[Tutor] overlapping tuples

[Narasimharao Nelluri]

Hi David,

i was working professional and was monday to friday with working Hours. i
will get time during Saturdays/Sundays.
I will try your inputs and get back to you soon.

-Narasimha



On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 6:54 PM David L Neil via Tutor <tutor at python.org>
wrote:

> Am disappointed that we haven't heard-back on this (per request - mine
> of Fri, 28 Feb 2020 20:31:37 +0000 (UTC) )
>
>
> (I rarely use sets, so this is an example of personal-gain from
> membership - how the list can help even >beginners improve their Python!)
>
> >> Thanks Mats for your inputs.  overlap means if two numbers share across
> two
> >> tuples For Ex  if we take two tuples (1,20) and (15,20)  there is a
> >> over lap because 15,6,17,18,19,20  numbers are sharing between these
> >> two sets.
>
> Was intrigued by the solution using set-intersection. Neat!
> - as long as the 'ranges' are not too large*.
> * am not going to try to define "too large". It works!
>
> I suspect that the assignment came too early in the course to expect
> trainees to use set-functionality, but who knows...
>
>
> During the conversation, noted criticisms of the wording of the
> question, and perhaps of the attempted solution/approach.
>
> In my experience, this could just as possibly be laid at the door of the
> trainer, as the trainee. We've all seen 'academic' questions which
> tersely expect that 'the latest lesson' be applied. Yes, it might have
> been easier if there was some practical context, eg a "time-line", thus:
> were Beethoven and Mozart alive at the same time? This would also have
> helped with the overlap (define as sub-set or intersection?) queries -
> although the example data provided did (appear to!) illustrate.
>
>
> Am wondering then:
>
> We already have well-worn refrains: requesting the actual code, the full
> trace-back and err.msg, etc. Should we also be asking for/expecting the
> full text/relevant part thereof, of assignments?
>
> (in my courses (not Python!) we already know the trainee's context
> because each session/assignment has its own attached discussion list.
> So, even where the assignment topic develops over successive
> assignments, we avoid confusion)
>
> This would not only facilitate the IT-creator advice (which this thread
> realised in generous quantity), but also give 'us' the opportunity to
> provide feedback to course-leaders/instructional designers who might not
> otherwise become aware of the need to 'improve' the original question...
>
> More generally, such would also help 'us' to readily appreciate if the
> OP needs help with Python code, per-se, or to understand how Python
> fits-together (the 'I'm not helping if I do your homework for you'
> category). Accordingly, to be able to tailor more 'intelligent' responses!
>
>
> NB there could be a technical issue with the definition and application
> of Copyright, in some jurisdictions - although the same could be said
> about code-snippets which appear on (are volunteered to) such lists
> every day!
> --
> Regards =dn
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