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Lesson 13 - Debugging & Bifs

This document discusses debugging techniques in Python including recognizing bugs, fixing syntax errors through documentation, finding conceptual errors by tracing programs and adding print statements, and using built-in functions. Resources for debugging include the Python documentation, which thoroughly explains everything, and Google, which provides quick solutions but may not be best practices. Built-in functions are pre-defined in Python and information about their inputs, outputs, and usage can be found in documentation and online.

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Lesson 13 - Debugging & Bifs

This document discusses debugging techniques in Python including recognizing bugs, fixing syntax errors through documentation, finding conceptual errors by tracing programs and adding print statements, and using built-in functions. Resources for debugging include the Python documentation, which thoroughly explains everything, and Google, which provides quick solutions but may not be best practices. Built-in functions are pre-defined in Python and information about their inputs, outputs, and usage can be found in documentation and online.

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Lesson 13 Debugging & BIFs

Debugging
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Recognize the bug


Determine TYPE of bug
FIND the bug
CRUSH THE BUG

Syntax Errors
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Python IDLE will tell us where to look

How do we fix them?


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Find the correct syntax via Python Documentation or Google

Common examples:
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Incorrect indentation
Missing colons ( : )
Missing parenthesis ()

Conceptual and Other errors


How do we find them?
Program yields unexpected results
How do we fix them?
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Find the source of error by tracing thru program & adding print
statements to program if necessary.
Restructure algorithm

Common examples:
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Incorrect if-statements
Infinite loops
Incorrect/Problem for algorithm

Resources
Python documentation

Advantages
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Thorough explanation of EVERYTHING Python


Can find ALL possible approaches to a particular problem

Disadvantages
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Can be difficult to understand

Google
Advantages
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Quick and dirty solution to a problem


Useful for quick syntax fixes

Disadvantages
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Solution may not be BEST solution


Information limited to what users contribute
(Especially on stackoverflow)

BIFs (Built-in Functions)


E.g print, reversed, sum, round etc.

We can learn about BIFs from:


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Python Documentation
Google

Important to note:
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Input parameters and types


Return types

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