Re: league problem in python

2009-04-02 Thread Andrew Henshaw
Ross ross.j...@gmail.com wrote in message news:d5cc0ec7-5223-4f6d-bab4-3801dee50...@r37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... ... snip ... I would like to create a simple program where the pro could enter in how many people were in the league, the number of courts available, and the number of weeks the

league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread Ross
I'm new to programming and have chosen Python as my first language. I've gone through Allen Downey's Think Python book and I think I'm ready to dive into a project. The first problem I've chosen to tackle is a problem I have seen at my tennis club. Each spring/fall, the pro puts out a sheet of

Re: league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread bearophileHUGS
Ross: How should I go about starting this problem...I'm feel like this is a really simple problem, but I'm having writer's/coder's block. Can you guys help? There are refined ways to design a program, but this sounds like a simple and small one, so you probably don't need much formal things to

Re: league problem in python

2009-04-01 Thread r
On Apr 1, 12:35 pm, Ross ross.j...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] How should I go about starting this problem...I'm feel like this is a really simple problem, but I'm having writer's/coder's block. Can you guys help? Ross, I highly disagree with bear on this. What you have here is a 90 percent math