starting out

hey i have a quick question, is it necessary to have a mathematical background to learn programming ? or would it help any if you did have one

 

No math needed really

Just logical skills, your gonna have a lot of problem solving and if this then this what if this stuff you gotta figure out. Like a big puzzle

In my experience math isnt needed unless the program is written to solve math problem. or games, game require lots of math.

 

that was a quick reply, thanx, i just love workin with computers and decided to move on a bit and programming has been on my mind for awhile, ive looked at some tutorial and languages for starting out and i know to go into computer science they require you to have good knowledge of maths and i was just wondering if you needed a good mathemathical background to do programming...

 

anyone recommend a good tutorial and language to start out with ?

 

STICKEH! http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=17921

Err, yes. You do need some fairly simple maths to get started with programming. As long as you have the basics, you're fine. If you need to achive somthing that requires maths, then its easiest to learn how to solve that specific problem, rather than do a whole maths sylabus in abstract (rather than practical) form.

 

hey im starting to learn python and ive run into a spot of bother ive created a password program and i would like to know what the code would be so that i can tell how many failed attempts the user has entered the password, cheers in advance

 

well you would have to create a counter, make an if statement that if the password is incorrect increase the counter by one. Then display that counter to wherever.

 

do you know the code for it, i know i have to create a counter but i dont know what the code should contain

 

I don't know python

All you have to do is create a variable, heres some close to C code ill come up with off tope of my head

Code:

Int Counter       (Global variable for access elsewhere)


void login()
{
If password == storedpassword then
  {
Login();

Else

counter = counter + 1
Notauthorized();
}
}

 

ok thanx