[Tutor] Python Beginners

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Wed Jun 8 13:15:47 CEST 2011


Dave Angel wrote:
> On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Vincent Balmori wrote:
>> Hello. Right now I am learning the python language through Python 
>> Programming
>> for the Absolute Beginner 3rd Edition. I am having trouble with one 
>> question in
>> Ch. 4 #3, which says "Improve 'WordJumble so that each word is paired 
>> with a
>> hint. The player should be able to see the hint if he or she is stuck. 
>> Add a
>> scoring system that rewards players who solve a jumble without asking 
>> for the
>> hint'".
>>
>> Right now I am having trouble with giving the 'hint' variable a value 
>> despite
>> the conditions. Everything else is working fine.
>>
> 
> Don't try to use color to give us any information, since this is a text 
> newsgroup.  I wouldn't know you had tried if Valas hadn't mentioned yellow.

Not to mention that about one in 12 males (and 1 in 200 females) are 
colour blind and have difficulty distinguishing colours, and a 
surprisingly large number of completely blind people manage to read and 
write emails by use of screen readers and speech-to-text programs.



-- 
Steven



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