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Sam Jones

7/14/21

1-3-2-6 Betting States Possible Error

Hi Steven, Thanks for the amazing book. Enjoying it. Possible error on building-skills-oo-design-book

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1-3-2-6 Betting States Possible Error

Hi Steven, Thanks for the amazing book. Enjoying it. Possible error on building-skills-oo-design-book

7/14/21

Gary Galvez, Steven F. Lott2

8/29/19

casino and book

Not directly. The mastering OO book is far more general. There's a tiny overlap among a few

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casino and book

Not directly. The mastering OO book is far more general. There's a tiny overlap among a few

8/29/19

Mustapha Hadid, Steven F. Lott2

5/20/19

Do you have an approximate release date for the next edition?

The debugging work you're doing now - trying to get code working is the most important thing.

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Do you have an approximate release date for the next edition?

The debugging work you're doing now - trying to get code working is the most important thing.

5/20/19

SC Phoo, … Mustapha Hadid18

5/19/19

Wheel Class

The book was so great until I reached the design part of Wheel class, I don't know how to

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Wheel Class

The book was so great until I reached the design part of Wheel class, I don't know how to

5/19/19

Etienne Opperman, Steven F. Lott2

4/26/19

Roulette

There are no completed solutions. The whole point is to encourage the difficult work with a realistic

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Roulette

There are no completed solutions. The whole point is to encourage the difficult work with a realistic

4/26/19

Philip Blankenau, Steven F. Lott3

6/20/18

Alternative to storing a mapping of Outcomes in the Wheel class

Any number of instances less than a million is irrelevant and small. Seriously. The only time you

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Alternative to storing a mapping of Outcomes in the Wheel class

Any number of instances less than a million is irrelevant and small. Seriously. The only time you

6/20/18

The Grugnas, Steven Lott2

3/28/18

Dictionary Purchase Exercise help

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 5:47 PM The Grugnas <giu.tr...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, first of all I

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Dictionary Purchase Exercise help

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 5:47 PM The Grugnas <giu.tr...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, first of all I

3/28/18

JT Longino, Steven Lott2

9/19/17

Quicksort pseudocode in Building Skills in Python 2.6.5

I haven't looked at this in a long time. Python 2.6 hasn't been supported for years. Of of

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Quicksort pseudocode in Building Skills in Python 2.6.5

I haven't looked at this in a long time. Python 2.6 hasn't been supported for years. Of of

9/19/17

soumyadee...@gmail.com, Steven F. Lott4

8/21/17

Required knowledge to make most of this book

That is the stated goal. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Soumyadeep Roy <

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Required knowledge to make most of this book

That is the stated goal. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2017, at 9:08 AM, Soumyadeep Roy <

8/21/17

Jack Thompson, Steven F. Lott2

8/17/15

Error in the preface

Thanks. Additionally. It's all old Python and needs a complete overhaul. Sent from my iPhone On

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Error in the preface

Thanks. Additionally. It's all old Python and needs a complete overhaul. Sent from my iPhone On

8/17/15

Fabio Gori, Steven Lott2

2/26/15

Typos in Classes section

Thanks! On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Fabio Gori <igor....@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, on page:

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Typos in Classes section

Thanks! On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Fabio Gori <igor....@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, on page:

2/26/15

boris dano, Steven Lott2

5/7/14

Where is the new version?

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into it. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:12 AM, boris dano <sg.

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Where is the new version?

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into it. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 10:12 AM, boris dano <sg.

5/7/14

Alex Huth, Steven F. Lott3

3/19/14

Python book section "Functions Style Notes" written without awareness of PEP 8?

Widely considered. May be true. Definitive is debatable. Universally followed -- even in the standard

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Python book section "Functions Style Notes" written without awareness of PEP 8?

Widely considered. May be true. Definitive is debatable. Universally followed -- even in the standard

3/19/14

naam...@gmail.com, Steven F. Lott2

7/19/13

Typo III - Sets - Set Literal Values

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2013, at 6:40 AM, naam...@gmail.com wrote: I discovered a

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Typo III - Sets - Set Literal Values

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2013, at 6:40 AM, naam...@gmail.com wrote: I discovered a

7/19/13

Jay Martin, Steven F. Lott2

5/3/13

typo?

Typo? The answer is almost always "yes". I did my own editing (badly) and haven't

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typo?

Typo? The answer is almost always "yes". I did my own editing (badly) and haven't

5/3/13

Jay Martin, Steven F. Lott2

4/24/13

Correction or Misunderstanding: 8.2.2

"Not the case that both are false" is clunky. Neither can be interpreted several ways,

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Correction or Misunderstanding: 8.2.2

"Not the case that both are false" is clunky. Neither can be interpreted several ways,

4/24/13

Jay Martin

4/20/13

Correction: 5.5.2 #7

5.5.2 #7: The odds of zero or double zero are 2/38 (not 2/36). The odds of a line bet ( 0, 00, 1, 2,

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Correction: 5.5.2 #7

5.5.2 #7: The odds of zero or double zero are 2/38 (not 2/36). The odds of a line bet ( 0, 00, 1, 2,

4/20/13

Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Steven F. Lott2

4/3/13

Solutions to exercises

Not that I know of. Posting solutions means you don't really do all the work. However. Some of

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Solutions to exercises

Not that I know of. Posting solutions means you don't really do all the work. However. Some of

4/3/13

Will Griner, Steven F. Lott2

10/17/12

Correct Property code

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 17, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Will Griner <zgr...@gmail.com> wrote

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Correct Property code

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 17, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Will Griner <zgr...@gmail.com> wrote

10/17/12

Michael Catanzaro

7/5/12

GCD Exercise

There appears to be a problem with the GCD exercise in the chapter on functions: http://www.

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GCD Exercise

There appears to be a problem with the GCD exercise in the chapter on functions: http://www.

7/5/12

Audun Runde, Steven Lott2

5/24/12

Small wording correction

Thanks! On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Audun Runde <audun...@gmail.com> wrote: Section 5.5

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Small wording correction

Thanks! On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Audun Runde <audun...@gmail.com> wrote: Section 5.5

5/24/12

Aditya Mahajan, Steven F. Lott2

3/4/12

Broken link

Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Aditya Mahajan <adi.m...@gmail.com>

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Broken link

Thanks. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 4, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Aditya Mahajan <adi.m...@gmail.com>

3/4/12

leena sen

12/27/11

Publish your ebook on Kindle

Browsing on Internet for ebook publishing on Kindle store, I have visited http://

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Publish your ebook on Kindle

Browsing on Internet for ebook publishing on Kindle store, I have visited http://

12/27/11

kcqg, Steven F. Lott2

11/17/11

need direction to learn programming

All you ideas are good. It's more important to start than it is to carefully choose the precise

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need direction to learn programming

All you ideas are good. It's more important to start than it is to carefully choose the precise

11/17/11

mohamed, Steven F. Lott4

9/20/11

I want solution for this question please

From one to nineteen are all special cases. From twenty to ninety nine the cases are regular. "

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I want solution for this question please

From one to nineteen are all special cases. From twenty to ninety nine the cases are regular. "

9/20/11

Henry Vieira, Steven F. Lott2

7/13/11

Small typo?

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Henry Vieira <hsvi...@gmail.com>

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Small typo?

Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Henry Vieira <hsvi...@gmail.com>

7/13/11

Robert L, Steven F. Lott4

5/30/11

minor nit - string format %d used before defined

That's not the original question, is it? Don't change questions randomly. I'm unclear on

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minor nit - string format %d used before defined

That's not the original question, is it? Don't change questions randomly. I'm unclear on

5/30/11

Robert L, Steven F. Lott2

5/30/11

minor nit - anonymous block of code

I'm sorry you had to think. That, however, is my actual objective. It's not actually of any

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minor nit - anonymous block of code

I'm sorry you had to think. That, however, is my actual objective. It's not actually of any

5/30/11

Robert L

5/30/11

minor nit - example shows two functions that share a global variable

url: http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python/html/p01/p01c10_adv_func.html#the-global-statement

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minor nit - example shows two functions that share a global variable

url: http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python/html/p01/p01c10_adv_func.html#the-global-statement

5/30/11

Robert L

5/30/11

minor nit - see section 4.1 of the Python Language Reference

url: http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python/html/p01/p01c10_adv_func.html#functions-and-

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minor nit - see section 4.1 of the Python Language Reference

url: http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python/html/p01/p01c10_adv_func.html#functions-and-

5/30/11