Thanks Dave I think I would like to keep it simple. How would I get it to repeat and print before deleting?
On 1/22/13 7:10 PM, "Dave Angel" <d...@davea.name> wrote: >On 01/22/2013 09:52 PM, anthonym wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I originally wrote this program to calculate and print the employee >>with the >> most hours worked in a week. I would now like to change this to >>calculate >> and print the hours for all 8 employees in ascending order. >> >> The employees are named employee 0 - 8 >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Tony >> >> Code below: >> >> >> >> # Create table of hours worked >> >> matrix = [ >> [2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 8, 8], >> [7, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4], >> [3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2], >> [9, 3, 4, 7, 3, 4, 1], >> [3, 5, 4, 3, 6, 3, 8], >> [3, 4, 4, 6, 3, 4, 4], >> [3, 7, 4, 8, 3, 8, 4], >> [6, 3, 5, 9, 2, 7, 9]] >> >> maxRow = sum(matrix[0]) # Get sum of the first row in maxRow >> indexOfMaxRow = 0 >> >> for row in range(1, len(matrix)): >> if sum(matrix[row]) > maxRow: >> maxRow = sum(matrix[row]) >> indexOfMaxRow = row >> >> print("Employee 7", indexOfMaxRow, "has worked: ", maxRow, "hours") >> >> > >What other constraints does your professor make? For example, are you >allowed to use sorting with custom key function? > >If you want to keep it simple, then invert your logic to find the min >element. Then after finding that min element, print it, delete it, and >repeat the whole thing till the matrix is empty. > > > > >-- >DaveA >_______________________________________________ >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor