On 11/27/2023 12:48 AM, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote:
On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 at 21:08, Michael F. Stemper via Python-list
<python-list@python.org> wrote:
On 24/11/2023 21.45, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote:
Grizz[l]y,
I think the point is not about a sorted list or sorting in general It is
about reasons why maintaining a data structure such as a list in a program
can be useful beyond printing things once. There are many possible examples
such as having a list of lists containing a record where the third item is a
GPA for the student and writing a little list comprehension that selects a
smaller list containing only students who are Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum
Laude.
studs = [
["Peter", 82, 3.53],
["Paul", 77, 2.83],
["Mary", 103, 3.82]
]
I've seen Mary, and she didn't look like a "stud" to me.
That's what happens when you abbreviate "student" though :) Don't
worry, there's far FAR worse around the place, and juvenile brains
will always find things to snigger at, usually in mathematical
libraries with "cumulative" functions.
The OP used an abbreviation: "studs". Why? Too lazy to type the full
word? Abbreviation has full-meaning in the (narrow) domain? Was wanting
something funny, or to snigger over?
Was the respondent sniggering? Perhaps he, like the OP, was also saving
typing-time by making a joke, hoping that the OP would see the
implicit-error in expecting others to understand that "studs" meant
"students"?
Actually, Peter, Paul, and Mary were a band
(https://www.peterpaulandmary.com/), so "studs" is even less expressive
when the data also tells a story...
Working with "trainees", I avoid the word "student" even though some
might see them as synonyms. In my mind, the abbreviation did not readily
expand to the full word (mea culpa).
Accordingly, would not pass Code Review!
For the want of a few characters...
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail)
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