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Henry Lin
11,636 PointsI don't get total_correct() at all!
In Quiz class, we have a answers = [] list which stores correct answers. Hence, I would assume that answers list looks like this [1, 10, 4, ....] a list of numbers. So When we want to check if user's answer is in the list, we just do for loop, and I don't get what the answer[0] does. answer is an integer, how come answer[0] works?
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Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe "answers" list is not actually the answers given. Each "answer" has 3 parts. whether it was correct or not, what the question was, and how long the user took to answer. So answer[0] is the first part, a boolean with True for right and False for wrong.
This might make more sense after you get to the point where the project is complete.
Jay Reyes
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 15,937 PointsJay Reyes
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 15,937 PointsSteven, just for self-clarification: the element appended to self.answers contains 2 elements: at [0] we have
Correctand at [1] we havedatetime.timedeltaSteven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsSorry for the delay in responding, but yes, at this point of the project there are just 2 parts, the right/wrong boolean and the time to answer. I was probably thinking of a later expansion that had 3 parts.