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From: Scott W Dunning In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:35:50 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <02c4c69d-71f1-4a01-86df-d4d5a7ffb3f5@googlegroups.com> To: Neil Cerutti X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:35:37 +0100 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 69 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1391232938 news.xs4all.nl 2966 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43315 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:65187 So, this is what I came up with. It works, which is good but it=92s a = little different from a few things you guys had mentioned. For one, I = got the correct time by calculating the number of time run and = converting that into seconds then back out to hr:mn:sc. I didn=92t = calculate from midnight. That seemed more complicated to me because I=92d= have to figure the number of seconds from midnight to 6:52am then do = the calculations for number of seconds run until I got home, then I got = kind of lost. Also, before I forget what is the difference between / = and //? I remember somthing about floor division? Not sure what that = means though. Is it like a % where it gives the remainder after = dividing? Thanks again. Code below. Also, I think I found out through = a little trial and error that I had two different hours, mins, and sec = so I had to use one uppercase and one lower case. Is that frowned upon? = And should I have come up with a different name instead? SECONDS =3D 1 MINUTES =3D 60 * SECONDS HOURS =3D 60 * MINUTES time_left_house =3D 6 * HOURS + 52 * MINUTES miles_run_easy_pace =3D 2 * (8 * MINUTES + 15 * SECONDS) miles_run_fast_pace =3D 3 * (7 * MINUTES + 12 * SECONDS) time_returned_home =3D miles_run_easy_pace + miles_run_fast_pace + = time_left_house hours =3D time_returned_home // HOURS part_hour =3D time_returned_home % HOURS minutes =3D part_hour // MINUTES seconds =3D part_hour % MINUTES print "Time returned home:", hours,":", minutes,":", seconds,"am" On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Neil Cerutti wrote: > On 2014-01-31, scottwd80@gmail.com wrote: >> Here is the question that was asked and below that I'll paste >> the code I have so far. >>=20 >> **If I leave my house at 6:52 am and run 1 mile at an easy pace >> (8:15 per mile), then 3 miles at tempo (7:12 per mile) and 1 >> mile at easy pace again, what time do I get home for >> breakfast?** >=20 > That depends on the directions in which you run. Also, you are > fast! >=20 > But seriously, my advice is to find the answer the old fashioned > way first, with pencil and paper. Then you'll have two things you > don't now: >=20 > 1. A correct answer to test your program's answer with. > 2. A general idea of how to solve the problem. >=20 > It's often a mistake to start writing code. Eventually you'll be > able to go directly from problem to code more often, but it will > take practice. >=20 > --=20 > Neil Cerutti >=20 > --=20 > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list