Provide example for first task #11
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Prompts the learner to use indexing for the rest of the examples - test is passable by calling as a string e.g. dna_sequence = "A" which is what I did inadvertently.
Example given before beginning of exercises to ensure student uses string indexing rather than just printing the value.
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Example added before exercise to guide student to use index functions rather than quote the string directly. E.g. the test is passable by use "A" for the first test; the exercise wants to see "first_base = dna_sequence[0]".
This was changed from the last commit as it gave away an answer. https://github.com/jayew98/Pylings2/blob/7692934e3882824ae152e67338aa9da316b46167/pylings/exercises/01_variables/variables5.py#L16-L17
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Prompts the learner to use indexing for the rest of the examples - test is passable by calling as a string e.g. dna_sequence = "A"
which is what I did inadvertently.