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What arrived?
…and text that only looks like numbers. Predict what type() shows, find the values that need converting, then convert a packet yourself.
Results for “types”
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Mission config
…decimals and True/False. A PRIMM challenge on Python data types.
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Docstring and type hints
…says what it returns and what the reserve means, then add type hints for its parameters and return value; the tests read both from the function itself.
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input() returns text
…out the crew after the next docking. Whatever number you type, it crashes. Predict what happens, find out why input() is behind it, fix it, then write a packing tool that reads two numbers. Predict…
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Decimal comma
An operator types 42,5 and float() crashes with a ValueError. Predict it, find out why, accept both commas and dots with replace(), then read pressures written like 1 013,25.
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Clear error messages
…with a message that shows the bad value, then raise TypeError, checked first, when the length isn't a number at all.
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Safe number input
The burn length is typed in by hand, and a typo stops the program with a ValueError. Catch it with try and except, keep asking until the input is a number, then also turn away zero and negative…
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Status message crash
A status line crashes with a TypeError because it joins text and a number with +. Predict it, read the error, fix it with str(), then build a docking status line.
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Normalise a command
…and dashes too, so commands match however operators type them.
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Flight software review
A 40-line pre-burn check has five bugs: a syntax error, a type error, a wrong key, an index out of range and a reversed decision. Read each error to fix the four that crash, then find the one that…