Re: league problem in python

2009-04-02 Thread Andrew Henshaw
"Ross" wrote in message news:d5cc0ec7-5223-4f6d-bab4-3801dee50...@r37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... ... snip ... > I would like to create a simple program where the pro could enter in > how many people were in the league, the number of courts available, > and the number of weeks the schedule would

Re: league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread r
On Apr 1, 12:35 pm, Ross wrote: [snip] > How should I go about starting this problem...I'm feel like this is a > really simple problem, but I'm having writer's/coder's block. Can you > guys help? Ross, I highly disagree with bear on this. What you have here is a 90 percent math problem and a 10 p

Re: league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread bearophileHUGS
Ross: > How should I go about starting this problem...I'm feel like this is a > really simple problem, but I'm having writer's/coder's block. Can you > guys help? There are refined ways to design a program, but this sounds like a simple and small one, so you probably don't need much formal things

league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread Ross
I'm new to programming and have chosen Python as my first language. I've gone through Allen Downey's Think Python book and I think I'm ready to dive into a project. The first problem I've chosen to tackle is a problem I have seen at my tennis club. Each spring/fall, the pro puts out a sheet of pape