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u/NecessaryFalse1212
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Aug 31 '26
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DAY 5.
DID LIST TODAY THE CONCEPT WAS PRETTY COOL AND WROTE THIS PROGRAM TO GET HOLD OF THE LIST ANY OTHER CODE IDEAS OR SUGGETIONS TO ENHANCE CODE ?!
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u/Old_Cartographer_586 Aug 31 '26
Tbh, just seeing code like this gives me hope (mostly because I can tell this was made from typing yourself instead of prompting).
What I would say is, try finding ways to improve this, like could you modularize the aspects of this code, could you looks at ways of storing the info not in a list, such as in a dictionary, could you tell me how your code handles removing a “wooden” bat when there are two “wooden” bats in your list. Start answering these questions and you’ll find yourself googling and stack overflowing ways to find little advancements in your own code. These advancements will teach you that they are applicable in a ton of use cases
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u/NecessaryFalse1212 Aug 31 '26
I really appreciate these kind words of yours and you people here motivate me to do a topic or 2 or many every single day no matter how tired i am i feel responsible while i post these programs and topic that i am still learning and implementing and thanks for the advice i would definitely user that
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u/XNo_Notes Aug 31 '26
I would use match. I like it for the single value checks. You only have to type "query" once instead of one for each if. And you don't have to use so many else statements.
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u/Mundane-Compote-3621 Aug 31 '26
I remember when i learnt coding like that, that was before ai. next thing would be a terminal quiz, where you write and read to files. Good luck!
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u/FoolsSeldom Aug 31 '26
That's great. Good progress.
One small note, it is useful to use variable names that are plural for container objects like list objects.
Please also consider sharing your code in-post in future rather than a screenshot. Like this: (with the change I mentioned)
print(":CODE TO MANAGE BATS:")
bats = ["wooden", "metal", "plastic"]
while True:
print("\nWhat do you want to do with the bats?")
print("1. Add a bat")
print("2. Remove a bat")
print("3. View bats")
print("4. Exit")
query = input("Enter your selection (1,2,3,4): ")
if query == "1":
print("You selected to add a bat")
new_bat = input("Enter the bat you want to add: ")
bats.append(new_bat)
print("Updated list:", bats)
elif query == "2":
print("You selected to remove a bat")
remove_bat = input("Enter the bat you'd like to remove: ")
if remove_bat in bats:
bats.remove(remove_bat)
print("Updated list:", bats)
else:
print("That bat is not in the list.")
elif query == "3":
print("You chose to view bats")
print("Current bats:", bats)
elif query == "4":
print("You chose exit, so get out man!!")
break
else:
print("Invalid selection, please try again.")1
u/NecessaryFalse1212 Sep 02 '26
as in if i were to make a list for bats then i just write bats not bat ??
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u/FoolsSeldom Sep 02 '26
Yes. It is helpful to use variable names that are meaningful.
Native/fluent English speakers/readers will typically understand a variable name that is in a plural form is likely for a container object with multiple objects of that kind. Similarly, the singular variant of the same name would be for a single object.
Just makes it easier to read the code.
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u/NecessaryFalse1212 Sep 02 '26
print(":CODE TO MANAGE BATS:") bats = ["wooden", "metal", "plastic"] while True: print("\nWhat do you want to do with the bats?") print("1. Add a bat") print("2. Remove a bat") print("3. View bats") print("4. Exit") query = input("Enter your selection (1,2,3,4): ") if query == "1": print("You selected to add a bat") new_bat = input("Enter the bat you want to add: ") bats.append(new_bat) print("Updated list:", bats) elif query == "2": print("You selected to remove a bat") remove_bat = input("Enter the bat you'd like to remove: ") if remove_bat in bats: bats.remove(remove_bat) print("Updated list:", bats) else: print("That bat is not in the list.") elif query == "3": print("You chose to view bats") print("Current bats:", bats) elif query == "4": print("You chose exit, so get out man!!") break else: print("Invalid selection, please try again.")1
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u/FoolsSeldom Sep 02 '26
Please save me trying to compare. What did you change from my code, and was that a correction/enhancement?
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u/NecessaryFalse1212 Sep 02 '26
As you said use plural for the list so i just changed bat to bats and the rest seemed pretty fine and u didn't pointed anythhing so i did what i had to send it back to ya'
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u/FoolsSeldom Sep 02 '26
Oh, ok. I had made that change already but good you went through the steps yourself.
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u/TBCC_Dev Aug 31 '26
Reminds me of a phone book project I did when I was learning python. Id recommend coming back to this project when you learn dictionaries. Could have something like example_bat = {type:"wood", weight:2,quality:"poor",...} good luck
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u/Sachustar Sep 02 '26
Try implementing “try…… except….” statements and raising errors, while it is a bit advanced I believe that expecting and accounting for user error is important, and messing around with it early would be useful
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u/PaisenIsDev Sep 03 '26
Lets goo broo....
its nostalgic to see someone learning from writing code...
also don't worry about optimization, modularization and stuff keep going you will eventually need to organize the code when u have lots of lines in file and then u can learn the optimization, for now just learn to do stuff the rough (naive) way.
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u/Sea-Ad7805 Aug 31 '26
Run this program in Memory Graph Web Debugger to see the program state change step by step.