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TOFA: Week 2, Task 10

Our final task for Week 2 asks us to explain the difference between an = and a ==. I’ve done so in the comments of my code.

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TOFA: Week 2, Task 9 

For task 9 we were asked to write a quick script for calculating our module marks. I had a bit of trouble understanding if they marks were supposed to be displayed as a percentage or not for part 1 of the task, my only other issue was with part 4 of task. I’m unsure if my script is the best way to display the result and will be asking for feedback on it at the next support session available.

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TOFA: Week 2, Task 8

For task 8, we were asked variables to run a calculation for a carpool system.

I have an understanding of variables from my engineering course last year, but going over them in Python was helpful as they interact a bit differently in GoogleAppScript. 

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TOFA: Week 2, Task 7

Task 7 asked us to take a list of temperatures and convert them from degrees C to Fahrenheit. Since the only variable that changes is the temperature in C, all you need do is write out the script 4 times, changing the first number to whatever you fancy and it will convert it for you.

I took some time to think about if you could take this calculation to a larger scale using Python, but with the tools I currently have, I’m struggling to think of a way.

I was thinking you could use an IF statement to cycle through a list of data, running the calculation as it goes along. But that’s not something I know how to do in Python yet.

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TOFA: Week 2, Task 6

Task 6 of Week 2′s task asked us to get creative and print some pictures for Python. 

For this task I printed out a square and a Christmas tree. I only had a few issues with the tree as I forgot how to print blank spaces in a string. Resolved this issues by reviewing the material in Week 1.

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TOFA: Week 2, Task 5

Task 5 asks us to familiarise ourselves with the mathematic symbols that can be used in Python. To this we were asked to write out some script to calculated the number of Chickens and eggs, along with a few scripts demonstrating the uses of the greater than > and less than < symbols along with greater or equal too >= and less than or equal too <=.

The only real issue was understanding the order of operations that were used, but that was quickly resolved when I started inputting the equation on line 3 correctly into my calculator. I recording this using the comment function as demonstrated in task 4.

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Week 2: Task 2, Bugs!

For this activity we were asked to find out why these two similar sets of script produce two different results. The first set of strings are written to produce the same result twice, despite them looking slightly different due the positioning of the commas. Where as the second set of strings, has a large number of spaces within the speech marks, causing the string to print with a large gap in the text.

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First week in TOFA

This week I’ve spent some time going throughout the 1st Workshop for TOFA. In doing so I’ve learnt a bit more about the functionalities of Nuke, Maya, and Houdini. Another thing was researching the VFX pipeline which has really helped in understanding just how many careers there are available and also just how many moving parts go into a film. We were also asked to looking into the “Python Guru” Guido van Rossom and his very prestigious history. After doing all that, I started playing around with Python to build some confidence. After printing a few things and getting a few errors, I’m looking forward to tomorrows lecture to learn more.