From f71d6f4191fbc7c1606cc4e17f9354ee8430b6ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lygerakis Fotios Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:58:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add files via upload --- Fibonacci_unsolved.ipynb | 285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 285 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Fibonacci_unsolved.ipynb diff --git a/Fibonacci_unsolved.ipynb b/Fibonacci_unsolved.ipynb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c15b947 --- /dev/null +++ b/Fibonacci_unsolved.ipynb @@ -0,0 +1,285 @@ +{ + "nbformat": 4, + "nbformat_minor": 0, + "metadata": { + "kernelspec": { + "display_name": "Python 3", + "language": "python", + "name": "python3" + }, + "language_info": { + "codemirror_mode": { + "name": "ipython", + "version": 3 + }, + "file_extension": ".py", + "mimetype": "text/x-python", + "name": "python", + "nbconvert_exporter": "python", + "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", + "version": "3.8.3" + }, + "colab": { + "provenance": [] + } + }, + "cells": [ + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "whjkuflGLNWu" + }, + "source": [ + "# Fibonacci Solver\n", + "\n", + "The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:\n", + "\n", + "` 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... `\n", + "\n", + "The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it:\n", + "\n", + "the `2` is found by adding the two numbers before it `(1+1)`,\n", + "the `3` is found by adding the two numbers before it `(1+2)`,\n", + "the `5` is `(2+3)`,\n", + "and so on!\n", + "\n", + "## Coding it up in Python\n", + "Just initialize to variables with the first two numbers of the Fibonacci sequence. Then add them up and print the result.\n" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "p58ac2HULNWv" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "xSyPoS1bLNWy" + }, + "source": [ + "You now need to do this multiple times, so you need a ***loop***\n", + "To use a loop you need to know how many times you want to loop for. \n", + "For now, create a loop that prints **20** numbers (from 0 to 19). To do this in python you can create a ***for loop*** using the `range` function which will run the function for every number in the range.\n", + "(TIP: Python is a ***0 based*** language which means it starts counting from 0 not 1 as a human normally would.)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "tTsWxVxMLNWy" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "INNU9p8zLNW0" + }, + "source": [ + "Now use the loop to compute the first 20 elements of the Fibonacci sequence." + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "4Hf59jqgLNW1" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "bScJ-6tULNW3" + }, + "source": [ + "If you managed it till here great job!\n", + "Is seems to work great so far, but you need to store these numbers so you can reference them when needed." + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "1VhirrXpLNW3" + }, + "source": [ + "Create an empty ***array*** called `fibonacci` and then append the elements of the sequence to it." + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "thTMoVY2LNW3" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "6nlc_cC7LNW5" + }, + "source": [ + "If everything worked according to the plan, you should be able to access any of the first 20 elements of the Fibonacci sequence at will.\n", + "\n", + "eg `fibonacci[0]` would get us the first item in the array whilst `fibonacci[9]` would get us the tenth item (remember Python is 0 based so you always need to take 1 away from the number you need)" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "yEKa7pAuLNW6" + }, + "source": [ + "fibonacci[0]" + ], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "1wbxOVnELNW7" + }, + "source": [ + "fibonacci[9]" + ], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "50FpCM7CLNW9" + }, + "source": [ + "So now you know how to get at the index, you need to know which index values are asked for by the user.\n", + "Lets get some input from the user." + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "source": [ + "Get the first index from the user" + ], + "metadata": { + "id": "5Vp9iO2r2e2S" + } + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "source": [], + "metadata": { + "id": "Zj6mnXCI2mNo" + }, + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "source": [ + "Get the second index from the user" + ], + "metadata": { + "id": "9LDXbzP02rFa" + } + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "wqbTuR2TLNXA" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "source": [ + "Print the received inputs and their types" + ], + "metadata": { + "id": "EK9FMjJV22x9" + } + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "xfy81HrsLNXC" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "ttb_0MejLNXE" + }, + "source": [ + "The value received from input will be treated as a string type, you need to convert this to a number so python knows to treat it as one." + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "source": [], + "metadata": { + "id": "RwVoHTLn6QvB" + }, + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "source": [ + "Print the type of the transformed variables." + ], + "metadata": { + "id": "pxKx8gKy2-eh" + } + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "source": [], + "metadata": { + "id": "dN_EzHKr3GmO" + }, + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + }, + { + "cell_type": "markdown", + "metadata": { + "id": "CRuAEA7KLNXE" + }, + "source": [ + "Now you have all the parts you need to make this work. \n", + "\n", + "* The user should be prompted \"How many results would you like?\"\n", + "* The program should read the users preference, e.g. 20, and then compute the list of elements up to this number.\n", + "* Then the program should ask the user for 2 indexes within the list of the calculated Fibonacci sequence\n", + "* Finally it should print the summation of their values.\n", + "\n", + "Time to put it together:" + ] + }, + { + "cell_type": "code", + "metadata": { + "id": "ukW0WUA7LNXE" + }, + "source": [], + "execution_count": null, + "outputs": [] + } + ] +} \ No newline at end of file