A blog of Python-related topics and code.
On Sunday my daughter and I planted some cress seeds. The packet claimed that it contained an average of 500 seeds, so here's an attempt to validate that claim using Python. We planted the seeds on kitchen towel, so there is a good contrast between …
This article demonstrates the use of the Penrose tiling class described in the previous blog post. The code described in this post is available under the GPL licence on GitHub.
This blog post introduces Penrose tiling, a type of aperiodic tiling discovered by mathematician Roger Penrose in the 1970s. Penrose tilings are constructed using specific shapes (tiles) that can cover a plane without repeating patterns. The post focuses on the P3 tiling scheme, which uses …
Great language though it is, Python code can lead to statements with many, deeply-nested parentheses. Here's a little program with two functions to check that the parentheses in a string match and to find the locations of the matching parentheses. check_parentheses works by simply keeping …
