Theyain schrieb:
> I'm not sure if this is really the place to do this, but I will ask anyways.
>
> Hello everyone, names Theyain. I want to learn Python. But I am one of
> those people who needs some one to "Beat me over the head" to actually
> learn something. I can't get myself to actually sit down and read a
> tutorial on Python because no one is making me. So can someone help me
> with this? I really want to learn python, but I can't do it with out help.
>
>
> So help?
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Reminds me of the all-queen problem... :)
If you know chess, you could try the following:
Step 1: Arrange 8 queens on a chessboard in a way that no queen is
threatened by any other.
Step 2: Write a script that prints out all possible solutions to this
problem. Can be printed in text-mode so you don't have to worry about
real graphics when starting, like this:
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| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
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| | | |X| | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
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| |X| | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | |X| | |
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| | | | | | | | |
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where X is a queen - of course there shall be eight (8) X'es :)
Step 3: Make the board scalable (6 queens on a 6x6 board, 12 queens on a
12x12 board, n queens on a n x n board) - Hint: 4 is the minimum,
smaller setups have no solution.
This exercise isn't really meant to learn a specific language, but
rather to learn how to solve a problem algorythmically - However it WILL
give you a feeling for Python, tracing back the bugs you will encounter :)
If you feel it is to hard, write back and I'll give you hints how to
structure the script (logically - I definitively have no time for syntax
questions. And by the way, I am relatively new to Python myself :))
Good Luck!
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