#🔒 Connect four python program

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flint ferry
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that works

gusty shard
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rows is simplest

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collumns is the next on complexity list

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then last but not least diagonal

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thats one is hell

flint ferry
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oh damn

gusty shard
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anyways

flint ferry
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i mean

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my

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thing for colums works

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but not in my other code...

gusty shard
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p sure in ur other code ur board entries are | X |

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not X

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so might be why

flint ferry
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well the string is

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"| X |"

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wait

gusty shard
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anyways

flint ferry
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ya

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idk

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.

gusty shard
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lets leave this scuffe winc on check for later

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lets start on a rows win con check

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cause thats simplest

flint ferry
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it worked

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what

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.

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nvm

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lets just

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not do this

gusty shard
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bro is on drugs

flint ferry
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prolyl

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lets do wtv ur saying

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amazing!

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ok i ready

gusty shard
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do we continue on win con check or the other function from ealier

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ur choice

flint ferry
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row

gusty shard
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now

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im do what u did

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and make a minimal example

flint ferry
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mm ok

gusty shard
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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]
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so

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lets say we have this row

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we want to start at the far left right

flint ferry
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yes

gusty shard
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so

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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]
#       0    1    2    3    4    5    6
flint ferry
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yuh

gusty shard
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from 0 to what number is the first set of 4 entries

flint ferry
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?

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question or

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no

gusty shard
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yes

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im jsut typing while u think/answer

flint ferry
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i mean there are no connects of 4

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i think im answering another question

gusty shard
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but even then we checking if connect 4 exists

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so starting at far left aka 0

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if we stop at 0

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tahts checking 1 entry

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if we stop at 1

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thats checking 2 entries

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etc.

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what number we stop at for 4 entries

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aka connect 4

flint ferry
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i mean like

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5 ig

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i think?

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OH WAIT

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no 3

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stop at 3

gusty shard
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correct

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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]
#       0    1    2    3    4    5    6

first_entry_start = 0
first_entry_end   = 3
first_entry       = ["X", "X", "_", "_"]
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now whats the last set 4 here

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which number does it stop at

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and which number does it start at ?

flint ferry
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uhhhhhhhhh

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huh

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i aint get it

gusty shard
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imagine this 0 to 3 range thing

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is a window

flint ferry
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yes

gusty shard
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lets slide that window over till it hits edge of list

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what are the 4 numbers we looking at

flint ferry
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ohhhhh

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tahts what ur asking

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its gon be X X _ _

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and

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2 _

gusty shard
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for first entry yes

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now slide that window over to the right till it hits end of list

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and what we looking at now

flint ferry
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yuh

gusty shard
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what are the 4

flint ferry
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are we adding it or

gusty shard
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nah overriding

flint ferry
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oh ok we're not

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only 3

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unless

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we starting at

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the second

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_

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fi so

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if*

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_ o o o

gusty shard
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that is correct

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that is the last 4 in the list

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i can "animate" a sliding window for u if that doesnt make sense

flint ferry
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na i can do that

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with time

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i know

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i understand that type of stuff

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i love slicing

gusty shard
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X X _ _ ||O O O||
||X|| X _ _ O ||O O||
||X X|| _ _ O O ||O||
||X X _|| _ O O O

flint ferry
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that works too

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nice

gusty shard
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there

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see how the window of size 4 is just sliding along

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now translating that into python code

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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]
#       0    1    2    3    4    5    6

first_entry_start = 0
first_entry_end   = 3
first_entry       = ["X", "X", "_", "_"]

last_entry_start  = 3
last_entry_end    = 6
last_entry        = ["_", "O", "O", "O"]
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we would have something like this

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right

flint ferry
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mmmmmm ok

gusty shard
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does it make sense

flint ferry
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yes

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i ahve done

gusty shard
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im just denoting the indexes of where stuff appears

flint ferry
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this type of stuff

gusty shard
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now

flint ferry
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yuh

gusty shard
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lets transform this window into a loop

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shall we

flint ferry
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yes we shall

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i should be able to do this

gusty shard
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that shit was genius

flint ferry
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ya its pretty sick

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do u want me to like

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"print out"

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the things

gusty shard
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like in that spoiler message

flint ferry
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ok

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oh wait a sec

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i think i had confused

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like

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thinking about this

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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]

for i in row:
    print(row[i:i + 4])
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cus i was doing this

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then i realized like

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na

gusty shard
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if i was an int that is

flint ferry
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oh wait

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i did the

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for loop wrong

gusty shard
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ye

flint ferry
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should be this

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row = ["X", "X", "_", "_", "O", "O", "O"]

for i in range(4):
    print(row[i:i + 4])
gusty shard
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thats closer

flint ferry
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hmmmmmm

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oh

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just 4 times

gusty shard
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but clearly at one point it falls off and doesnt print 4

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why u think it doesnt print 4

flint ferry
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huh?

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oh

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i just fixed it

gusty shard
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it doesnt print 4 entries

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why is that

flint ferry
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cus there is no more

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after it

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also i fixedd itt

gusty shard
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technical answer is more than that but im give it to ya

flint ferry
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lol

gusty shard
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now

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usually this would be bad

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because we dont that there would only 4 sets

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but in here because board size is fixed

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we can get away with range(4)

flint ferry
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ahhhhh ok

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so basicly now i just need to liek

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maybe add these to a list and check if they are all 1 letter

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or sum more simple

gusty shard
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i got u one better

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set()

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its a very neat lil trick

flint ferry
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what does set do

gusty shard
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it transforms what u give it into a set

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think of it as in a math set

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sets are cool for numerous reasons

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but reason they pop up here

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is because they can have no duplicate

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so if u set(['_', 'O', 'O', 'O'])

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u get {'_', 'O'}

flint ferry
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ooooooooooooh

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s o its like

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making so there are only special characters

gusty shard
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go ahead

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write some code

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cook up

flint ferry
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ok

gusty shard
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play around with it

flint ferry
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this is fun

gusty shard
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python is very fun

flint ferry
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OH

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AND THEN

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IF

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THE SET

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ONLY HAS

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1

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THEN ITS

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A CONNECT

gusty shard
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there we go

flint ferry
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OF 4

gusty shard
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he got it

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fyi u can pass multiple things to print

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print(row[i:i+4], set(row[i:i+4]))

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try this for example

flint ferry
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ok

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oooh

gusty shard
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it helps a lot when doing these kinds of things

flint ferry
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so it prints both the set and unset

gusty shard
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it prints the slice then the set of slice

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yes

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there is so much to print that u wouldnt believe u only used it as print(string)

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lmfao

flint ferry
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crazy

gusty shard
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welp

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u got all the puzzle pieces

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go build the damn row checker now

flint ferry
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ill go do dat

gusty shard
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isnt it cool

flint ferry
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super

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now i gotta go through

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the row of rows

gusty shard
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ye

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u gotta loop throught board

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to make sure u apply this to every row

flint ferry
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i dont gotta go

gusty shard
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my brain

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is braindead

flint ferry
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lol

gusty shard
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oh its 4am thats why

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huh

flint ferry
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its 2 for m

gusty shard
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anyways

flint ferry
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me

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yuh ig

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that works

gusty shard
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u just never stopped once u found a connect 4

flint ferry
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ahhh ok

gusty shard
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which u can fix if u want but

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usually in a game u dont have to

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since the first time u find one

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its rare u find another

flint ferry
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yaaa

gusty shard
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and even if u do find another

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its prob the same player that somehow got 2 connect 4

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at once

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or 3

flint ferry
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so uh

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ya

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id kabout that

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hmmm unless

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ya

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uh

gusty shard
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issue is that u never checked if whats in the len 1 set is either an X or an O

flint ferry
gusty shard
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u just checking if length 1

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in this case its triggering on a connect 4 of empty

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which is hella funny

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but prob not what u want

flint ferry
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it snot checking it on empyt

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it only has 1 in

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and thats triggering it

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OHH

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I KNOW

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ill do

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if the unset = 4

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and the set

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= 1

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def check(board):
    for row in board:
        for i in range(4):
            set_row_check_var = set(row[i:i+4])
            unset_row_check_var = row[i:i+4]
        if len(set_row_check_var) == 1 and len(unset_row_check_var) == 4:
            print("CONNECT 4")
            time.sleep(2000)
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dw about the sleep

gusty shard
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== not = inside the if

flint ferry
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yep lol just got that error

gusty shard
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anyways i got a funny idea for u

flint ferry
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?

gusty shard
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if u went throught the board in a specific way

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u could get collumn 1 as a list

flint ferry
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bru

gusty shard
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then just shove said list into the row check

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since its same logic

flint ferry
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true

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i can

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do that

gusty shard
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very funny

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anyways

flint ferry
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wait i know whyyyyyyyy

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what i will did

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do

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iss

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pop out the empty ones

gusty shard
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dont

flint ferry
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why

gusty shard
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u dont want to mess up wth size of board

flint ferry
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na not on the board

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for the checking

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what i will do

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is

gusty shard
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the easiest way here

flint ferry
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oh ok nvm

gusty shard
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is to check whats inside the set of lenght 1

flint ferry
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mhm

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wdym length 1

gusty shard
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len(set_row_check_var) == 1

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inside this set

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what is in there

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to trigger CONNECT 4 when nothing is on board

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u can either think about it or just print the damn set alongside the message

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up to u

flint ferry
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this might work

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nvm

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it dont

gusty shard
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u checking if its in the non-set version

flint ferry
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ya

gusty shard
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u most likely want to use the set version

flint ferry
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OHH

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nope

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stil not working

gusty shard
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print the set to see whats inside it

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then

flint ferry
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pl

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ok

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oh

gusty shard
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so ye

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u found issue

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now to make sure it ignores when that string is only one in set

flint ferry
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ok lemme think

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ya idk

gusty shard
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!e

a = {'|_|'}

if '|_|' not in a:
    print('test')
nova nebulaBOT
gusty shard
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u prob just got wrong string

flint ferry
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really?

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oh

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well look what i just did

gusty shard
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u can see how code above works

flint ferry
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i think that might work

gusty shard
# flint ferry

u dont want to check it inside unset in case its something like _ _ _ X X X X

flint ferry
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oh ok

gusty shard
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hopefully u see why

flint ferry
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nope it dont work

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and ya

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i do

gusty shard
# flint ferry

copy the string it printed that it found inside set here

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and paste it into ur if in code

flint ferry
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WAIT

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do i have to put

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()

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around it

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nvm

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uh

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ok

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oh wait

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those are

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{}

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gang is this a dictionary

gusty shard
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its a set

flint ferry
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why is there curley brackets

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ohhhh ok

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makes sents

gusty shard
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they use same brackets as dictionaries

flint ferry
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sense

gusty shard
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u not crazy

kindred grail
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Wtf 1394 message
Anyone have tldr context

flint ferry
gusty shard
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fucking god knows how long it has been

kindred grail
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Great💀

flint ferry
gusty shard
flint ferry
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hes helpfull

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im down to liek

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400 lines

gusty shard
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would be less if his adhd didnt pivot him into win con check

gusty shard
flint ferry
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def check(board):
    for row in board:
        for i in range(4):
            set_row_check_var = set(row[i:i+4])
            unset_row_check_var = row[i:i+4]
            if {'| _ |'} not in set_row_check_var and len(set_row_check_var) == 1:
                print("SUM HERE")
gusty shard
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def check(board):
    for row in board:
        for i in range(4):
            set_row_check_var = set(row[i:i+4])
            unset_row_check_var = row[i:i+4]
            if ('| _ |' not in set_row_check_var) and (len(set_row_check_var) == 1):
                print("SUM HERE")
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can u please try this

flint ferry
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sure

gusty shard
flint ferry
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IT WORKED

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YUHHHHHHHHHHHH

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TY

gusty shard
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k

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so

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tl;dr

kindred grail
flint ferry
gusty shard
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it was trying to do this

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for some reason

flint ferry
kindred grail
flint ferry
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oooooooh

gusty shard
flint ferry
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i gotchu

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i think ima go sleep

kindred grail
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@gusty shard

gusty shard
flint ferry
kindred grail
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*recode

kindred grail
gusty shard
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but then he wouldnt learn it

kindred grail
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Ok thanks

flint ferry
gusty shard
# kindred grail Ok thanks

the only reason i spent god knows how long asking him the right questions is to lead him into thinking the right way

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and now guy went from that if spam to being able to implement sliding window algorithm 80% on his own

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which is a major improvement if u ask me

flint ferry
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ya that was very helpful

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bro

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i love code hs

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cus its like

kindred grail
flint ferry
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bro

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it teaches alot

gusty shard
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we nowhere near done

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anyways

flint ferry
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yep

gusty shard
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ur row check works now @flint ferry

flint ferry
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ya

gusty shard
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u pick next direction

flint ferry
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im very happy

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sleep

gusty shard
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input function

flint ferry
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is the next

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direction

gusty shard
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more win con check

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or wat

flint ferry
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sleeping

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i need sleep

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😭

gusty shard
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time.sleep(1)

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now wat

flint ferry
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naaa

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i would say

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time.sleep(28800)

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na like

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im gon go

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to sleep

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for the night

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cus i ahve a haircut tmr

kindred grail
gusty shard
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just ask away

flint ferry
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ill just keep this post open

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wait

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does it get

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deleted

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now it wont

kindred grail
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1h later it gets closed if no one speak

flint ferry
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1 week

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now if no one speek for 1 week

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it will be closed

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so i can go to sleep in peace now

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cya

gusty shard
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cya

kindred grail
# 
some_code
    ╰──some annotation

Do you think a python script that generate annotation like this would be helpful for you to help people? @gusty shard

gusty shard
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wdym annotation

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just a description of what code does ?

kindred grail
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Ye

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Help explain the code

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And issue

gusty shard
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there could be uses but most of time u want people to think on their own so they actually learn the logic behind it

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there is times where u just straight up explain a piece of code

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but usually that comes with comments embeded in middle of code to explain each bit

kindred grail
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Just checking if you think it's helpful for you because I notice you quite passionate about helping people

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If you think it's helpful, I will send the code so you could use it

gusty shard
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it also can be excruciating depending on person

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but thats not here or there to talk about

kindred grail
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It's slightly modded one for my pydroid (don't have the original one on me rn)

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It's mainly useful for explaining error (i.e. chain of event that cause an error) for me

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From conversation: #discord-bots message

toxic flint
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wow, over 1500 messages in one help post 😲
this must be one of the longest posts i've seen yet

gusty shard
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not on this server

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but ye i was teaching guy how to think

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so took a few hours

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still a lot of room for improvement but infinietly better

toxic flint
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yes, ignoring the code in the last big while True loop it is night and day compared to the first one

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still a lot of placeholder code there, so not close to finished yet i see
a bit more work and refactoring and it probably be alright
but looks like this project has been a very good and valuable learning experience for the OP 👍

gusty shard
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today i even walked guy throught a sliding window algorithm

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he improving

toxic flint
solemn roost
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1,521 messages feelsWoahMan

gusty shard
solemn roost
gusty shard
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