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grave tree
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please help with this question im a complete beginner and so confused, but pls be patient as im brand new

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wraith brambleBOT
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grave tree
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i can copy and paste the code ive got so far, but how do i put it in a box

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@maiden birch can bro clutch up again

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def DayFormat(num, type):
    if num == 1:
        print("Monday")
    elif num == 2:
        print("Tuesday")
    elif num == 3:
        print("Wednesday")
    elif num == 4:
        print("Thursday")
    elif num == 5:
        print("Friday")
    elif num == 6:
        print("Saturday")
    elif num == 7:
        print("Sunday")
    if type == "day":
       print(DayFormat[0:10])
    if type == "shortday":
        print(DayFormat[0:3])
    if type == "char":
        print(DayFormat[0:1])
print(DayFormat(1, "day"))
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thats my code so far idk whats up with it

maiden birch
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hey

grave tree
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hi

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no clue where i went wrong

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probably overcomplicating it too

maiden birch
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Ok so

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Do you know what lists are?

mortal vessel
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Well if you look at the char column, some of the options are 1 character long some are 2

grave tree
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yeah i sort of know what a list is

mortal vessel
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That would be the major issue but also you should really be using a list or dictionary as well

maiden birch
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Do you think you can make a list of the days?

grave tree
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like list = ["josh","james","john"]

maiden birch
grave tree
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i can try, what would i store it as though

maiden birch
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1 list called day

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1 called shortday

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1 call char

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hope u know what to put in the lists

grave tree
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okay, yeah ill have a go now

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i did @maiden birch

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i did it on a fresh file tho

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so its just got this now

maiden birch
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👀

grave tree
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what should i do with the lists now

maiden birch
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can u show what u wrote

grave tree
vague yacht
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function called DayFormat
gotta love when a course asks you to violate PEP8 😩

maiden birch
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ong

maiden birch
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now define your function

grave tree
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my nea is in a year

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scary

grave tree
maiden birch
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Do you understand how indexing an array works?

grave tree
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sort of

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i know the index thing would be something like [0:5] at the end

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but dont really get how to use it

maiden birch
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!e

my_list = ["a", "b", "c"]

print(my_list[1])  # Will print second element of my_list
wraith brambleBOT
grave tree
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ah okay

maiden birch
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Let's just focus on when the type is day for a second

vague yacht
maiden birch
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when the type is day, you want to return an element from the day list, right?

grave tree
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yeah

maiden birch
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Ok so

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Let's say the given day num is 2

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That corresponds to tuesday

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How would you get tuesday from your day list

grave tree
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print(day[1])

maiden birch
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yessir

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how about wednesday?

grave tree
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print(day[2])

maiden birch
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yes exactly

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now notice how the index you're using is always 1 less than the day num

grave tree
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yeah

maiden birch
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so given a day num, how would you get the corresponding day from the list?

grave tree
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wait wdym'

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wouldnt i js do day[2]

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or whatever

maiden birch
# grave tree print(day[2])

I give you a variable called num (Let's say num = 2, which means we want tuesday).
Rewrite this in terms of num instead of just doing [1]

grave tree
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idk im sorry im so confused

maiden birch
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Ok sure no problem

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Let's write it like

day[index]
``` gets some element from the day list, correct?
grave tree
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yeah

maiden birch
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Now when we want Tuesday, num = 2 and index = 1, right?

grave tree
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yeah

maiden birch
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For wednesday, num = 3, index = 2

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Do you see a relation between index and num?

grave tree
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yeah index is always 1 less

maiden birch
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exactly

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so we have index = num - 1

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therefore to get the numth element from the list, we do day[num - 1]

grave tree
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ohhh

maiden birch
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Now can you implement that into your current code?

grave tree
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ill try

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wait nvm im confused

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i thought this would wokr bth

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tbh

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let me show u

maiden birch
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what no

maiden birch
grave tree
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shi mb

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okay done

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i put that bit in

wraith brambleBOT
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