[Tutor] Finding a nearest perfect cube

[Alan Gauld]

On 08/11/13 10:12, Joel Goldstick wrote:

>>> inbuilt function or a for loop. Only while and if loops are allowed.
>
> This is confusing.  What is an 'if loop'?

I'm not sure why but this is a common mistake by beginners.
I get a lot of emails about my tutorial that refer to
"if loops" even though I never use that term.

I think beginners somehow confuse the terms block and loop.
Maybe because they look similar visually.

Whatever the reason they should still learn to use the correct 
terminology or we all get confused. But I wouldn't be too
harsh on the OP, he/she is not alone.

> ...It will be better to help you if you actually
> print the exact assignment.

And this is certainly true along with the usual advice to
print the full text of any errors you get too..


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