#🔒 How to make code smaller and more efficient to read? 2531 lines of mess.

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hollow glacier
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Help, I have been self-taught in all of my python learning and have never been efficient with how I code, please help me with advice on how to shorten my code..

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hollow glacier
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Theres code to review

lone meteor
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Have you used "for in range()" or "def ..."

hollow glacier
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def yep

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lots of functions

lone meteor
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I don't have much to offer as I have this problem myself...

hollow glacier
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ahahaha dw man my code is 'Ahh I just about understand this..'

mellow forum
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make it modular

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whatever that word means

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put stuff into functions

hollow glacier
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how do i call the script when its exe..

mellow forum
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what

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you're compiling python scripts into an executable?

hollow glacier
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how do i cntl printscreen lol

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and yeh

mellow forum
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word of advice don't do that

hollow glacier
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it works as is tho and it sorta feels more official ykwim?

mellow forum
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-_-

hollow glacier
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just me?

mellow forum
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it doesn't sound very official

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python scripts aren't made to do this

hollow glacier
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it does bro its got animations and stuff

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they wernt? actually what was the purpose for python, just algorithms?

mellow forum
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if you really need to get an executable

which sometimes, I do too,

either

  1. make a batch file to execute the command
    python filename.py

  2. translate code hand to hand into C++ ( I do this when I need executables, fast ones especially)

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if you don't want much hassle

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just put it into a batch file

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a batch file is a file that ends in .bat

hollow glacier
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i use pyinstaller lol and like the batch file, is it customisable?

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ik what it is dw

mellow forum
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you want to send this code to someone?

hollow glacier
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not necessarily they would need the programs it launches tbh

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theres an assets folder I can send em but they would need to have everything here

hollow glacier
mellow forum
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but you can create a shortcut of a batch file

hollow glacier
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thats hurtful. It launches apps bro

mellow forum
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and give it any icon you want

hollow glacier
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yeah I could do that..

mellow forum
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and best of all

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you can pin the shortcut to the start menu

hollow glacier
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yeh ik you can do that with nearly anything

mellow forum
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so you can run it with a click

hollow glacier
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but like code.. how to shorten it?

mellow forum
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oh right

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I'll share an example

hollow glacier
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I was thinking parameters an just using loads of them but.. its confusing

mellow forum
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wait a sec my head is spinning

hollow glacier
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Its in a class so..

hollow glacier
mellow forum
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would you mind waiting about 30 seconds, my head is spinning wildly

hollow glacier
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do not look at the code then.

mellow forum
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okay I'm back

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sorry for the delay

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Let's get back to the code

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I'll share an example of my project

hollow glacier
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your name is interesting.. a transitional metal compound?

mellow forum
mellow forum
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anyways

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I don't have much code for now

hollow glacier
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I am better at biology science personally..

mellow forum
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but here's a project that has been divided into 4 files

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it's a simple version control software

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what you can learn from this is

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  1. I have broken individual commands, that my program can execute
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into individual files

hollow glacier
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would you import [python file name].py?

mellow forum
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and then in each of the files, I have implemented the code for that particular command

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you don't need .py

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after the file name

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just

import file
hollow glacier
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and howcome? wouldnt it try to import a module?

mellow forum
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a module

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is also a file

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stored somewhere

hollow glacier
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if you were trying to get a py file from a different directory would you have to include the path?

mellow forum
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yes

hollow glacier
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how? import C:\ and so on?

mellow forum
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this is a webpage containing the names of python modules

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if you don't name your files after the module names listed here

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they won't be imported

mellow forum
hollow glacier
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i.. dont get it tbh but very good information I might try figure out and understand when I get back from picking someone up, Thank you very much have a good day..

mellow forum
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okay

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I'll just summarise it for you

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  1. Break the file into several files
hollow glacier
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plz dm me it, might not be back

mellow forum
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that's it

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that's the solution

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break it

hollow glacier
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what if I had to pass in variables to the py file?

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config file the mf?

mellow forum
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mf?

hollow glacier
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variable

mellow forum
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did you just swear at me

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oh

hollow glacier
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no lol im british were always frustrated and angry

mellow forum
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like passing in arguments to the file?

hollow glacier
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yeh

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no like variables

mellow forum
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well I think you could use sys.argv

hollow glacier
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data from the previous file

mellow forum
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oh

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it's imported

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I'll show ya

hollow glacier
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import [variable name]?

mellow forum
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# a.py
a = 12
b = 13
hollow glacier
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OR from [python file] import [variable name]

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that would make so much sense lol

mellow forum
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# b.py

import a
a = 14
print(a) # prints 14
print(a.a) # prints 12
mellow forum
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but that would import only one variable

hollow glacier
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that is sick.. would it import a variable within a class?

mellow forum
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a class variable?

hollow glacier
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yeh

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so mine would be self.[variable]

mellow forum
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I suppose so?
I never use OOP so I need to try

hollow glacier
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honestly I wanna learn java or c+

mellow forum
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if you really want to

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then learn C++

hollow glacier
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its scary moving lang tho..

mellow forum
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“C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.”

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it's actually not that scary

hollow glacier
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in java the language works on most platforms tho..

mellow forum
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it's just that sometimes the newer syntax can be a bit confusing

mellow forum
hollow glacier
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no it aint lol hard af

mellow forum
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although a lot of people would disagree with my statement

hollow glacier
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they use classes right at the start and its like whaa

mellow forum
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especially die hard java fans

mellow forum
hollow glacier
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yeah man thanks im gonna be late for her but oh well, have a good day

mellow forum
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for her?

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😏

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good luck mate

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