[HW1opt] Can we use the formula written on the testmethod many zeros to obtain the result?

Question

It's been two days that I've been working on the exercise and I haven't managed to pass the last test of many_zeros.

Are we allowed to use the formula excepted=half**2 to solve the problem?

If we aren't, how could we generalize the situation?

Answer 1

So long you follow the intructions (i.e. don't inport any library) you can do whatever.

If you can't get something to work be ready to change approach if needed, what sounds good in theory isn't necessarily the best practical solution

Answer 2

What is the formula excepted=half**2?

Comments

Testing thought the Anaconda prompt, we can see the error type and the content of test methods. Viewing the method of the many zeros test, we can see the excepted result = half **2.

So I'm wondering if we can implement something that somehow determines the structure of the list (which starts which n zeros and goes on with other subsets) and then apply the formula.

But this resolve just this case so, it's not generalised

I can't reach the solution otherwise

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As long as you correctly place conditionals, and your case is not overly-specific for that specific test, I do not see why you should not do this. Just make sure it keeps going with the most cases possible.