OliviaPy

In Stage 2 — the quotes look normal to me

Learned this the hard way copying code from a PDF.

27 Oct, 16:32 · 2

In Should I delete the debug line or comment it out?

Didn't know about Ctrl+/ — game changer.

27 Oct, 07:55 · 5

In Where to start with a 70-line repetitive script?

Rename t, m, s to real names while you're at it — "Names that explain" pays off here.

26 Oct, 16:41 · 1

In How do you remember all the syntax?

I keep a personal cheat sheet file with snippets I've needed more than twice. Writing it down helps me remember too.

26 Oct, 07:16 · 6

In insert(1, ...) — "position 1" is second?

Right, the commander stays at 0.

25 Oct, 23:00 · 1

In JAXA, H3 — real rockets?

For stage 2, launch.items() gives key-value pairs in insertion order, so the output order matches the JSON. Two spaces of indentation inside the f-string.

25 Oct, 13:48 · 3

In RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration

The comprehension version is really clean, going with that.

25 Oct, 13:07

In splitlines() vs split("\n")

splitlines() handles all line endings (\n, \r\n from Windows files, etc.) and doesn't give you an empty string at the end if the text ends with a newline. Safer for real data.

21 Oct, 08:08 · 2

In Stage 1 — DEFAULTS got changed too

The | merge operator is great. But stage 2 needs the loop anyway for the unknown-key check.

19 Oct, 07:47 · 3

In IndexError: list assignment index out of range Solution

Assignment by index only changes existing positions; it can't create new ones. Use append() to add: crew = [] crew.append("Ada")

18 Oct, 20:59 · 4