looping through possible combinations of McNuggets packs of 6, 9 and 20

[John Posner]

On 8/15/2010 11:38 AM, Baba wrote:

In addition to the points that Emile and Ian made ...

>
> def diophantine_nuggets(x,y,z):
>     cbc=0 #cbc=can_buy counter
>     packages =[x,y,z]

You can take advantage of a nifty "syntax convenience feature" here. 
Instead of loading all of the function's arguments into a list 
"manually", you can make it happen automatically:

    def diophantine_nuggets(x,y,z):
        cbc = 0
        packages =[x,y,z]

    ... becomes ...

    def diophantine_nuggets(*packages):
        cbc = 0

The asterisk (*) in the function's signature does the trick.


>     for n_nuggets in range(50):

Careful -- in the general case, you might need to search beyond 50 for 
your answer!


Best,
John