2 thoughts on “Udacity – Intro to Computer Science – Python – 10 Row Abacus”

1. i = 9
   while i >= 0:
   print “|00000*****|”[:11-(value / 10i)] + ” ” + “|00000*****|”[11-(value / 10i):]
   value, i = value – 10i * (value / 10i), i – 1

2. Found a shorter way to do it and earn the bonus points

   def print_abacus(value):
   i=9
   while i>=0:
   power=int(str(value/(10**i))[-1])
   if power<6:
   print ‘|’+5‘0’ +(5-power)‘‘+3‘ ‘+power‘‘+’|’
   else:
   print ‘|’+(10-power)‘0’+3‘ ‘+(power-5)‘0’+ 5‘*’+’|’
   i=i-1

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