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Alert deduplicator
…come within 60 seconds of the first into one line with a count, in the order they first appeared, then add the time range and a summary.
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Summary function
Write summarise(readings), which returns the count, min, max and mean of a list of readings as one dict, then make it handle a pass with no data and round the mean, so any program can use the summary.
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Seeded simulation
…a 5% chance of a glitch, and seed random with 42 so the count is the same on every run and a test can check it exactly, then pick a kind for each glitch with random.choice().
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Never-ending wait
…next reading, so it never ends. Predict it, find the stuck counter, fix it, then write a wait that gives up when the readings run out.
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Python While Loop Quiz
…quiz on Python while loops: 15 questions on conditions, counters, infinite loops, break and continue, with instant answers.
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Skip blanks and comments
…lines with too few fields instead of crashing, with a count of parsed and damaged lines.
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Survive bad lines
…stops the program. Skip lines that fail to convert and count them, then let one try cover short lines too and print each error.
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Python Tuples Quiz
…tuples: 15 questions on indexing, packing and unpacking, count(), index(), slicing and nested tuples. Instant answers.
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input() returns text
A crew count read with input() crashes when 1 is added to it. Predict the crash, find out what input() really returns, fix it with int(), then write a packing tool that reads two numbers.
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Article Mini projects
Base 6 Number System in Python
In Project Hail Mary, the alien engineer Rocky counts in base 6 because he has two hands with three fingers each. In this article, you'll build Python programs that convert between decimal, base-6…
