How do you create a code for Acronyms and one for box of numbers, with arrays? In python

Question

trying to help out a friend

Answer 1

Hello Amadeus,
In order for us to help you, can you be more specific an tell us:
1. what the code for Acronyms do exactly?
2. what the code for box of number do?

Answer 2

it involves writing a program called acronym.py, to obtain an acronym from a given sentence. Taking the first letter of each and every significant word, besides useless ones like "the", "and". The program should begin by prompting the user to enter a list of words to be ignored, and then it should ask the user, the sentence the acronym should be generated from.

Answer 3

Louis that does everything i said?

Answer 4

Amadeus
I want to help you create the code yourself instead of just doing it for you.
I believe that way you benefit more.

So to start you should gather the informations you have:
1. An Acronym usually is just the first letters of a sentence. (as 'world wide web' => WWW)
1.1 This means you need to split the sentence or string in it's words and than get the first letter of each word.
1.2 capitalize each letter.
2. There are some words you want to skip. (as 'the world and wide web' => WWW)
2.1 as you loop through the words you should also have a list of words to skip.

Here is how I would do it:

1. create a variable to hold the acronym;
2. get the words to skip and save them in a list;
3. get the sentence or string;
4. split the sentence in it's words and turn it into a list;
5. loop through the new list of words you got in point 4;
6. create an if statement inside the loop to skip the words in the list of point 2;
7. in each iteration grab the first character in the words, capitalize it and add it to the variable that holds the acronym;
8. print out the acronym outside the loop;

Let me know if you have any doubt.

Answer 5

Ulisses Cruz, I'm not the one making it '^^, it's for my friend

Answer 6

Well, Amadeus, if it is for a friend
help him do it, but don't do it for him.
I believe that's what a friend should do. ; - )

Answer 7

yeah I get that, thanks for the help, i sent her your instructions. could you look at another question?

Answer 8

Yes, what question?

Answer 9

Amadeus
Is that the code for a game?

Answer 10

making a box of numbers i guess

Answer 11

wish i could send you the pdfs

Answer 12

Yes. It would be useful.
Because there are still missing data.
For example, what is grid? Is it an array?
EDITED:
I mean the parameter passed in to the functions.

Answer 13

I'm not sure, was hoping you'd understand

Answer 14

Ok, I think I understand it know.
It is an array.
The first function receives the array and initializes it with all zeros
the secont prints it out with formating and all.

But the othersm let me believe that this is a game.
If there is a 0 value in the grid or two adjacent values are equal you lose.
the next funtion calculates when you win.
the next returns a copy of the grid.
and the last do as its name says.

Answer 15

I guess that if I want to help without creating the code for you
I have to tell you the main concepts.
I think the main thing is the structure of the array.

Answer 16

hmm i see

Answer 17

write a module of utility functions called util.py for manipulating 2-dimensional arrays of size 4x4. The functions needed are:
def create underscore grid(grid):
"""create a 4x4 array of zeroes within grid"""
def print underscore grid (grid):
"""print out a 4x4 grid in 5-width columns within a box"""
def check underscore lost (grid):
"""return True if there are no 0 values and there are no adjacent values that are equal; otherwise False"""
def check underscore won (grid):
"""return True if a value >=32 is found in the grid; otherwise False"""
def copy underscore grid (grid):
"""return a copy of the given grid"""
def grid underscore equal1 (grid1, grid2):
"""check if 2 grids are equal - return boolean value"""

these functions are using docstrings.

then use the testutil.py test program to test your functions. This program takes a single integer input value and runs the corresponding test on your module