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From: Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:45:46 +0000
Subject: Re: Please help if you can!
To: bobflipperdoodle <bobflipperdoodle@gmail.com>
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On 27 December 2012 00:04, <bobflipperdoodle@gmail.com> wrote:

> First, sorry for starting a new post - I didn't want anyone to have to
> read through the whole first one when the questions were completely
> different :/
>
> Second, I honestly have no idea how to answer your questions.  I am a
> sophomore in high school and I am trying to learn this on my own because my
> teacher is not very good at explaining things.
>
> i just cant figure out how to get the total when an order is placed
> without the customer ordering at least one of each item.  I also can't
> figure out how to get the shipping to calculate correctly. It is an intro
> class and we are using just the basics. Most of what Mitya said is stuff
> I've never seen before, although I am very grateful for her response, I am
> supposed to use only what the teacher "taught".
>
> Sorry if I frustrated you.  I'm just a kid trying to learn. Any help is
> appreciated
>

There's no anger here, by the way. If we were unhappy with you, you'd know
;). But seriously, if we weren't just trying to help, we wouldn't reply. We
were just telling you some stuff you needed to know.

 I'm in school too, and I'm self taught. I also run a little club where I
teach people how to code, from scratch. I get where you're coming from, and
you should realise you're doing fine. We get a lot of newbies posting on
here, and I'm used to seeing code like this. The important part is that
your mistakes are small and self-contained. Those are the easy mistakes,
and they're the parts that you don't have to worry about.

FINALLY:
When you use Google Groups, your quotations look to us like this:

> This is something I said
>
> with lots of extra
>
> lines in the middle
>
> for no reason. Google
>
> Groups sucks, basically.

So please just delete the part where you quote other people. I think there
are other ways of quoting properly, but you might as well just not quote.
(When you quoted my post, the result was *literally* twice as long!)

Thanks, and good luck.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On 27 December 2012 00:04,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:bobflipperdoodle@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bobflipperdoodle@g=
mail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"=
gmail_quote">

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">First, sorry for starting a new post - I did=
n&#39;t want anyone to have to read through the whole first one when the qu=
estions were completely different :/<br>


<br>
Second, I honestly have no idea how to answer your questions. =A0I am a sop=
homore in high school and I am trying to learn this on my own because my te=
acher is not very good at explaining things.<br>
<br>
i just cant figure out how to get the total when an order is placed without=
 the customer ordering at least one of each item. =A0I also can&#39;t figur=
e out how to get the shipping to calculate correctly. It is an intro class =
and we are using just the basics. Most of what Mitya said is stuff I&#39;ve=
 never seen before, although I am very grateful for her response, I am supp=
osed to use only what the teacher &quot;taught&quot;.<br>


<br>
Sorry if I frustrated you. =A0I&#39;m just a kid trying to learn. Any help =
is appreciated<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>There&#39;s no ang=
er here, by the way. If we were unhappy with you, you&#39;d know ;). But se=
riously, if we weren&#39;t just trying to help, we wouldn&#39;t reply. We w=
ere just telling you some stuff you needed to know.</div>

<div style><br></div><div style>=A0I&#39;m in school too, and I&#39;m self =
taught. I also run a little club where I teach people how to code, from scr=
atch. I get where you&#39;re coming from, and you should realise you&#39;re=
 doing fine. We get a lot of newbies posting on here, and I&#39;m used to s=
eeing code like this. The important part is that your mistakes are small an=
d self-contained. Those are the easy mistakes, and they&#39;re the parts th=
at you don&#39;t have to worry about.</div>

<div style><br></div><div style>FINALLY:</div><div style>When you use Googl=
e Groups, your quotations look to us like this:</div><div style><br></div><=
div style>&gt; This is something I said</div><div style>&gt;</div><div styl=
e>

&gt; with lots of extra</div><div style>&gt;</div><div style>&gt; lines in =
the middle</div><div style>&gt;</div><div style>&gt; for no reason. Google<=
/div><div style>&gt;</div><div style>&gt; Groups sucks, basically.</div>

<div style><br></div><div style>So please just delete the part where you qu=
ote other people. I think there are other ways of quoting properly, but you=
 might as well just not quote.</div><div style>(When you quoted my post, th=
e result was *literally* twice as long!)</div>

<div style><br></div><div style>Thanks, and good luck.</div></div></div></d=
iv>

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