On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:09:58 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Seymore4Head >> <Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: > >>> for i in range(1,10): >>> print (str(i)*i) >> >> Seymour, please don't do this. When you "help" someone by just giving >> him the answer to a homework problem, you get him past his immediate >> issue of "I need to submit my homework for this problem". That lets >> him get through his course without understanding the code he's >> creating > [...] > > In fairness to Seymour, at this extremely basic level, it's really hard to > explain to somebody how to solve a problem without giving them the answer. > > While I don't condone mindless parroting of work that others have done, > remember that for tens of thousands of years, being shown how to do > something, then imitating that, has been the most effective way for people > to learn. Dropping hints is typically the least effective learning method.
This has gotta be the most civilised newsgroup on the Net. Kudos to you stalwarts who keep it that way. Personally, I thought Tobiah's hint, printing 'a'*4, would be just what the OP needed. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->runbox, invalid->com. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
