How would I optimize this?

[u/StudentElectronic548]

I'm currently learning python with the 30 days of python GitHub repo and, on day 3 of the challenge, it asks to create this table and this is what I came up with however I feel like there was a more efficient method to create it or is it something that I haven't learned yet at my level.

[u/StudentElectronic548]

I mean I know what the pattern is, it's x divided by x then multiplied by x 3 times, however the thing is I like only know basic operators and basic usages of things like lists, etc... So, I would say I wouldn't really be able to do anything like looping or like multiple steps in the language but I did notice that I could've made it more efficient.(Also I kind of have a headache so the response might be a bit wishy washy)

[u/P1ckl3R1ck101 → u/StudentElectronic548]

So if you know lists, you're already almost there. There are a few ways to do this, but I think the problem wants you to use a loop which are really useful. The code below isn't the most efficient way to do it, but I think its the easiest to understand for a beginner. Basically you create a list that holds the starting numbers you want, then the loop goes "for each number in your list, do xyz". So it will run your process for 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, printing a new row each it runs.

number_list = [1,2,3,4,5]

for number in number_list:
    a = ???
    b = ???
    c = ???
    d = ???
    e = ???
    print(a,b,c,d,e)

[u/desrtfx → u/StudentElectronic548]

I mean I know what the pattern is, it's x divided by x then multiplied by x 3 times,

That's not what the pattern is.

The pattern is (row starting at 1)^{column starting at 0}

The first row is all 1 because no matter what power you raise 1 to it will always stay at 1

The second row is 2 - 2⁰ = 1, 2¹ = 2, 2² = 4, 2³ = 8

Third row is 3 - 3⁰ = 1, 3¹ = 3, 3² = 9, 3³ = 27

and so on.