ChEn263 — Lecture 9

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Lecture 9 - Debugging

• This lecture discusses stategies for debugging your python code. Specifically, I talk about the programming cycle and different types of bugs, and I give some of my best tips for debugging code. Note that the video below also includes the examples, but separate links are given below for your convenience.

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Examples

• In this example, I debug a nested loop using the principles I discuss in the lecture above. (The video starts at Example 1.)

• Example 1 – Debugging a nested loop, Key

• In this example, I debug a plot made with matplotlib.pyplot. (The video starts at Example 2.) Note that at the end of the video I make two mistakes: (1) I omit some parentheses and (2) I forgot to change a power from 1/2 to 2.

• Example 2 – Debugging a plot, Key