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Create two similar strings, repeat them in a list, then join the list with a newline character and print it out.
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Hey everyone, just wanted to give you
a little practice working with strings,
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lists, and the join method,
cuz they can be a little tricky.
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There's a workspace attached to
this video that you should open up.
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If you want to work locally,
you can download it through the File menu
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in this Download Workspace
link right here.
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So in this file, I've included
instructions for what to do for
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this bit of practice.
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There are three major steps.
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Let's talk about them real quick.
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First, I need you to make two strings.
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They should both be made out of
alternating x's and o's, but
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the first one should start with x, and
the second one should start with o.
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Make them both eight characters long.
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This is a good place to embrace your inner
programmer laziness and use Python's
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string multiplication abilities
to reduce how much typing you do.
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Secondly, make a list.
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This should have eight items in it too,
four each of your X-started strings and
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four of your O-started strings.
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Again, make sure they alternate.
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And again, get lazy and
use some multiplication.
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Finally, print out that whole list, but
join the list into a single string first.
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Use the join method and
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a string with a new line character in it,
which looks just like this.
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Yeah, it's two characters,
it's a slash and a n, but together they're
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just a single character that makes your
terminal hop down to the next line.
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When you're done you should end up
with something that sorta kinda looks
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like a chess or checker board.
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Have fun with it, and I'll see you in
the next video with how I did this.
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