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Mark Chang
5,214 PointsCan anyone help me explain this code?
code(or click View Quiz button ) : https://w.trhou.se/fqgl2boxmb
click quiz.py for the code
output:
Puzzle 1:
Puzzle 2:
can anyone help me explain this code, and how the code works?, I don't sure how the code will work, and why there a string called "treehouse" but it didn't appear at the output?
1 Answer
John Lack-Wilson
8,181 PointsHey Mark, you need to concentrate on what the display_blanks function is actually doing:
- It takes a word as an argument
- It then declares a variable blanks, and assigns it the value of -'s multiplied by the length of the word that was passed to the function
- Finally it prints out the blanks variable
So lets say we call it and pass it 'mark', i.e. display_blanks("mark"). The first line in the function says multiply '-' by the length of "mark" (which is 4), so now blanks = "----", then complete the function by printing out blanks.
So the only use that the string passed to the function has it to use its length.
Mark Chang
5,214 PointsMark Chang
5,214 PointsThanks for your answer :) The function is the hardest part for me at beginning, also in javascript
John Lack-Wilson
8,181 PointsJohn Lack-Wilson
8,181 PointsYeah I understand that - there will be a eureka moment for functions for you. I know there was for me!
Mark Chang
5,214 PointsMark Chang
5,214 Pointsyeah function is hard for begnning