<mikn...@gmail.com> writes: > I really need some Python help. I’m a beginner and have some hw for > class:
Welcome, and congratulations on beginning to learn Python! > Write a program that calculates longest substring of increasing > letters in st, say st=‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. That is *very* brief. Do you at least understand what the problem is — that is, can you re-state the requirement and explain it to someone else (me)? > I have no idea where to start this problem. Any help you can provide > will be spectacular. * Do you know how to “write a program” with Python, and run it successfully? I will assume you do know that. * Can you show a Python statement that “uses the comparison ‘<=’ to check if one letter is greater than another”? * Can you show a “loop through all possible starting positions of a sub-string” in a larger string? -- \ “If you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to | `\ buy a new iPod at least once a year.” —Steve Jobs, MSNBC | _o__) interview 2006-05-25 | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor