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Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Pointsbattleship project question
instead of print a grid with this code --> grid = [['O'] * 8 for number in range(8)], i wonder if this same can be done with a dictionary keys e.g{'A1' : 'O'.....}, it may become easier to manipulate the 'O' s and display the right symbol as the player chooses, but i was stuck with printing 'O' as grid from dictionary keys, any help here....
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsWhich course is this for? A link to it would be nice.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsA link would still be nice, but only other Techdegree students will be able to use it.
2 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsI wouldn't expect to be able to use the "multiply" syntax for dictionary entries.
The reason I don't think that would work is because the keys all need to be unique.
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Hara
After a lot of heading banging, i ended up doing it using a 2D list, where each index in the outer list is a list in its self. Doing it this way you end up with a nice grid like system, where 'x' is the index on the outer list and 'y' this index on the inner array.
mylist = [[2,3,4],[5,6,7]]
mylist[0][1] # this will return 3
obviously you will need a bit more logic to work out the exact position of the grid.
Hope this helps you
Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsAndreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 PointsHi Hara
I have just begun working on this project, and after alot of thinking, i too believe that using dictionaries would be the best way forward. I will come back to you once i have reached a point where i print the grid.