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Total Distance Travelled

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Total Distance Travelled

Total Distance Travelled is a DSA topic. In plain words you use it for a short Total Distance Travelled example in a short dry-run on paper. Don’t start with a slogan — start with that picture.

Smallest example: the smallest Total Distance Travelled example you can type. Type it, run it, and say what you see. If you can do that from memory, you know Total Distance Travelled.

From the example next to this theory — Total Distance Travelled: dry-run [4, 1, 3].

Trap — only saying “Total Distance Travelled” with no example. Fix that before you talk about advanced DSA.

Viva: what is Total Distance Travelled? Then show the smallest Total Distance Travelled example you can type. Then name the trap.

Exam tip

What is Total Distance Travelled? Show this: the smallest Total Distance Travelled example you can type. Trap: only saying “Total Distance Travelled” with no example.

Example

# Total Distance Travelled
data = [4, 1, 3]
print("start", data)
if data[0] > data[1]:
    data[0], data[1] = data[1], data[0]
print("after one step", data)

Total Distance Travelled: dry-run [4, 1, 3]. Say the list after one step.

Short notes

  • DefTotal Distance Travelled — a short Total Distance Travelled example in a short dry-run on paper.
  • Rulethe smallest Total Distance Travelled example you can type
  • Traponly saying “Total Distance Travelled” with no example
  • Usea short dry-run on paper

Questions

1

What is Total Distance Travelled?

2

Give one small example of Total Distance Travelled.

3

What mistake do beginners make with Total Distance Travelled?

4

Where do you use Total Distance Travelled?

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