Re: could use some help with this problem! (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

2018-02-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/20/2018 7:59 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote: Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes: On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 3:10:25 AM UTC+13, Ben Bacarisse wrote: You almost never /have/ to use nested loops. Has the course got this far without introducing the idea of a function? If you are using a function

Re: could use some help with this problem! (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

2018-02-20 Thread Ben Bacarisse
Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes: > On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 3:10:25 AM UTC+13, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >> You almost never /have/ to use nested loops. Has the course got this >> far without introducing the idea of a function? > > If you are using a function to avoid a nested loop, perhaps that