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spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:09 AM

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i want to know what the point that i put in the gutter does?. i think it tells at what time it will run. but i want to know what will the highlighted point do when randoom.random() < 0.2 become true, with the help of pycharm debugger

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 7:09 AM

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spring latch i want to know what the point that i put in the gutter does?. i think it tells a...

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@spring latch

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:12 AM

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spring latch i want to know what the point that i put in the gutter does?. i think it tells a...

what is a gutter in this context?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:12 AM

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point no 16

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:12 AM

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you mean a breakpoint

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:12 AM

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marked circle

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yes

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:12 AM

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the red circle means you've set a breakpoint at line 16

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:13 AM

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ok

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:13 AM

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Do you understand for loop?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:13 AM

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yes i do

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:13 AM

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OK so do you understand what columns[i] mean if i is 1 for example?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:14 AM

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i previously put breakpoint on different lines and that time it didnt run to a random i

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:14 AM

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cinder summit OK so do you understand what `columns[i]` mean if `i` is 1 for example?

yes

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:14 AM

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spring latch yes

Can you tell me what you understand what it does?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:15 AM

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do i need to explain try, except too?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:16 AM

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spring latch do i need to explain try, except too?

no. Just columns[i]. I need to know if you understood what that is. If you do, please explain it to me before we can proceed with the rest of the line

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:18 AM

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if loop is running and firstly its i becomes 1 and the if random.random is less than .2 then column[1] will be equal to a random number between 4 and 14 (both inclusive)

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:19 AM

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ok good it seems you understood so far.

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Next, lets look at that pycharm debugger

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:19 AM

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ok

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:19 AM

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So in your debugger, you have, from what I can see, 3 expressions that you are watching out for and see what values they are returning during the program run

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WIDTH is 70

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columns is a list of 70 numbers

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and i is a number 62

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So by following the for loop logic, i is now on the 62 iteration out of the 70 range from WIDTH

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Then on this 62 iteration, the program stopped because the if condition random.random() < 0.02 is True and is now hitting the line 16 for setting columns[62] to a new random.randint number between 4 and 14

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You can probably verify the if condition by adding random.random() and random.random() < 0.02 in the expression to watch for in your debugger

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Enter here for those expressions. If you wanna watch for more expressions and values, you enter them here

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:24 AM

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cinder summit You can probably verify the if condition by adding `random.random()` and `random...

how

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oh ok

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let me try

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how do i enter

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:26 AM

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click in that box and type it in

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:26 AM

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spring latch

remove the equal sign

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just do random.random() and hit enter

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And then do another expression random.random() < 0.02 and hit enter

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:27 AM

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how do i differentiate

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by a comma

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?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:27 AM

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spring latch how do i differentiate

what do you mean?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:29 AM

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sorry, i am not clear how this expression writing works

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:30 AM

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spring latch

OK so you see in this screenshot that you shared, you typed random.random() = .12, right?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:30 AM

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spring latch \

OK good. Press enter please

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Then show me a screenshot of your current debugger

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:31 AM

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:32 AM

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spring latch

Pressing enter doesn't save that expression into the debugger?

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Click here, and then press enter...

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Or press this button

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:34 AM

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:35 AM

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spring latch

I think you've deleted the random.random() or something. But if you add the random.random() again, you can see what value it shows to tell you that the current iteration of random.random() < 0.02 is False

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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can i manually change this

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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Like this one. We can see what value is behind random.random() because its being watched in your Pycharm debugger. In this screenshot, its 0.0083627...

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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no.

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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spring latch can i manually change this

Of course you can

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you can have as many expressions and variables that you wanna watch in the debugger

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:37 AM

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This is like the better alternative than riddling your script with print() statements

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:38 AM

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spring latch

This is much better!

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:39 AM

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spring latch

So you can see now, at iteration i at 55, the random.random() has a value of 0.33 which is bigger than 0.02 so the random.random() < 0.02 is False

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:39 AM

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what if i changed the value of the if random.random() < 0.2

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:39 AM

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spring latch what if i changed the value of the if random.random() < 0.2

If you mean forcibly make it True, you can't.

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:40 AM

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oh

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:40 AM

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The values follows whatever is going on inside the running program in debug

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like if the program is doing a = 1 + 1. And you are watching the variable a during debug. You would see that value shows as a = 2. You can't forcibly change that to 3 or "Bob" or whatever you want during the debug.

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Does this make sense to you @spring latch ?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:42 AM

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cinder summit like if the program is doing `a = 1 + 1`. And you are watching the variable `a` ...

no it doesnt

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:42 AM

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spring latch no it doesnt

what do you mean "no, it doesn't"?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:43 AM

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watching a means the breakpoint is on a

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:43 AM

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oh it doesn't make sense to you? Sorry. What part is still confusing you?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:43 AM

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spring latch watching a means the breakpoint is on a

No, watching a does not mean the breakpoint is on a

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"watching" a variable or expression is to watch what values are being stored throughout the program run

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The "breakpoint" is used to help stop the program when it reaches that line

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You can "watch" a variable or expression without setting up breakpoints

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:45 AM

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ok

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how much the learning is in debugging

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:46 AM

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Everything I explained to you, that is it. There's nothing more to learn in debugging

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:46 AM

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okay

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:46 AM

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Its not a big topic

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:47 AM

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i think i need to do practical on it..i got your points like 40 to 50%

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:47 AM

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spring latch i think i need to do practical on it..i got your points like 40 to 50%

Please ask if you feel that there is something in there that is still confusing you.

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Maybe try a smaller script example?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:47 AM

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yes yes

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that is what i was going to ask for'

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i meant similar

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not smaller

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:48 AM

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sorry whats the question?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:49 AM

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cinder summit Maybe try a smaller script example?

yes..a similar example

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:49 AM

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spring latch yes..a similar example

you can try a simple for loop and then watch the value changes as it loops

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:51 AM

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but one question still remained unanswered

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what does the random.randit(4,15) do

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:52 AM

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spring latch what does the `random.randit(4,15)` do

someone already explained that but

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!d random.randint

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 7:52 AM

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random.randint


random.randint(a, b)```
Return a random integer *N* such that `a <= N <= b`. Alias for `randrange(a, b+1)`.

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:52 AM

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It gives you a random number between 4 and 15

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:52 AM

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columns[i] = random.randint(4,14)

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and this?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:53 AM

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!e

import random
print(random.randint(4,14))
print(random.randint(4,14))
print(random.randint(4,14))
print(random.randint(4,14))

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 7:53 AM

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cinder summit !e ```py import random print(random.randint(4,14)) print(random.randint(4,14)) p...

:white_check_mark: Your 3.14 eval job has completed with return code 0.

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:53 AM

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hot thicket :white_check_mark: Your 3.14 eval job has completed with return code 0. ```ansi...

See that? It gives me a random number between 4 and 14

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:53 AM

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cinder summit !e ```py import random print(random.randint(4,14)) print(random.randint(4,14)) p...

i got this point

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:53 AM

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spring latch `columns[i] = random.randint(4,14)`

same idea. What do you think it means?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:55 AM

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spring latch if loop is running and firstly its i becomes 1 and the if random.random is less ...

I asked you in the beginning about it. I thought you understood

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:55 AM

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does it mean column name will be changed to a no. btw 4 and 14 inclusive and after reading the remaining code, for e.g. it is 4 , then else will run and changed it into 0 or 1?

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:56 AM

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spring latch does it mean column name will be changed to a no. btw 4 and 14 inclusive and aft...

no

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@spring latch what is i in this context?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

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column no

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

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spring latch column no

where does the number come from?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:00 AM

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from length of width

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:00 AM

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    columns = [0] * WIDTH
    while True:
        #loop over each column:
        for i in range(WIDTH):
            if random.random() < 0.02:
                # Restart a stream counter on this column.
                # the stream length is between 4 and 14 characters long.
                columns[i] = random.randint(4,14)

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:00 AM

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let me show you the full code

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:00 AM

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You have a columns which is [0] * WIDTH

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The WIDTH seems to be a constant of 70

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So columns is [0] * 70

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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import random,sys,time

WIDTH = 70

try:
    # For each column, when the counter is 0, no stream is shown.
    # otherwise, it acts as a counter for how many times a 1 or 0
    # should be displayed in that column
    columns = [0] * WIDTH
    while True:
        #loop over each column:
        for i in range(WIDTH):
            if random.random() < 0.02:
                # Restart a stream counter on this column.
                # the stream length is between 4 and 14 characters long.
                columns[i] = random.randint(4,14)
            #print a character in this column
            if columns[i] == 0:
                # change this ' ' to '.' to see empty spaces:
                print(' ', end='')
            else:
                #print a 0 or 1:
                print(random.choice([0,1]), end='')
                columns[i] -= 1 #Decrement the counter for this column
        print() #print a newline at the end of the row of columns
        time.sleep(0.1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    sys.exit()```

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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70 zeroes inside columns

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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ok

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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You can see the value for columns in your Pycharm debugger with all of that zeroes

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:01 AM

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ok

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then

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:02 AM

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Next line is a while True

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Do I need to explain while True for you or is that something you already understood?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:03 AM

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while True run till the code doesnt break or goes flase

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false

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:03 AM

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yea pretty much

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OK next line

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for i in range(WIDTH):

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Do you understand what this line is doing?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:04 AM

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taking 70 and making it a range

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:04 AM

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alright and what is i doing in that line?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:04 AM

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loops from 0 to 69

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:05 AM

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spring latch loops from 0 to 69

why does i loop from 0 to 69?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:05 AM

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because range(width) is 70

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i mean

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:05 AM

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correct ✅

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i goes through the range of that WIDTH value

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so since you know that then columns[i] should be going through the loops from 0 to 69 like columns[0], columns[1], etc

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But!

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It doesn't reach that line unless it goes through that if condition as True

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which is a random.random() < 0.02

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If its not True, then it doesn't go through that line columns[i] = random.randint(4,14)

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:08 AM

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cinder summit If its not True, then it doesn't go through that line `columns[i] = random.randi...

ok

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and then

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:09 AM

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spring latch and then

Do you wanna keep going?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:09 AM

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let me see the code again

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:10 AM

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spring latch ```py import random,sys,time WIDTH = 70 try: # For each column, when the c...

Did you write these comments?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:10 AM

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                #print a 0 or 1:
                print(random.choice([0,1]), end='')
                columns[i] -= 1```
this part is what confusing me

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no

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copied from the book

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ATBS]

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:11 AM

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Sorry I have to go

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:12 AM

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does it mean..
if i == no. between 4 and 14... does it mean this else block will run?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:12 AM

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cinder summit Sorry I have to go

please, give me your sec

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:13 AM

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This line doesn't really do anything
print(random.choice([0,1]), end='')

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It just prints a random 0 or 1

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And that's it

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:13 AM

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ok

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:13 AM

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No impact or effect to the rest of the code

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This line makes no sense
columns[i] -= 1 #Decrement the counter for this column

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Sorry but I really have to go

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:14 AM

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ok..np...thanks for the help

cinder summit Mar 10, 2026, 8:14 AM

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If this help thread is still open, I'll check back later

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:14 AM

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i aprreciate your time

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:32 AM

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heard agent q had to leave, can you catch me up @spring latch ?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:32 AM

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hi,
please!
i am happy to be assisted

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on this

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:33 AM

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lunar pawn heard agent q had to leave, can you catch me up <@1194198498451656745> ?

.

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:33 AM

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summarize what you wonder about now

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:37 AM

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breakpoint - it is the point where the code stops and i can see the steps at my pace
2. expression or add to watch - helps in checking the variable in detail(i am little confused with this

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wait

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i am summarizing

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

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when it comes to debugging, there are a bunch off tools out there

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

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i didnt get the else:
part

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

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one of them is the pycharm debugger, and it is arguably the best debugger for python.

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but python also has a debugger built in

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and you can also debug your code without a debugger

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so lets take this in these steps

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lets start with how to debug without using any debugging tools

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do you know how to do that ?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:40 AM

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logging? printing?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:40 AM

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yes

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printing alone can do this, but there are things that are important to know about when you print out something for debugging purposes

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have you given that any thoughts?

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what things or information is important to see?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:42 AM

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i tried to run this

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:43 AM

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let me simplify that a bit

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import random

value = None
for i in range(10):
    value = random.randrange(100)

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now we want to debug valuewhat is one way to do that using print?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:47 AM

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lunar pawn ```py import random value = None for i in range(10): value = random.randran...

import random

value = None
for i in range(10):
    value = random.randrange(100)
    print(value)

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:47 AM

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alright.. lets see

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!e

import random

value = None
for i in range(10):
    value = random.randrange(100)
    print(value)

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 8:47 AM

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lunar pawn !e ```py import random value = None for i in range(10): value = random.rand...

:white_check_mark: Your 3.14 eval job has completed with return code 0.

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:48 AM

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what do we know about this value from this print?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:48 AM

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what does value = None represents

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:48 AM

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nothing of importance

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it represent a start value

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:49 AM

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ok

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:49 AM

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lunar pawn what do we know about this value from this print?

10 random ints from 1 to 100

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:49 AM

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spring latch 10 random ints from 1 to 100

do you know it is an int?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:49 AM

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it has no upper commas

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:50 AM

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lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:50 AM

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spring latch it has no upper commas

so you dont really know by just printing it?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:51 AM

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i get it

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but idk how do i explain

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:51 AM

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so when you debug, you dont only want to see the human friendly value

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you also want to see the name and the type

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do you know how to get that using print?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:53 AM

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oh you put str data type

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i didnt see that

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:53 AM

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lunar pawn do you know how to get that using print?

what?

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my bad

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:54 AM

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how can you see the name, type and value using print?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:54 AM

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by writing type

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in the print

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:54 AM

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yes, that will for sure work

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print(value, type(value))

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there is another way

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want to see?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:55 AM

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yes

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:56 AM

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spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:56 AM

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oh!

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:56 AM

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{=} suntax in an fstring

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now you see the name, value and type

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 8:57 AM

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ok

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something new

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 8:57 AM

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sometimes you want the program to pause at a certain point while debugging. and for that you need a debugger, print just shows you

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let me change the code a bit

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import random

value = None
for i in range(10):
    value = random.randrange(100)
    if value > 75:
        # i want a debugger breakpooint here
        print(value)

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:00 AM

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is this a pycharm help post?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:00 AM

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using only python, do you know how to set a breakpoint before the print?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:00 AM

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lunar pawn using only python, do you know how to set a breakpoint before the print?

just write breakpoint() there

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:01 AM

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yeah, and it will enter the python debugger

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:01 AM

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or something like importing the pdb and then pdb.trace or something

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:02 AM

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lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:02 AM

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spring latch or something like importing the pdb and then pdb.trace or something

yes, but breakpoint() does that for you

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:03 AM

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i have used acronyms instead of full names

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like p or s

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:06 AM

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using good names makes debuging simpler

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the same tool you can activate in pycharm using the gutter and debug run

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:06 AM

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ok

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:08 AM

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so if you do that you will get the same info as python, but in an interface that shows you the stack much better.

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let me start pycharm and show

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:09 AM

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ok

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:11 AM

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notice that i already see i and value and both are int

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:12 AM

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there is no issue is i write value = 0 instead of none right?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:12 AM

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no issue no

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:13 AM

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ok

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without any breakpoint?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:14 AM

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you can see i have a breakpoint in the editor gutter

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thats the red dot

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:15 AM

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ok

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and what if i put it somewhere else.
will the results differ?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:16 AM

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thats what the continue command does

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continues to the next breakpoint

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in pycharm all navigation commands are here

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limpid steeple Mar 10, 2026, 9:16 AM

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oh thats an interesting topic

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:17 AM

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lunar pawn

ok

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:17 AM

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when you use the python debugger, you have to write commands, like continue jump and so on

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in the pycharm debugger you use these buttons or their shortcuts

limpid steeple Mar 10, 2026, 9:18 AM

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u can also write breakpoint

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breakpoint is a function that triggers a breakpoint

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:20 AM

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that has already been mentioned

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:20 AM

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yes..but please open your thread..

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to continue this topic

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:20 AM

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spring latch yes..but please open your thread..

like they have to open their own thread right?

limpid steeple Mar 10, 2026, 9:20 AM

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u guys wrote here a lot i ain't gonna read all this...

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i'll just remain silent then i guess

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:21 AM

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is this things so far clear?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:21 AM

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yes

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:21 AM

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spring latch yes

so whats the point of adding a breakpoint?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:22 AM

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to stop the program there

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and inspect

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:23 AM

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spring latch and inspect

how would you inspect?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:23 AM

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lunar pawn

by these buttons

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:23 AM

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now that we have gone over three main debugging steps

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what more do you wonder about?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:25 AM

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lunar pawn what more do you wonder about?

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wdym..i am interpreting something else

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:26 AM

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do you have any other questions around debugging?

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:26 AM

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lunar pawn when you use the python debugger, you have to write commands, like `continue` `j...

could just do c n ... and so on tho don't thin u'd need to write em full?

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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yes, the docs tell you about all variants

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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memorizing different buttons is harder imo..

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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!docs pdb

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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pdb

Source code: Lib/pdb.py

The module pdb defines an interactive source code debugger for Python programs. It supports setting (conditional) breakpoints and single stepping at the source line level, inspection of stack frames, source code listing, and evaluation of arbitrary Python code in the context of any stack frame. It also supports post-mortem debugging and can be called under program control.

The debugger is extensible – it is actually defined as the class Pdb. This is currently undocumented but easily understood by reading the source. The extension interface uses the modules bdb and cmd.

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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what does this do..it is unclear to me

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:27 AM

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c cont and continue

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:28 AM

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this is going to be the last topic..

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:28 AM

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spring latch what does this do..it is unclear to me

do you know what a python expression is?

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:28 AM

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1 + 2

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:28 AM

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yes. and in this context, you can do this

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:28 AM

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or any single number

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can you show me the practical side of it

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

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stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

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what editor is that

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

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spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

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ok, i wont take your more time..
i should go and just write

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM

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you can inject expressions into the debugger without having to write it in code and rerunn it

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:31 AM

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oh ok

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:31 AM

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notice i change i from 0 to 9

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:31 AM

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lunar pawn !docs pdb

is it a good idea to memorize this code?
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.14/Lib/pdb.py

lunar pawn Mar 10, 2026, 9:31 AM

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stable sundial is it a good idea to memorize this code? <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob...

no

stable sundial Mar 10, 2026, 9:31 AM

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damn:(

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im pretty good at remembering things tho

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its only like 3.5k lines.. i can go through over it in like a week

spring latch Mar 10, 2026, 9:33 AM

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ok i am closing this

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!close

hot thicketBOT Mar 10, 2026, 9:33 AM

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Python help channel closed with !close

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