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[smoky tulip]

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[void sandal]

i dont know why its not displaying my project

[void sandal]

ok.. thank you

[smoky tulip]

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[void sandal]

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[void sandal]

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/ZK2Q

this is it guys.. any help would be nice

i just want to make the code a bit simplier

[bleak trellis]

a whole lot of ifs

[void sandal]

yeah

that makes it too much

[bleak trellis]

wait

[void sandal]

but that was the only thing i was able to think about..

[smoky tulip]

What’s the point of subjects += subjects?

Also, what’s your reasoning behind

for subject in subjects:

???

[void sandal]

i thought that if i did that it would move on to the next subject and print the grade next to it .. but it keeps on printing english

[smoky tulip]

Yeah

So what you have is

for subject in subjects takes each value in subjects and assigns it to subject one at a time

And all break does is end that loop

But because English is the first value in subjects, it’ll always get used

[void sandal]

the subjects are in a list so i wanted to use a loop to kind of selected each subject one at a time and print out the grade next to it with the for loop but its not working.. do you get me ny any chance?

[smoky tulip]

What you want is:
for subject in subject:
if subject == English:
your code for English

[void sandal]

yessss you get me thank goodness

[smoky tulip]

then
elif subject == Spanish:
your code for Spanish

[void sandal]

but can i do like

[bleak trellis]

for subject in subjects:
mark = input(f"Please type in your mark for {subject}: ")
mark = int(mark)

do this ofr the ifs

!e
for subject in subjects:
mark = input(f"Please type in your mark for {subject}: ")
mark = int(mark)

[smoky tulip]

Also, just do
mark = int(input(…))

Saves a line here and there

[bleak trellis]

    mark = input(f"Please type in your mark for {subject}: ")
    mark = int(mark)```

make mark an array

[void sandal]

hmmm ok..

[smoky tulip]

@void sandal what @bleak trellis recommends is also suggested

Actually

Hmmm… depends

If your grade values change between subject

Then it might not be the best

[bleak trellis]

i = 0
for subject in subjects:
    mark = input(f"Please type in your mark for {subject}: ")
    mark[i] = int(mark)
    i++```

[void sandal]

whats i in this case

[bleak trellis]

index of array

have you been taught array?

[smoky tulip]

Ummmm

[void sandal]

nope..

[smoky tulip]

Definitely would not do it like that

[bleak trellis]

do you have to not use arrays?

[smoky tulip]

If you’re gonna go down that route then better to use dictionaries

Which might be outside OPs scope for now

[void sandal]

stuffs getting confusing😆

[bleak trellis]

yes

[void sandal]

hmmm ok..

[bleak trellis]

ok @void sandal do you have to use only if elses?

[void sandal]

nope..

the mission is to make the program run with as less lines of code as possible

[bleak trellis]

i can do it with arrays and explain it to you?

[smoky tulip]

Tempted to teach OP dictionaries

…

[bleak trellis]

i wouldnt be able to

[smoky tulip]

Alright

Let’s get to it

[bleak trellis]

if youd want to try go ahead

he barely knows arrays

[smoky tulip]

@void sandal you’re gonna need to be with me on this one

So

[void sandal]

yes sirrr

[smoky tulip]

You know basic variables

X = 5

[void sandal]

yes please

[smoky tulip]

So we tell the computer that when we ask for X, we want the number 5

But sometimes we wanna store a lot of numbers

And we don’t want to create a new variable for each

So we can use lists

These are shown by [ ]

Square brackets

[void sandal]

yes . please

[smoky tulip]

Now, we can save a lot of numbers to one variable

[void sandal]

yep

[smoky tulip]

X = [3533,6446,6433]

X can now store as many numbers as we want

However

[void sandal]

so now x equals three differrent numbers..

[smoky tulip]

We need to get these numbers out of X somehow

[smoky tulip]

Yes

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

Cause what if we want just one number?

So we can do that by calling the index

Going back to our example

X = [3533,6446,6433]

A list starts index at 0

So 0th number of X is 3533

1st is 6446 and so on

[void sandal]

yep

[smoky tulip]

We can access a list by the index and []

!e

X = [3533,6446,6433]
print(X[0])

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@smoky tulip :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

3533

[void sandal]

makes sense

[smoky tulip]

See how here I set 0 within the square brackets and it gave me the 0th index in X

[void sandal]

yes please

[smoky tulip]

Ok

Now

We will learn dictionaries

They’re similar to lists

However

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

Instead of using numbered index, they can use named index

[void sandal]

ooooo

do you get to set the name or its already set

[smoky tulip]

A_Dictionary = {“Key” : “Value”}

[smoky tulip]

You choose

[void sandal]

a itsbin curly brackets

[smoky tulip]

So here I set the key of the dictionary to the string “Key”

[smoky tulip]

Yes, lists are square and dictionaries are curly

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

And the value is a string called “value”

Now if I want to get the value form the dictionary

I access it like a list

But use the key

So

[void sandal]

so the first value is the key and the last value is always value?

[smoky tulip]

!e
A_Dictionary = {'Key' : 3553}
print(A_Dictionary['Key'])

[void sandal]

is it like constant?

[rain warren]

@smoky tulip :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

3553

[smoky tulip]

Yes

Separated by :

Value can be anything

Even a list

[void sandal]

ok..

wait so a list can be in a dictionary?

[smoky tulip]

!e
A_Dictionary = {'Key' : [255,5335,533]}
print(A_Dictionary['Key'])

[rain warren]

@smoky tulip :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

[255, 5335, 533]

[smoky tulip]

Yes, a dictionary can be in a list

But not to worry too much right now

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

We’ll focus on bare list and dicts

!e
A_Dictionary = {'Key' : 3553}
print(A_Dictionary['Key'])

[rain warren]

@smoky tulip :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.

3553

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

This is the key part

So you can make a dict

And set the key to the class

And the value to the score

To create an empty dictionary we do
Empty_Dict = {}

And to add we do
Emtpy_Dict[Key] = Value

[void sandal]

so here we kinda created a variable by assigning 3553 to Key.. just without the equals sign as we always do

[smoky tulip]

Kinda, we created a dictionary with a key and value pair. And then assigned it to A_Dictionary

[void sandal]

oh ok..

[smoky tulip]

So why don’t we start you off on your task

Got Python open nearby?

[void sandal]

im fired up

[void sandal]

yep

in vs code

[smoky tulip]

Ok, let’s get a new Python script open

And copy over subjects

Just that list for now

[bleak trellis]

did you understand lists>

@void sandal

i did your code with lists if you wanna see and revise

[void sandal]

yes please

[smoky tulip]

Maybe a bit later

[bleak trellis]

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[bleak trellis]

ok you learn dic the code is here if you need @void sandal

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/LANA

[void sandal]

i'd love to.. thank you.. but @smoky tulip is helping me rn so ill check it after ok? thanks so much!!

[smoky tulip]

@void sandal got the new Python script with subjects copied over?

[void sandal]

nope.. just a new python script

i should make a list with subjects?

[smoky tulip]

Ok, copy over
Subjects = […]
From your old script

[void sandal]

oh ok..

done..

[smoky tulip]

Now, let’s make our for loop
for subject in subjects:
print(subject)

Just to make sure we’re seeing what we need

You can take screenshots and send them here

[void sandal]

ok..

done that

lemme take the screenshot

[smoky tulip]

Depending on your device you can use shortcuts or a snipping tool

[void sandal]

there..

[smoky tulip]

Perfect

So if you run it, it should print subjects line by line

Now

We want to do stuff with dictionaries

So we need to create an empty dictionary

[void sandal]

it does

[smoky tulip]

What do you wanna call it?
Student_Scores?

[void sandal]

yepp

thanks simple

that's*

[smoky tulip]

So on line 11 we need
Student_Scores = {}

As we want to create the dictionary outside our for loop

[void sandal]

done with that..

[smoky tulip]

@void sandal how do we add values to a dictionary?

[void sandal]

the key in quotation marks and a colomn and then a value

colon*

[smoky tulip]

That’s when you add the value manually

You’ll want
Dictionary_Name[Key_Name] = Value

[void sandal]

oh yeah.. my bad

[smoky tulip]

That’s fine

So we know our dictionary name

What should each key be?

[void sandal]

thats what im think about..

subject_mark?

[smoky tulip]

What are we trying to get from the user?

[void sandal]

the subject mark

[smoky tulip]

The mark yes, but the mark of what?

[void sandal]

the mark of each subject..

[smoky tulip]

Exactly

So each key is a subject

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

So we in our loop add
Student_Scores[subject] = int(input())

As now each subject becomes a key

And the value is what the user inputs

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

Now, we want to customise the input

So the user doesn’t get confused

I see that you understand f-strings?

Why don’t we make the input an f-string

Let’s say the subject is English, what would the input message look like?

[void sandal]

yep..

[smoky tulip]

Any message is fine, as long as it mentions the subject

[void sandal]

uh.. int(input(f"please enter your mark for {subject}"))?

[smoky tulip]

Excellent

Why don’t we put that into the input()

[void sandal]

yay

[void sandal]

im not really getting that

[smoky tulip]

You’ve already done it
I meant “make sure that f-string is within input()”

Which you’ve done

So no worries

Now

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

After your for loop, unindented, why not add
print(student_scores)

And let me see what the code looks like

[void sandal]

ok..

i think theres a slight error somewhere

[smoky tulip]

Line 13 should be where = is on line 17

[void sandal]

oh yeah

dumb me lol

[smoky tulip]

So copy paste line 13 after = on line 17

No worries

I make similar mistakes

[void sandal]

better now

[smoky tulip]

Perfect

Why not run the code

And enter some scores

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

See what the result looks like

Oh

Wait

@void sandal

Remove that break

You don’t need it

[void sandal]

oh ok..

lolz

thought it would be nice to add hehe

[smoky tulip]

XD

It would end your loop after 1 iteration

When we want the whole thing

Break is only when you want to get out of the loop early

Not needed in your case

[void sandal]

yep.. thats what it did at first

[void sandal]

noted..

[smoky tulip]

So you see your last output

That’s what student_scores looks like

With all your scores saved to each subject

Now

I’m gonna teach you the keyword “in”

But before that

Are there any subjects that have the same grading?

[void sandal]

well

it depends on the user's input

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

Copied link so I don’t need to scroll

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/ZK2Q

[void sandal]

ok lol

[smoky tulip]

Well, like, is a 78 in English a B and is a 78 in Spanish also a B

[void sandal]

yeah

[smoky tulip]

So will a 90-100 always be an A regardless of subject

Ah ok

[void sandal]

the grades are the same for all subjects

[smoky tulip]

Gotcha

Ok

[void sandal]

but can you teach me like .. after everything can you teach me the one where the grades are not the same for each dubject.. only if you have time tho..

[smoky tulip]

Can do

[void sandal]

thanks os much XD

so*

[smoky tulip]

For now, we’ll go with each subject

So, we need another for loop

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

So we need
for subject in subjects:

And now we’ll have
if 90 < student_scores[subject] <= 100:
print(f”You scored an A in {subject}”)

Can you tell me what the code above does?

[void sandal]

so basically idf the student got a score which is greater than 90 and less thank or equal to 100 they scored an A1

[smoky tulip]

Yes, and we access that score how?

Using the dictionary right?

By accessing the inputted score for that subject

[void sandal]

yeah.. the users input

[smoky tulip]

So why don’t you fill out the rest of the if statement with elifs for the other scores and show me

[void sandal]

ohhh.. i guess this is a better way to write it than what i was doing in my first code

[smoky tulip]

Yeah, as the scores are set, you’ll be fine to not define them

[void sandal]

definetly better than using "and"

[smoky tulip]

Yes

As you can always surround the value in < >

[void sandal]

ok..

..

hello?

.

[smoky tulip]

Hey

[void sandal]

yep..

[smoky tulip]

Have you done the other if statements

For the other scores?

[void sandal]

not yet done..

[smoky tulip]

👍

Let me see the code when you’re done

[void sandal]

i just thought you left lol

ok..

[smoky tulip]

Nah, I got discord open

Just working

[void sandal]

ok..

here it is

but i realised something

in the treminal is always prints english first

terminal*

[warped onyx]

@void sandal Check your dms 🫡

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

You can always remove print(subject)

Also

What happens if someone scores 29?

[void sandal]

yeahh..oh ok

[smoky tulip]

Would they also need to get an F?

[void sandal]

edited..

[smoky tulip]

Did you add more lines or get rid of 40<

?

[smoky tulip]

Wrong way around

Simply remove “40 <“

And keep “<= 50”

[void sandal]

oh ok

[smoky tulip]

@void sandal do you know the difference between if and elif?

[void sandal]

yep..

[smoky tulip]

So you don’t need all those if

Just the first one

The rest can be elifs

Technically

if Score <= 50:

Can be replaced with

else:

[void sandal]

yeah..

[smoky tulip]

Let me see the whole code

Should be mostly finished

[smoky tulip]

You can replace line 29 with
else:

Because if you didn’t score any of the other grades

You’ll have to have scored an F

[void sandal]

ok..

[smoky tulip]

And that should be your code

You can now run it

[void sandal]

i want to rather make it tell the user that they should input a correct value

gimmie a sec

[smoky tulip]

If you tell me what all the input requirements are, I can help you code it up

[smoky tulip]

Nope, it wouldn’t be there

You’d do it in your input

[void sandal]

oof

[smoky tulip]

So

Line 14,
Let’s separate it out
Let’s make a variable called score
So
Score = int(input(…))
Student_Score[subject] = Score

[void sandal]

line 14?

[smoky tulip]

Line 14 of your code

[void sandal]

theres already some code there

[smoky tulip]

You wanna make a new line underneath

[void sandal]

oh ok

[smoky tulip]

And so line 14 is
Score = int(input(…)
And line 15 is
Student_Score[subject] = score

This way we set our input into a variable

Which we can check

Before we add it to the dictionary

As you want users to have the ability to rectify their mistake

You don’t want to tell them they inputted the wrong number way after

[void sandal]

ok...

[smoky tulip]

And now, you want to make a few new lines under line 14

[smoky tulip]

So now a new line under score =

[void sandal]

yep

[smoky tulip]

while not (0 <= score <= 100):

This means
If the statement (0 <= score <= 100) is false, then do the following

And the under that you want
print(Enter a valid…)
And then a repeat of
Score = int(input(…))

[void sandal]

oh ok

i get it

[smoky tulip]

So as long as the user inputs the “wrong” score it’ll continue to ask for an input

[void sandal]

omg

youre a genius

how long have you been coding for?

[smoky tulip]

A few years now

You’ll get the hang of it soon

Dw

@void sandal

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/CVYQ

Here’s a game of blackjack I made

[void sandal]

ooo

wait so does it play in the terminal?

[smoky tulip]

Yeah

You just copy and paste the code over

Run it

[void sandal]

ive added you 😆

[smoky tulip]

And you can play as many games as you want

And the cards and dealer are somewhat random

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