Any Python Programmers Out There??

[cloud9]

Seriously. Are any professional coders (Or even experienced amateurs) who use Python reading this forum??

yes i use it for stock analysis

[AProudLefty]

well im a fucking retard when it comes to math so i guess im out

Well of course there's algorithm already on the Internet.

[Niche Political Commentor]

Well of course there's algorithm already on the Internet.

what would i look for?

[AProudLefty]

My apologies. I spoke too soon. I kept getting Magic Square algorithm as search results.

[cancel2 2022]

what would i look for?

Never heard of the stack overflow website, retard?

https://stackoverflow.com/

[Niche Political Commentor]

Never heard of the stack overflow website, retard?

https://stackoverflow.com/

lol yes tom i've never heard oof stack overflow, or google for that matter!

those sites are meaningless if you don't know what you are looking for (with regards to linear algebra)

[cancel2 2022]

lol yes tom i've never heard oof stack overflow, or google for that matter!

those sites are meaningless if you don't know what you are looking for (with regards to linear algebra)

So have you heard of scipy and numpy for linear algebra?

[AProudLefty]

Might not need linear algebra if it's done by brute force. It won't take long anyway. Go across first row and col, find possible values of the missing integers that will result in 30. Go to the next row and col and so on.

[Bubba]

While everybody else was ringing in 2021, I was trying to learn about Python Dictionaries.

Excel VBA (And other languages of which I'm aware) have arrays. Python has lists. Dictionaries are (Or can be) arrays of arrays. Can't say I know everything about dictionaries, but I learned enough to use one in my code. Here's what I have so far:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
--- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

--- while sum (HLin) != 30:
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
------ Sed += 1
------ random.seed (Sed)
------ RShuf (HLin)
print (Ctr, HDik [Ctr], HLin)
Ctr += 1

And here is the output:

0 [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2] [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4, 3, 2]
1 [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0] [2, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 9, 3]
2 [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4] [4, 2, 2, 1, 7, 8, 2, 4]
3 [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2] [1, 5, 1, 9, 5, 6, 1, 2]
4 [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6] [6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6]
5 [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0] [7, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5]
6 [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2] [2, 1, 6, 7, 1, 4, 7, 2]
7 [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] [1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 7]

As you can see, program changes the zeros in all eight lines until each adds to thirty. Obviously, I never coulda got this far without help from Niche Political Commentor and A Proud Lefty. Thanks to both of you. (Guille ... Nah. You were precious little help.)

HOWEVER, what I have so far is not good enough. Remember, the goal in the original puzzle was to make all eight horizontal lines AND all eight vertical lines add to thirty.

I strongly suspect getting all the vertical lines to add to thirty is going to be more of a challenge. If a vertical line doesn't add to thirty, that means one or more of the horizontal lines are wrong.

Well, I'm happy I got as far as I did, and I'll dive into the vertical line challenge this weekend.

Happy New Year.

[AProudLefty]

While everybody else was ringing in 2021, I was trying to learn about Python Dictionaries.

Excel VBA (And other languages of which I'm aware) have arrays. Python has lists. Dictionaries are (Or can be) arrays of arrays. Can't say I know everything about dictionaries, but I learned enough to use one in my code. Here's what I have so far:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
--- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

--- while sum (HLin) != 30:
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
------ Sed += 1
------ random.seed (Sed)
------ RShuf (HLin)
print (Ctr, HDik [Ctr], HLin)
Ctr += 1

And here is the output:

0 [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2] [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4, 3, 2]
1 [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0] [2, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 9, 3]
2 [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4] [4, 2, 2, 1, 7, 8, 2, 4]
3 [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2] [1, 5, 1, 9, 5, 6, 1, 2]
4 [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6] [6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6]
5 [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0] [7, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5]
6 [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2] [2, 1, 6, 7, 1, 4, 7, 2]
7 [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] [1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 7]

As you can see, program changes the zeros in all eight lines until each adds to thirty. Obviously, I never coulda got this far without help from Niche Political Commentor and A Proud Lefty. Thanks to both of you. (Guille ... Nah. You were precious little help.)

HOWEVER, what I have so far is not good enough. Remember, the goal in the original puzzle was to make all eight horizontal lines AND all eight vertical lines add to thirty.

I strongly suspect getting all the vertical lines to add to thirty is going to be more of a challenge. If a vertical line doesn't add to thirty, that means one or more of the horizontal lines are wrong.

Well, I'm happy I got as far as I did, and I'll dive into the vertical line challenge this weekend.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to you too! I am glad to see you making a progress. Did you see my recommendation in post #113?

[Lightbringer]

While everybody else was ringing in 2021, I was trying to learn about Python Dictionaries.

Excel VBA (And other languages of which I'm aware) have arrays. Python has lists. Dictionaries are (Or can be) arrays of arrays. Can't say I know everything about dictionaries, but I learned enough to use one in my code. Here's what I have so far:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
--- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

--- while sum (HLin) != 30:
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
------ Sed += 1
------ random.seed (Sed)
------ RShuf (HLin)
print (Ctr, HDik [Ctr], HLin)
Ctr += 1

And here is the output:

0 [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2] [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4, 3, 2]
1 [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0] [2, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 9, 3]
2 [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4] [4, 2, 2, 1, 7, 8, 2, 4]
3 [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2] [1, 5, 1, 9, 5, 6, 1, 2]
4 [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6] [6, 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6]
5 [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0] [7, 3, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5]
6 [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2] [2, 1, 6, 7, 1, 4, 7, 2]
7 [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] [1, 7, 2, 3, 3, 2, 5, 7]

As you can see, program changes the zeros in all eight lines until each adds to thirty. Obviously, I never coulda got this far without help from Niche Political Commentor and A Proud Lefty. Thanks to both of you. (Guille ... Nah. You were precious little help.)

HOWEVER, what I have so far is not good enough. Remember, the goal in the original puzzle was to make all eight horizontal lines AND all eight vertical lines add to thirty.

I strongly suspect getting all the vertical lines to add to thirty is going to be more of a challenge. If a vertical line doesn't add to thirty, that means one or more of the horizontal lines are wrong.

Well, I'm happy I got as far as I did, and I'll dive into the vertical line challenge this weekend.

Happy New Year.

I don't recall trying to help.

[Bubba]

Afraid progress is nonexistent. I wrote code that I seriously expected to work. Replace all the zeros with random numbers. If all sixteen lines add to thirty, YAY. If not, get a new set of random numbers and try again. Unfortunately, I have to report failure. Program has been running now more than sixty hours. If it were going to work, it woulda done it by now. Well, here's the program:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

NewHDik = {}
VDik = {}
AllThirty = False
print ('Working ...')

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

while (AllThirty == False):

--- for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

------ while sum (HLin) != 30:
--------- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
-------- Sed += 1
-------- random.seed (Sed)
-------- RShuf (HLin)

------ DCtr = str (Ctr)
------ NewHDik [DCtr] = HLin
------ Ctr += 1

--- VLin0 = NewHDik ['0']
--- VLin1 = NewHDik ['1']
--- VLin2 = NewHDik ['2']
--- VLin3 = NewHDik ['3']
--- VLin4 = NewHDik ['4']
--- VLin5 = NewHDik ['5']
--- VLin6 = NewHDik ['6']
--- VLin7 = NewHDik ['7']

--- VTot0 = VLin0 [0] + VLin1 [0] + VLin2 [0] + VLin3 [0] + \
------ VLin4 [0] + VLin5 [0] + VLin6 [0] + VLin7 [0]
--- VTot1 = VLin0 [1] + VLin1 [1] + VLin2 [1] + VLin3 [1] + \
------ VLin4 [1] + VLin5 [1] + VLin6 [1] + VLin7 [1]
--- VTot2 = VLin0 [2] + VLin1 [2] + VLin2 [2] + VLin3 [2] + \
------ VLin4 [2] + VLin5 [2] + VLin6 [2] + VLin7 [2]
--- VTot3 = VLin0 [3] + VLin1 [3] + VLin2 [3] + VLin3 [3] + \
------ VLin4 [3] + VLin5 [3] + VLin6 [3] + VLin7 [3]
--- VTot4 = VLin0 [4] + VLin1 [4] + VLin2 [4] + VLin3 [4] + \
------ VLin4 [4] + VLin5 [4] + VLin6 [4] + VLin7 [4]
--- VTot5 = VLin0 [5] + VLin1 [5] + VLin2 [5] + VLin3 [5] + \
------ VLin4 [5] + VLin5 [5] + VLin6 [5] + VLin7 [5]
--- VTot6 = VLin0 [6] + VLin1 [6] + VLin2 [6] + VLin3 [6] + \
------ VLin4 [6] + VLin5 [6] + VLin6 [6] + VLin7 [6]
--- VTot7 = VLin0 [7] + VLin1 [7] + VLin2 [7] + VLin3 [7] + \
------ VLin4 [7] + VLin5 [7] + VLin6 [7] + VLin7 [7]

--- Ctr = 0
--- if Sed / 10000000 == int (Sed / 10000000):
------ print (Sed)
--- if (VTot0 == 30 and VTot1 == 30 and
------ VTot2 == 30 and VTot3 == 30 and
------ VTot4 == 30 and VTot5 == 30 and
------ VTot6 == 30 and VTot7 == 30):
--------- AllThirty = True

print () # Blank line.
print (Sed)
print (NewHDik ['0'], sum (NewHDik ['0']))
print (NewHDik ['1'], sum (NewHDik ['1']))
print (NewHDik ['2'], sum (NewHDik ['2']))
print (NewHDik ['3'], sum (NewHDik ['3']))
print (NewHDik ['4'], sum (NewHDik ['4']))
print (NewHDik ['5'], sum (NewHDik ['5']))
print (NewHDik ['6'], sum (NewHDik ['6']))
print (NewHDik ['7'], sum (NewHDik ['7']))

print (VTot0, VTot1, VTot2, VTot3, VTot4, VTot5, VTot6, VTot7)

[cancel2 2022]

Afraid progress is nonexistent. I wrote code that I seriously expected to work. Replace all the zeros with random numbers. If all sixteen lines add to thirty, YAY. If not, get a new set of random numbers and try again. Unfortunately, I have to report failure. Program has been running now more than sixty hours. If it were going to work, it woulda done it by now. Well, here's the program:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

NewHDik = {}
VDik = {}
AllThirty = False
print ('Working ...')

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

while (AllThirty == False):

--- for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

------ while sum (HLin) != 30:
--------- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
-------- Sed += 1
-------- random.seed (Sed)
-------- RShuf (HLin)

------ DCtr = str (Ctr)
------ NewHDik [DCtr] = HLin
------ Ctr += 1

--- VLin0 = NewHDik ['0']
--- VLin1 = NewHDik ['1']
--- VLin2 = NewHDik ['2']
--- VLin3 = NewHDik ['3']
--- VLin4 = NewHDik ['4']
--- VLin5 = NewHDik ['5']
--- VLin6 = NewHDik ['6']
--- VLin7 = NewHDik ['7']

--- VTot0 = VLin0 [0] + VLin1 [0] + VLin2 [0] + VLin3 [0] + \
------ VLin4 [0] + VLin5 [0] + VLin6 [0] + VLin7 [0]
--- VTot1 = VLin0 [1] + VLin1 [1] + VLin2 [1] + VLin3 [1] + \
------ VLin4 [1] + VLin5 [1] + VLin6 [1] + VLin7 [1]
--- VTot2 = VLin0 [2] + VLin1 [2] + VLin2 [2] + VLin3 [2] + \
------ VLin4 [2] + VLin5 [2] + VLin6 [2] + VLin7 [2]
--- VTot3 = VLin0 [3] + VLin1 [3] + VLin2 [3] + VLin3 [3] + \
------ VLin4 [3] + VLin5 [3] + VLin6 [3] + VLin7 [3]
--- VTot4 = VLin0 [4] + VLin1 [4] + VLin2 [4] + VLin3 [4] + \
------ VLin4 [4] + VLin5 [4] + VLin6 [4] + VLin7 [4]
--- VTot5 = VLin0 [5] + VLin1 [5] + VLin2 [5] + VLin3 [5] + \
------ VLin4 [5] + VLin5 [5] + VLin6 [5] + VLin7 [5]
--- VTot6 = VLin0 [6] + VLin1 [6] + VLin2 [6] + VLin3 [6] + \
------ VLin4 [6] + VLin5 [6] + VLin6 [6] + VLin7 [6]
--- VTot7 = VLin0 [7] + VLin1 [7] + VLin2 [7] + VLin3 [7] + \
------ VLin4 [7] + VLin5 [7] + VLin6 [7] + VLin7 [7]

--- Ctr = 0
--- if Sed / 10000000 == int (Sed / 10000000):
------ print (Sed)
--- if (VTot0 == 30 and VTot1 == 30 and
------ VTot2 == 30 and VTot3 == 30 and
------ VTot4 == 30 and VTot5 == 30 and
------ VTot6 == 30 and VTot7 == 30):
--------- AllThirty = True

print () # Blank line.
print (Sed)
print (NewHDik ['0'], sum (NewHDik ['0']))
print (NewHDik ['1'], sum (NewHDik ['1']))
print (NewHDik ['2'], sum (NewHDik ['2']))
print (NewHDik ['3'], sum (NewHDik ['3']))
print (NewHDik ['4'], sum (NewHDik ['4']))
print (NewHDik ['5'], sum (NewHDik ['5']))
print (NewHDik ['6'], sum (NewHDik ['6']))
print (NewHDik ['7'], sum (NewHDik ['7']))

print (VTot0, VTot1, VTot2, VTot3, VTot4, VTot5, VTot6, VTot7)

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.

[AProudLefty]

Afraid progress is nonexistent. I wrote code that I seriously expected to work. Replace all the zeros with random numbers. If all sixteen lines add to thirty, YAY. If not, get a new set of random numbers and try again. Unfortunately, I have to report failure. Program has been running now more than sixty hours. If it were going to work, it woulda done it by now. Well, here's the program:

Sed = 3
Ctr = 0
import random
random.seed(Sed)

HDik = {0: [2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0, 3, 2],
--- 1: [0, 4, 1, 6, 0, 1, 9, 0],
--- 2: [4, 0, 0, 1, 0, 8, 2, 4],
--- 3: [1, 5, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 2],
--- 4: [0, 6, 1, 3, 0, 4, 2, 6],
--- 5: [7, 3, 4, 0, 2, 5, 1, 0],
--- 6: [0, 1, 6, 7, 1, 0, 0, 2],
--- 7: [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0] }

NewHDik = {}
VDik = {}
AllThirty = False
print ('Working ...')

def RShuf (HLst):
--- for I, Value in enumerate (HLst):
------ if Value == 0:
--------- HLst [I] = random.randint (1, 9)

while (AllThirty == False):

--- for Ctr, Value in enumerate (HDik):
------ HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()

------ while sum (HLin) != 30:
--------- HLin = HDik [Ctr].copy ()
-------- Sed += 1
-------- random.seed (Sed)
-------- RShuf (HLin)

------ DCtr = str (Ctr)
------ NewHDik [DCtr] = HLin
------ Ctr += 1

--- VLin0 = NewHDik ['0']
--- VLin1 = NewHDik ['1']
--- VLin2 = NewHDik ['2']
--- VLin3 = NewHDik ['3']
--- VLin4 = NewHDik ['4']
--- VLin5 = NewHDik ['5']
--- VLin6 = NewHDik ['6']
--- VLin7 = NewHDik ['7']

--- VTot0 = VLin0 [0] + VLin1 [0] + VLin2 [0] + VLin3 [0] + \
------ VLin4 [0] + VLin5 [0] + VLin6 [0] + VLin7 [0]
--- VTot1 = VLin0 [1] + VLin1 [1] + VLin2 [1] + VLin3 [1] + \
------ VLin4 [1] + VLin5 [1] + VLin6 [1] + VLin7 [1]
--- VTot2 = VLin0 [2] + VLin1 [2] + VLin2 [2] + VLin3 [2] + \
------ VLin4 [2] + VLin5 [2] + VLin6 [2] + VLin7 [2]
--- VTot3 = VLin0 [3] + VLin1 [3] + VLin2 [3] + VLin3 [3] + \
------ VLin4 [3] + VLin5 [3] + VLin6 [3] + VLin7 [3]
--- VTot4 = VLin0 [4] + VLin1 [4] + VLin2 [4] + VLin3 [4] + \
------ VLin4 [4] + VLin5 [4] + VLin6 [4] + VLin7 [4]
--- VTot5 = VLin0 [5] + VLin1 [5] + VLin2 [5] + VLin3 [5] + \
------ VLin4 [5] + VLin5 [5] + VLin6 [5] + VLin7 [5]
--- VTot6 = VLin0 [6] + VLin1 [6] + VLin2 [6] + VLin3 [6] + \
------ VLin4 [6] + VLin5 [6] + VLin6 [6] + VLin7 [6]
--- VTot7 = VLin0 [7] + VLin1 [7] + VLin2 [7] + VLin3 [7] + \
------ VLin4 [7] + VLin5 [7] + VLin6 [7] + VLin7 [7]

--- Ctr = 0
--- if Sed / 10000000 == int (Sed / 10000000):
------ print (Sed)
--- if (VTot0 == 30 and VTot1 == 30 and
------ VTot2 == 30 and VTot3 == 30 and
------ VTot4 == 30 and VTot5 == 30 and
------ VTot6 == 30 and VTot7 == 30):
--------- AllThirty = True

print () # Blank line.
print (Sed)
print (NewHDik ['0'], sum (NewHDik ['0']))
print (NewHDik ['1'], sum (NewHDik ['1']))
print (NewHDik ['2'], sum (NewHDik ['2']))
print (NewHDik ['3'], sum (NewHDik ['3']))
print (NewHDik ['4'], sum (NewHDik ['4']))
print (NewHDik ['5'], sum (NewHDik ['5']))
print (NewHDik ['6'], sum (NewHDik ['6']))
print (NewHDik ['7'], sum (NewHDik ['7']))

print (VTot0, VTot1, VTot2, VTot3, VTot4, VTot5, VTot6, VTot7)

Question: why would you use random numbers? Why not just iterate numbers?

[AProudLefty]

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.

It's what my computer professor used to say, "spaghetti code".