To: "Python Mailing List" Date: Friday, November 14, 2014, 12:

Re: [Tutor] methods of sorting

2014-04-23 Thread Patti Scott
This makes sense.  Thanks.  No question on the specific code, I was just thinking I should show I'd done any experimenting with the methods Hi Patti, My answers below, interleaved between your questions. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 04:18:38PM -0700, Patti Scott wrote: > I'm pr

[Tutor] methods of sorting

2014-04-22 Thread Patti Scott
I'm practicing with lists.  I was looking for documentation on sorting with cmp() because it isn't immediately clear to me how comparing items two at a time can sort the entire list.  Identify max or min values, yes, but not sort the whole list.  So, the Sorting HOW TO (Dalke, Hettinger)  posted

Re: [Tutor] conditional execution

2014-04-02 Thread Patti Scott
, Zachary Ware wrote: > Hi Patti, > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Patti Scott wrote: >> I've been cheating:  comment out the conditional statement and adjust the >> indents. But, how do I make my program run with if __name__ == 'main': >> main() at the en

[Tutor] conditional execution

2014-04-01 Thread Patti Scott
I've been cheating:  comment out the conditional statement and adjust the indents. But, how do I make my program run with if __name__ == 'main': main() at the end?  I thought I understood the idea to run a module called directly but not a module imported.  My program isn't running, though. Belo

[Tutor] Unit testing individual modules

2013-11-19 Thread Patti Scott
Python 2.4 self-study with Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science by Zelle   I am trying to import a program that has a conditional execution statement at the end so I can troubleshoot individual modules in the main() program.   Below is the textbook example program.  When I try t