(Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache
Terry Jan Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun May 5 21:30:25 EDT 2013
On 5/5/2013 8:59 PM, Bradley Wright wrote:
> Hey guys and gals doing this tutorial(codecademy) and needed a bit help from the experienced.
>
> I'm writing a function that takes a list(one they supply during runtime)
> here's what my function is supposed to do
Do they supply an example so you can test both your comprehension and
code? I think most specs given in natural language need such.
> 1. for each instance of the string "fizz" make a count
> 2. Finally return that count
Did you create an example problem to test your code? If not, do so.
Did you run your function with example data? If not, do so.
> here's my code:
>
> def fizz_cout(x):
> count = 0
> for item in x:
> while item == "fizz":
> count += 1
> return count
Here is hint as to some of what needs to be improved: this function
will return either 1 or None. You should have discovered that by testings.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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