Questions tagged [beginner]
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A TicTacToe command line game in c++
So I've just started teaching myself C++ a few weeks ago and I've decided to work on an implementation of Tic Tac Toe, using the command line. The program allows a human to play against a bot, which ...
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Python: determine whether one string can be obtained by changing one character in the middle of another string
This script solves a simple problem:
Input two strings differ one character or zero characters in length, return true if the following conditions are met:
1, They must start with same character and ...
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Chess using pygame
I just completed my second python project which is a chess game.
At the moment I have included a mechanism for pieces to lock onto a square based on the nearest square when moved. And I have ...
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Python Math Quiz
In the process of trying to learn python, and also help my daughter with some elementary math practice over the summer, I'm trying to write a simple math quiz which will reinforce what she learned ...
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Python script that makes ngrams
This is a Python script that generates ngrams using a set of rules of what letters can follow a letter stored in a dictionary.
The output is then preliminarily processed using another script, then it ...
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Equivalent partition sums
I'm looking for feedback on my solution to the following prompt:
Given an array of ints, return the index such that the sum of the
elements to the right of that index equals the sum of the elements
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FizzBuzz in arm64
I made a FizzBuzz program in arm64; I print out the values in hex instead of decimal. This was the first arm64 program I made and I'm looking for advice on how I can improve it.
The code to print out ...
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Rock, paper and scissors
I started reading a book about python two days ago and today I wrote my first code. It's supposed to be a rock, paper, scissors game and from the tests I've done so far it works quite well.
However ...
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Show/hide for multiple IDs
I'm don't know much about javascript, but and slowly learning through using other people's code. The below code I'm using is quite repetitive, with the only variance being the ID names. I feel like ...
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Small language, compiles to register VM bytecode
I am trying to implement a small programming language, in Nim, as a way of improving my (close to non-existent) programming skills. The programming language is intended to have IF-GOTO, variables, and ...
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Improving product configurator "algoritm"
I have created a product configurator in VueJS and the whole functionality of it runs on one single function. I've put the word algoritm in the title in quotes because I don't really know if it is ...
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Limit second <select> options based on the first <select>
I want to see if there's a better way to write this code, solely in Javascript.
There are two kinds of sets, the first set (C7, T7, C11, T11) have four options in the first select, and then up to two ...
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Tiny attempt at a register machine in Nim
I am attempting to learn the Nim language by making a small and simplistic register machine.
It is intended to interpret some basic instructions.
The entire parsing lexing process consists of ...
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Possible improvements to window swallowing program?
I have written a small program that swallows windows. It works in X.org using the xcb library. This is my first rust program but I have lots of other programming experience.
Any general improvements ...
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Count *.plot files in certain directories on network filesystems
First of all, I am playing around with python for about a week tops. Absolute beginner here.
My story:
I work as an IT administrator so I am familiar with eg. PS on a very basic level. I actually got ...
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Calculating sum and count of even and odd numbers (follow-up)
(This is follow-up question). I updated my console program code to calculate sum and count of even and odd numbers. Provided code :
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Calculate sum and count of even and odd numbers
Started learning C# second time. I have written a console program to calculate sum and count of even and odd numbers. Provided code :
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Caesar cipher/beginnings of a crypto library in Rust
As a hobby project (and to learn the language), I'm working on a crypto library in Rust. The following is a component thereof, which implements encryption with and the cracking of the Caesar cipher.
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Is there a better approach to group the props and get the count of an object of arrays in javascript, less code but native approach
Could anyone help me with below logic implementation. I am new to Javascript and have been practicing advanced functions. The below code does the job but is there a better way to achieve the same? I ...
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Python 3 approximate pi using 9 algorithms
Note: this script requires gmpy2, if you are using Python 3.9.5 x64 on Windows 10 21H1 like me, then you need to download the pre-built ...
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Simply Scheme book: "functions.scm", How to use basic language constructs to create interactive prompt for function application
While reading Simply Scheme by Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright:
Part I: Chapter 2 Functions
In this chapter you are going to use the computer to explore functions, but you are not going to use the ...
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Short function to check if an entered answer is close to a correct one
I had this trivia game, and from the review I got I improved my game. One of the improvements I made was this short function, to check the correctness of an answer (so if the correct answer was "...
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Get Each Digits of Number with Using Loops in C++ [closed]
I need a program same as I wrote but using loops. (if else for etc.) . Program is that enter a number and get each digits of number like that: number is 123456. I'm beginner, I can't create the logic ...
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lengthening the time it takes to access files REVISION #3
https://github.com/speedrun-program/load-extender
This is the previous version: lengthening the time it takes to access files REVISION #2
To compile this, you need to download and include robin_hood.h,...
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Basic CSV Parser in C++
This was written down solely as a mean to practice basic C++ and isn't meant to serve any production purposes. Clearly, the implementation can't handle all input formats: it always expects the CSV to ...
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Python Place +,-, nothing between 1, 2, …, 9 (in this order) whose sum is 100
So this is a programming challenge I saw:
Write a program that outputs all possibilities to put + or - or nothing between the numbers 1,2,…,9 (in this order) such that the result is 100. For example ...
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Simulate transmission spectrum of extreme ultraviolet laser pulse through laser-dressed finite sample (Python Version)
I am currently participating in research on transient absorption spectroscopy and four wave mixing. In the experimental design, an extreme ultraviolet (XUV) laser pulse and infrared (IR) laser pulse ...
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Hamming distance between two strings
I wrote this module to find the Hamming distance between two strings. (It's a problem from exercism.io's Haskell track.)
As I saw it, the problem has two distinct ...
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Simple terminal Game of Life in Rust
I've been learning Rust for a few weeks in my free time, and as a first project I decided to make a simple terminal Game of Life program (without UI, that might come later). It just starts with a ...
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Python random word generator that generates a wordlike pronounceable string
This is a random word generator I wrote in Python 3 today, I don't know how many Python implemetations of this exist, but this is my first try and it is completely working.
It returns a random word ...
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Python trivia game getting questions and answers off a website
Here is my code that I recently made (I am a beginner). I used BeautifulSoup and Requests to get the data of this website. Please read over my code and tell me how to improve it. Thanks.
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Python binary, decimal, hexadecimal, IPv4, octal converter
This is a Python (3) script that converts numbers among 5 data formats: binary, decimal, hexadecimal and octal, it supports 16 conversions, that is, it can convert each of the five data formats to and ...
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Python script that converts Windows Registry Scripts (.reg) into PowerShell scripts (.ps1)
Well this a re-implementation of a PowerShell script that I wrote which does exactly the same thing, and I have ported it into Python.
After a quick Google search I found that there is only one other ...
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Basic Linux filesystem commands
I'm learning the file system library and thought nothing could be better than a project, so I thought of recreating the basic Linux commands such as ls, ...
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Fizz Buzz function that returns an array [closed]
I am a newbie to JS and I am working on a FizzBuzz challenge. Below is what I have tried. Essentially when the function takes a value then it would iterate from 1 up to the value and an array would ...
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Simple day-of-week program
I was doing the following exercise:
Create an algorithm which asks the user a number from 1 to 7, and each number represents a day on the week. For example, 1 represents Sunday, 2 represents Monday ...
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Simple registration form with validation
I am really new to React and I worked on some challenges. I need to mention I did most of the stuff on my own without much dependence on the internet beside what functions do. I'd like to know if I ...
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log setup using RotatingFileHandler and basicConfig
I am new to python, and developing a moderate application for which I need to setup a logging mechanism.
The below program sets up log handling, which gives the user an option to specify whether log ...
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Pi Calculator Using BBP (Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe) - Written in Cython With MPFR
I wrote a Pi Calculator using the BBP Algorithm in Cython. My specific goals are make the code more legible and more performant. This is a purely academic script in order to teach me how to implement ...
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Python code to find greatest common divisor of multiple numbers
Hmm, I know this has been implemented countless times, and Python 3.9.5 math standard library has a built-in gcd() method that ...
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Improving Speed of VBA Code - Copy/paste two sets of variable, Excel does a calculation, returns a value then copy/paste the output value
I am attaching the code here. I am very new to VBA and trying to do a complex calculation using Macro. Please help me improve the speed of the attached code. The code works fine and produces the end ...
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Automate The Boring Stuff - Character Picture Grid
I understand there is another question on this already, however this is what I coded and wanted to know if this would raise any red flags?
Regarding the Character picture exercise located at the end ...
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Slot-machine balance counter
I'm very new to programming and I decided to start my journey with Python. It's my fifth day of learning and decided to try myself out and make a very simple slot machine. I was stuck for hours ...
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Python code to find difference between two dates
I have been working on porting my PowerShell 7 scripts to Python 3.9.5 lately, re-implementing the same logic in a different programming language, keeping what makes it work and removing unnecessary ...
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Contact management program
I have made a simple contact management in C++.
It's my second project; I'm pretty sure it can be done more better and I could decrease its runtime, but I just joined the C++ community this year. So ...
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C: Find and Replace in a text file (by a new programmer)
I'm new to C as in I've only studied it for a year and it's my first language. I still don't know how to handle real world code and so would like to see how a real world programmer would write up a ...
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New in PHP OOP and need opinion am I doing it the right way
I am new to using PHP OOP and decided to start learning by converting something I wrote in procedural PHP. So now I need your opinion and recommendations for my first work.
One of the main reasons I ...
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