kvxde...@gmail.com Wrote in message:
> Alright. I have the code here. Now, I just want to note that the code was not
> designed to work "quickly" or be very well-written. It was rushed, as I only
> had a few days to finish the work, and by the time I wrote the program, I
> hadn't worked with Python (which I never had TOO much experience with
> anyways) for a while. (About a year, maybe?) It was a bit foolish to take up
> the project, but here's the code anyways:
.........
>
>
> LPW_Comparisons = [avgLPW_DJ_EXAMPLE, avgLPW_SUZC_EXAMPLE,
> avgLPW_SUZC_EXAMPLE]
> avgLPW_Match = min(LPW_Comparisons)
>
> if avgLPW_Match == avgLPW_DJ_EXAMPLE:
> DJMachalePossibility = (DJMachalePossibility+1)
>
> if avgLPW_Match == avgLPW_SUZC_EXAMPLE:
> SuzanneCollinsPossibility = (SuzanneCollinsPossibility+1)
>
> if avgLPW_Match == avgLPW_RICH_EXAMPLE:
> RichardPeckPossibility = (RichardPeckPossibility+1)
>
> AUTHOR_SCOREBOARD = [DJMachalePossibility, SuzanneCollinsPossibility,
> RichardPeckPossibility]
>
> #The author with the most points on them would be considered the program's
> guess.
> Match = max(AUTHOR_SCOREBOARD)
>
> print AUTHOR_SCOREBOARD
>
> if Match == DJMachalePossibility:
> print "The author should be D.J. Machale."
>
> if Match == SuzanneCollinsPossibility:
> print "The author should be Suzanne Collins."
>
> if Match == RichardPeckPossibility:
> print "The author should be Richard Peck."
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hopefully, there won't be any copyright issues. Like someone said, this
> should be fair use. The problem I'm having is that it always gives Suzanne
> Collins, no matter what example is put in. I'm really sorry that the code
> isn't very clean. Like I said, it was rushed and I have little experience.
> I'm just desperate for help as it's a bit too late to change projects, so I
> have to stick with this. Also, if it's of any importance, I have to be able
> to remove or add any of the "average letters per word/average letters per
> sentence/average words per sentence things" to test the program at different
> levels of strictness. I would GREATLY appreciate any help with this. Thank
> you!
>
1. When you calculate averages, you should be using floating
point divide.
avg = float (a) / b
2. When you subtract two values, you need an abs, because
otherwise min () will hone in on the negative values.
3. Realize that having Match agree with more than one is not
that unlikely.
4. If you want to vary what you call strictness, you're really
going to need to learn about functions.
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