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I started off with "hints" that required the poor student to piece together the information from incomplete bits. A complete example is like a picture that is worth 1000 words and far clearer.
33 lines
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Zig
33 lines
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Zig
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// For loops also let you store the "index" of the iteration - a
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// number starting with 0 that counts up with each iteration:
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//
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// for (items) |item, index| {
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//
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// // Do something with item and index
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//
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// }
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//
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// You can name "item" and "index" anything you want. "i" is a popular
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// shortening of "index". The item name is often the singular form of
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// the items you're looping through.
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//
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const std = @import("std");
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pub fn main() void {
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// Let's store the bits of binary number 1101 in
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// 'little-endian' order (least significant byte first):
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const bits = [_]u8{ 1, 0, 1, 1 };
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var value: u32 = 0;
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// Now we'll convert the binary bits to a number value by adding
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// the value of the place as a power of two for each bit.
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//
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// See if you can figure out the missing piece:
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for (bits) |bit, ???| {
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var place_value = std.math.pow(u32, 2, @intCast(u32, i));
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value += place_value * bit;
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}
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std.debug.print("The value of bits '1101': {}.\n", .{value});
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}
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