[Tutor] Flow of execution of execution

[William Becerra]

Thank you guys

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 03/11/14 18:04, William Becerra wrote:
>
>  def printMultiples(n, high):
>>      i = 1
>>      while i<=high:
>>          print n*i, "\t",
>>          i = i + 1
>>      print
>>
>
>  def multipleTable(high):
>>      i = 1
>>      while i<=high:
>>          printMultiples(i, i)
>>          i = i + 1
>>      print
>>
>
>  print multipleTable(6)
>>
>> when i run this code the result i get is
>>
>> 1
>> 2 4
>> 3 6 9
>> 4 8 12 16
>> 5 10 15 20 25
>> 6 12 18 24 30 36
>>
>
>  Can someone please explain why does it print a triangular table and not
>> a square table like this one:
>>
>
> Because you call print Multiples() from within multipleTable()
> Each time the loop executes the value of i increases so each line printed
> gets longer. The first line is printed by printMultiples(1,1)
> The second is called with printMultiples(2,2) and so on up to
> printMultiples(6,6).
>
> This yields a triangular printout.
>
>  is there any documentation i can read on tables?
>>
>
> Not really, there's no such thing as a table in Python programming, its
> just a structure you create. In practice its usually composed of a list of
> lists.
>
> HTH
> --
> Alan G
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