Question

was wondering if someone could help me with how to put this program together. I dont really understand what they want me to do!
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/unit-1/lecture-6-recursion/MIT6_00SCS11_ps2.pdf

Answer 1

bump

Answer 2

which problem exactly?

Answer 3

I use C++ and not Python so bear that in mind.

The hangman program should be relatively simple. Place each letter of the word in an array then use a FOR loop to cycle through each letter and test it against the letter entered by the user. You can have a number of words in an array then for each game, pull a random word out of the array, break it up into the letter array then test.

For the polynomial I would use a struct.
struct spolynomial {
int coefficient;
int exponent;
}

Declare a struct array if that is allowed in Python. It is allowed in C++.
spolynomial polynomial[10];

To differentiate:
polynomial[0].coefficient = polynomial[0].coefficient * polynomial[0].exponent
polynomial[0].exponent = polynomial[0].exponent -1

You will have to obviously put in an appropriate test for when you come up against an exponent < 2 which will need different actions for differentiation.

Answer 4

Correction, not necessarily different actions for differentiation, but different output. 6x^0 should be replaced by 6 only, obviously.