Tiger12506 wrote:
>> Nope, if you read the code you'll see the only mapping done is up to 20
>> and then by tens up to 100, that's all.
>> The same code could be used with a list, you'd only have to change the
>> exception name.
>
> I see. There were "..." in between each of the tens entries which
> Nope, if you read the code you'll see the only mapping done is up to 20
> and then by tens up to 100, that's all.
> The same code could be used with a list, you'd only have to change the
> exception name.
I see. There were "..." in between each of the tens entries which I took to
mean that "big
Tiger12506 wrote:
>> Isn't dictionary access faster than list access? Why are three lists
>> 'much more efficient'?
>
> Oh no, no, no. Dictionaries are faster when you are *searching through* for
> a particular value. If you already know the index of the item in the list,
> lists are much faste
Danny Yoo wrote:
> [snip]
> First, it ignores zero, which is a cardinal sin.
Or is it an ordinal sin?
[snip]
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On 24/01/2008, Ricardo Aráoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't dictionary access faster than list access? Why are three lists
> 'much more efficient'?
Well, not necessarily.
If you want a dictionary, you could use a list of tuples:
myDict = [('a', 'one'), ('b', 'two), ('c', 'three')]
Then you
> Isn't dictionary access faster than list access? Why are three lists
> 'much more efficient'?
Oh no, no, no. Dictionaries are faster when you are *searching through* for
a particular value. If you already know the index of the item in the list,
lists are much faster.
Dictionaries are hash ba
> This could be written much more efficiently. It can be done with only
> these
> lists~
> ones =
> ['zero','one','two','three','four','five','six','seven','eight','nine']
> teens =
> ['ten','eleven','twelve','thirteen','fourteen','fifteen','sixteen','seventeen','eighteen','nineteen']
What is it
Tiger12506 wrote:
>> up to a thousand (not tested)
>>
>> words = {0:'zero', 1:'one', 2:'two', 3:'three', ... , 10:'ten',
>> 11:'eleven', 12:'twelve', ..., 19:'nineteen',
>> 20:'twenty', , 90:'ninety', 100:'one hundred' }
>> def digitToString(n) :
>>try :
>>retStr = words[n]
> up to a thousand (not tested)
>
> words = {0:'zero', 1:'one', 2:'two', 3:'three', ... , 10:'ten',
> 11:'eleven', 12:'twelve', ..., 19:'nineteen',
> 20:'twenty', , 90:'ninety', 100:'one hundred' }
> def digitToString(n) :
>try :
>retStr = words[n]
>except KeyError :
>
Danny Yoo wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
>
> Looking back at that Java code:
>
>
> static String convertDigitToEnglish(int d) {
> switch ( d )
> {
>case 1: return "one";
>case 2: return "two";
>case 3
Hi Jason,
Looking back at that Java code:
static String convertDigitToEnglish(int d) {
switch ( d )
{
case 1: return "one";
case 2: return "two";
case 3: return "three";
case 4: retu
Terry Carroll wrote:
> I'm no Java expert, but isn't Java's Map more or less equivalent to
> Python's dictionary?
More or less, except Python dicts are about 10x easier to use.
Some (overly complicated) examples here:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~kent37/stories/00017.html
Kent
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Jason Massey wrote:
> An example routine to translate a number into [its] english equivalent
> was given (again, this is Java):
> static String convertDigitToEnglish(int d) {
> switch ( d )
> {
>
> case 1: return "one";
> case 2: return "two"
On Jan 22, 2008 5:10 PM, Damian Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So anyone have any good project ideas, perhaps projects that people have
> undertaken before??
>
>
I'm taking a Java class this semester and our first program is a number
translator. Here's the assignment:
*Below is a sample
Damian Archer wrote:
> So anyone have any good project ideas, perhaps projects that people have
> undertaken before??
This just came up on the list:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2008-January/059653.html
Kent
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:10:18PM +, Damian Archer wrote:
>So anyone have any good project ideas, perhaps projects that people
>have
>undertaken before??
I am in the same situation as you are. What I now did was doing
something practical and some fun stuff: such as writing a sta
Guys and Gals,
Firstly 'Hi'. So I am new to Python have been learning it for about two
months now on and off between working and playing.
Its the first language I have tried to learn, I am taking to it quite well
and enjoying it, which is always good.
The problem I am having is finding proje
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I have read learning python and mede some smaller examples.
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Hi! I have read learning python and mede some smaller examples. Now I want to make smoe project, I'm thinking about text editor. Can someone give me pointers like (where and how to start, etc.)? Or maybe another project suitable for beginners.
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