Computer Science Canada THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
| Author: | naqibaba [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
In this program I am having to quiz a user about the capital city of each province in Canada. The Program should allow the user only 3 guesses only. The program is getting way too long if I do it my way. THIS IS JUST FOR CAPITAL OF ONTARIO. WATCH. var guess1, guess2, guess3 : string loop put " What is the capital city of Ontario. " get guess1 if guess1 = "Toronto" or guess1 = "toronto" then put " Correct answer. " exit else put " Wrong." end if put " " put " What is the capital city of Ontario. " get guess2 if guess2 = "Toronto" or guess2 = "toronto" then put " Correct answer. " exit else put " Wrong." end if put " " put " What is the capital city of Ontario. " get guess3 if guess3 = "Toronto" or guess3 = "toronto" then put " Correct answer." exit else put " Wrong. No more Try Outs. Bye Bye." exit end if end loop Is there any way I can shorten it so I can do the other 10 provinces in a short amount of time. I would appreciate any kind of help. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:33 pm ] | ||||||||
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? | ||||||||
see arrays. Though you don't really need to keep all 3 answers anyway, so one variable should be enough.
Normalize the capitalization.
You are repeating too much code
Use loops. If you think of copy-pasting the code 10 times, for all the provinces, then you are repeating code. Think about a way of using generic code that can ask about any province, and put _that_ inside a loop that runs 10 times. (loading data from arrays or files is a typical choice). |
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| Author: | naqibaba [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
I just saw it and I dont think that its of my level. Can there be an example just to make it easy? |
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| Author: | Tony [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
You can raise your level with The Turing Walkthrough |
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| Author: | Kharybdis [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
Try starting with how to use for loops and loops before you get into arrays and records though. |
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| Author: | Murphman [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
You can shorten your code by alot. You only need to ask the question once in the loop. Make a Variable called count and declare it as a int, var count : int Now make the count equal 0 out side of the loop count := 0 now i am gonna let you figure the rest out on your own. this is all i will tell you. You need an exit when, and you also need to make count a counter somewhere in the if. exit when count = 3 count := count + 1 <--- this will add 1 to count everytime the loop is ran[/list] |
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| Author: | mirhagk [ Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
also count+=1 does the same thing as count:=count +1. and you should really look into arrays becuase you could just make 10 string variables and cycle through them all to ask all 10 questions or w/e |
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| Author: | naqibaba [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
why cant anybody just tell me how to do it. I am newbe in turing. |
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| Author: | Tony [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
Tell you how to do what? |
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| Author: | Superskull85 [ Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:THe Program works but getting WAY TOO LONG!!!! Is there any way to shorten it.? |
Because you need to be able to do the work on your own. You don't learn much if people just give you the solution without studying it. |
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