reworked these examples a bit based on feedback in class

[wordplay-cdsw-solutions] / solution_2_advanced.py

diff --git a/solution_2_advanced.py b/solution_2_advanced.py
index dc157a3095a1ec0a699d04d5a2505d8efd9bae9c..88678383d5dce54032bb81458d625c00d54fad74 100644 (file)
--- a/solution_2_advanced.py
+++ b/solution_2_advanced.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import scrabble
 
 import scrabble
 

-

 # What is the longest word that starts with a q?
 
 # What is the longest word that starts with a q?
 

-# This problem was ill-specified. What if there isn't a single longest word? What if
-# there is a tie? 
-# We designed this problem with that ambiguity in mind, because sometimes the thing
-# we want to measure may not exist, or may not exist in the way we anticipate.
+# This problem was somewhat ill-specified. What if there isn't a
+# single longest word? What if there is a tie?

 
 

+# We designed this problem with that ambiguity in mind, because
+# sometimes the thing we want to measure may not exist, or may not
+# exist in the way we anticipate.

 
 # This solution keeps EVERY word of the longest length.
 
 
 # This solution keeps EVERY word of the longest length.
 


@@ -15,17 +15,12 @@ longest_so_far = []
 length_of_longest_word = 0
 
 for word in scrabble.wordlist:
 length_of_longest_word = 0
 
 for word in scrabble.wordlist:

-

     if word[0] == 'q':
     if word[0] == 'q':

-       if len(word) > length_of_longest_word:
-           length_of_longest_word = len(word)
-           longest_so_far = [word]
-       elif len(word) == length_of_longest_word:
-           longest_so_far.append(word)
+        if len(word) > length_of_longest_word:
+            length_of_longest_word = len(word)
+            longest_so_far = [word]
+        elif len(word) == length_of_longest_word:
+            longest_so_far.append(word)

             #print longest_so_far  # Use this to see the progression.
 
             #print longest_so_far  # Use this to see the progression.
 

-
-print longest_so_far
-            
-
-
+print(longest_so_far)