Need Help with Programming Science Project

[theguy]

I have a science project that involves designing a program which can examine a 
bit of text with the author's name given, then figure out who the author is if 
another piece of example text without the name is given. I so far have three 
different authors in the program and have already put in the example text but 
for some reason, the program always leans toward one specific author, Suzanne 
Collins, no matter what insane number I try to put in or how much I tinker with 
the coding. I would post the code, but I don't know if it's fine to put it 
here, as it contains pieces from books. I do believe that would go against 
copyright laws. If I can figure out a way to put it in without the bits from 
the stories, then I'll do so, but as of now, any help is appreciated. I 
understand I'm not exactly making it easy since I'm not putting up any code, 
but I'm kind of desperate for help here, as I can't seem to find anybody or 
anything else helpful in any way. Thank you.
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Re: Need Help with Programming Science Project

[theguy]

On Friday, January 24, 2014 7:06:55 PM UTC-8, Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:12:41 AM UTC+5:30, kvxd...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > Alright. I have the code here. Now, I just want to note that the code was 
> > not designed to work "quickly" or be very well-written. It was rushed, as I 
> > only had a few days to finish the work, and by the time I wrote the 
> > program, I hadn't worked with Python (which I never had TOO much experience 
> > with anyways) for a while. (About a year, maybe?) It was a bit foolish to 
> > take up the project, but here's the code anyways:
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> If you (or anyone with basic python experience) rewrites that code, it will 
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> 1/50th the size and all that you call 'code' will reside in data files.
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> That can mean one of json, xml, yml, ini, pickle, ini, csv  etc
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> If you need further help in understanding/choosing, post back

I know. I'm kind of ashamed of the code, but it does the job I need it to up to 
a certain point, where it for some reason continually gives me Suzanne Collins 
as the author. It always gives three points to her name in the 
AUTHOR_SCOREBOARD list. The code, though, is REALLY bad. I'm trying to simply 
get it to do the things needed for the program. If I could get it to actually 
calculate the "points" for AUTHOR_SCOREBOARD properly, then all my problems 
would be solved. Luckily, I'm not being graded on the elegance or conciseness 
of my code. Thank you for the constructive criticism, though I am really 
seeking help with my little problem involving that dang scoreboard. Thank you.
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