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Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache

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On 5/5/2013 8:59 PM, Bradley Wright wrote:
> Hey guys and gals doing this tutorial(codecademy) and needed a bit help from the experienced.
>
> I'm writing a function that takes a list(one they supply during runtime)
> here's what my function is supposed to do

Do they supply an example so you can test both your comprehension and 
code? I think most specs given in natural language need such.

> 1. for each instance of the string "fizz" make a count
> 2. Finally return that count

Did you create an example problem to test your code? If not, do so.
Did you run your function with example data? If not, do so.

> here's my code:
>
> def fizz_cout(x):
>      count = 0
>      for item in x:
>          while item == "fizz":
>              count += 1
>              return count

Here is  hint as to some of what needs to be improved: this function 
will return either 1 or None. You should have discovered that by testings.

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Terry Jan Reedy

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(Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Bradley Wright <bradley.wright.biz@gmail.com> - 2013-05-05 17:59 -0700
  Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-05-05 18:21 -0700
    Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Bradley Wright <bradley.wright.biz@gmail.com> - 2013-05-05 18:24 -0700
      Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Bradley Wright <bradley.wright.biz@gmail.com> - 2013-05-05 18:30 -0700
        Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-05-06 10:25 +0100
  Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-06 01:31 +0000
    Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-06 01:48 +0000
  Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-05 21:30 -0400
  Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2013-05-05 22:39 -0700
    Re: (Learner-here) Lists + Functions = headache Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-06 17:32 +1000

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