Re: [Tutor] complete neophyte question here

2009-10-12 Thread Lie Ryan
Jason Willis wrote: > I've recently been going through "Python Programming, for the Absolute > Beginner" Second Edition, By Michael Dawson > > I'm running python 2.5.4 on a windows xp home machine. > > So my question boils down to this: > > At the end of one of his chapters there is a challenge

Re: [Tutor] complete neophyte question here

2009-10-12 Thread Wayne
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Jason Willis wrote: > I honestly don't know how code works and would appreciate someone > explaining it to me? > > Using logic, I shouldn't be able to write the program due to my limited > skills so i don't know how to explain HOW i wrote it because it just sort

Re: [Tutor] complete neophyte question here

2009-10-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"Jason Willis" wrote So my question boils down to this: At the end of one of his chapters there is a challenge to write a program that flips a "coin" 100 times then outputs the number of heads or tails it hit. I wrote this: < ... snipped code > I honestly don't know how code works a

[Tutor] complete neophyte question here

2009-10-12 Thread Jason Willis
I've recently been going through "Python Programming, for the Absolute Beginner" Second Edition, By Michael Dawson I'm running python 2.5.4 on a windows xp home machine. So my question boils down to this: At the end of one of his chapters there is a challenge to write a program that flips a "co