Questions tagged [beginner]
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Encapsulating status codes and messages à la absl::Status
I'm new to Lua and thought a decent way of familiarizing myself with the language would be to implement some basic utility functionality around status codes. In particular I've reimplemented a subset ...
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rock paper scissors game with randomized system choices. NOT using rnd()
Here is the question I was trying to answer:
[11] Write a program that plays the game “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” If you are
not familiar with the game do some research (e.g., on the Web using
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Console-based Casino Game in C++
I made a casino game that runs in the console for my grade 10 final project, and I received a 93% as my grade. I'm looking for feedback in areas such as syntax, user experience and efficiency. I would ...
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openprocessing.org program - After screen tap, erase red circle, pause and lastly draw new white circle
I am new to programming using the site openprocessing.org.
The code given does the following on my iPad:
Draw a red circle
Wait until I finger tap near the red circle’s center
Erase the red circle
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GUI button clicks start runspaces that take care of heavy processing tasks
I'm currently updating a ping script I maintain at work, transitioning from WinForms to WPF. Because of this I've started learning about and incorporating runspaces to keep the GUI responsive during ...
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SHA1 Algorithm Implementation in Zig
I have implemented the SHA1 algorithm in Zig, as a learning exercise, to teach myself both Zig and the actual algorithm behind SHA1. Now the second part I think I understood well enough. The ...
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(Codewars) Goldbach's Conjecture (by @rsalgado) in Ruby
Link to kata: linkRank: 6 kyuKata author: @rsalgado
I have been recently learning Ruby-lang and have been attempting to solve the following kata from Codewars involving Goldbach's Conjecture:
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Custom Math Parser for trivia game
This parser is made for part of larger trivia game, and only allowed numbers are positive integers. So negative or decimal numbers should return -1 as sign of error.
I'm pretty new to programming and ...
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Solver for Wordle puzzle
After a success with the Jumble puzzle solver, I am doing a Wordle puzzle solver. I know many other Wordle solvers have been posted, yet this is my original version, which emphasizes list ...
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Implement a matrix and access its elements
I have just started to learn how to program in Scheme using the LispPad app on my iPad. I want to know if the following is the best way to implement a matrix and access its elements.
This code ...
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Sieve of Eratosthenes with Wheel Factorization in C++ version 2
I have implemented Sieve of Eratosthenes with Wheel Factorization in C++ again, this time using a bigger wheel and much more complicated C++ syntax, to familiarize myself with C++ and see how fast I ...
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Retrieval-Augmented Generation from text files
Context: I'm a complete newbie trying to get good at structuring my code. I'm aware that I'm supposed to do my own research with docs, but I don't know what specific docs I should be reading for this ...
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Compare two files in 16-bit DOS assembly
The task is to do a byte-by-byte comparison and print whether the files are equal or not.
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Command-line Tool That Reads a Text File and Calculates Basic Statistics
TLDR: First time dev in Go moving from Java and I need feedback on my simple CLI Tool.
I wanted to get competent in Go as a very junior developer, so this is my first basic project in go. I set a goal ...
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Function which returns arithmetic expression based on an operator
For the following code, I have trouble improving it.
I need to write a function getExpression(level, operator) which has one integer parameter representing a level ...
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