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People learning to program often struggle with how to decompose a problem into the steps necessary to write a program to solve that problem. This is one of a series of posts in which I take a problem and go through my decision-making process that leads to a program. Problem: Compare the courses that a student has completed to the courses required for a degree and determine what courses the student is eligible to enroll in. The output of the…

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This is a short introduction to python that assumes you are already familiar with another programming language, in particular something that uses a C-like syntax. If you find this is too brief or just want more details, then you might be interested in my post Python Programming: A Self-Learning Guide. Python is a high-level, object-oriented, interpreted language. We can process python code by either typing commands directly into the interpreter or by using the interpreter to process a file of…

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People learning to program often struggle with how to decompose a problem into the steps necessary to write a program to solve that problem. This is one of a series of posts in which I take a problem and go through my decision-making process that leads to a program. Problem: Download stock prices from a website, extract the closing prices for each day, and then plot the stock prices as well as a moving average of the prices. I assume…

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People learning to program often struggle with how to decompose a problem into the steps necessary to write a program to solve that problem. This is one of a series of posts in which I take a problem and go through my decision-making process that leads to a program. Problem: Given a file of days and times for classes that a student is enrolled in, print the schedule such that it looks like a calendar. I assume that you understand…

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Note: If you already know how to program in another language, feel that the guide below is too slow for you, or just want to see more code examples then you may want to check out my Python Crash Course. The purpose of this page is to guide someone wishing to learn to program using the Python programming language. Each section consists of a link to a video that teaches an element of the language sample problems for you to…

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People learning to program often struggle with how to decompose a problem into the steps necessary to write a program to solve that problem. This is one of a series of posts in which I take a problem and go through my decision-making process that leads to a program. Problem: Given an integer in the range of 1 to 999, print out the number using word (e.g., 123 = one hundred twenty-three). I assume that you understand statements, conditionals, loops,…

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People learning to program often struggle with how to decompose a problem into the steps necessary to write a program to solve that problem. This is one of a series of posts in which I take a problem and go through my decision-making process that leads to a program. Background: I once attended a presentation by an amateur magician in which he stated that performing 8 perfect shuffles in a row on a deck of 52 cards returned the deck to the…

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