[Tutor] taking support of strings in solving numerical problems

[dn]

Perhaps the question was not sufficiently precise: what are examples of 
real-world, or practical use-cases for, "various scenarios, where using 
strings in a numerical problem reduces the size of the program"?


Repeating previous requests. Please re-consider:
1 top-posting,
2 ReplyToList.


On 25/10/2020 16:30, Manprit Singh wrote:
> Dear Sir ,
> As you asked for examples, I am going to give you a simple example to 
> illustrate the fact
> Consider a problem where i have to reverse a number :
> A function definition can be written like this :
> 
> def rev_num(x):
> s = 0
> while x != 0:
>     x, r = divmod(x, 10)
>     s = s*10 + r
> return s
> 
> While if i use strings, i can write the same function as :
> 
> def rev1_num(x): return int(str(x)[::-1])
> 
> Need your comments on such cases
> 
> Regards
> Manprit Singh
> 
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 2:16 AM dn via Tutor <tutor at python.org 
> <mailto:tutor at python.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 25/10/2020 08:22, Manprit Singh wrote:
>      > I have seen in various scenarios, where using strings in a numerical
>      > problem reduces the size of the program
>      >
>      > Using strings to solve numerical problems in such a way is a
>     valid use case
>      > ? should this practise be followed in production ?
> 
>     Really?
>     Examples please...
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