Any Python Programmers Out There??

[Bubba]

I showed this to my son and he said your code sucked. You need to learn good programming technique from the start, otherwise you'll just get into bad habits that will be very hard to break.

That's the whole idea. I'm trying to to learn good programming technique.

[AProudLefty]

That's the whole idea. I'm trying to to learn good programming technique.

Well don't use random numbers in this problem.

[cancel2 2022]

That's the whole idea. I'm trying to to learn good programming technique.

Ok, but he said it was a mess, you need to learn to annotate and structure your code.

[AProudLefty]

Ok, but he said it was a mess, you need to learn to annotate and structure your code.

I gave him a partial code. A very minor code, but major for helping the rest.

[Bubba]

Well, my random number program DID work eventually. Took somewhere in the neighbor hood of one hundred hours. Here is the output:

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[2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4, 3, 2] 30
[4, 4, 1, 6, 3, 1, 9, 2] 30
[4, 1, 3, 1, 7, 8, 2, 4] 30
[1, 5, 9, 2, 5, 5, 1, 2] 30
[6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6] 30
[7, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5] 30
[5, 1, 6, 7, 1, 1, 7, 2] 30
[1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 7] 30
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

I agree this is not the best method of tackling the puzzle. What should I do?? Make a loop so the first zero gets replaced with every digit from one to nine, then check every possibility for the other digits?? Then make a loop to replace the second zero?? Not sure exactly what the best way to accomplish that goal is.

Well, however lame my code is, it eventually got to the right answer.

Oh, and it's not spaghetti code, at least as I understand the term. Excel VBA has `GoTo' which is provided for the sole purpose of writing spaghetti code. I never used it. And I'm pretty sure any experienced Python programmer can follow the program I posted with no problem.

[AProudLefty]

Well, my random number program DID work eventually. Took somewhere in the neighbor hood of one hundred hours. Here is the output:

10862750611
[2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4, 3, 2] 30
[4, 4, 1, 6, 3, 1, 9, 2] 30
[4, 1, 3, 1, 7, 8, 2, 4] 30
[1, 5, 9, 2, 5, 5, 1, 2] 30
[6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6] 30
[7, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5] 30
[5, 1, 6, 7, 1, 1, 7, 2] 30
[1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 7] 30
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

I agree this is not the best method of tackling the puzzle. What should I do?? Make a loop so the first zero gets replace with every digit from one to nine, then check every possibility for the other digits?? Then make a loop to replace the second zero?? Not sure exactly what the best way to accomplish that goal is.

Well, however lame my code is, it eventually got to the right answer.

Oh, and it's not spaghetti code, at least as I understand the term. Excel VBA has `GoTo' which is provided for the sole purpose of writing spaghetti code. I never used it. And I'm pretty sure any experienced Python programmer can follow the program I posted with no problem.

Awesome. But still why use random numbers though? Of course doing that would take it a while to arrive at the goal.

[Lightbringer]

Awesome. But still why use random numbers though? Of course doing that would take it a while to arrive at the goal.

He's a newb.

[AProudLefty]

He's a newb.

Imagine if it was a 16x16 matrix. Heh.

[Lightbringer]

Imagine if it was a 16x16 matrix. Heh.

He ain't working on anything he can't pull from the library.

[cancel2 2022]

He ain't working on anything he can't pull from the library.

My son, who is a real Python programmer working for Softbank in Tokyo, said it was very badly written and annotated.

[Lightbringer]

My son who is a real Python programmer working for Softbank in Tokyo, said it was very badly written and annotated.

Dude, just about everything you see that is open license is poorly written and annotated.