If there's something that you need explained, feel free to ask for an explanation here and you'll likely get at least one good explanation1. Nobody has a problem with that.

What people are having an issue with is that you've basically said "this is my homework assignment", but not asked any particular question, which gives the impression that you want us to just do your homework for you. We don't do that around here, since it won't actually help you in the long run if we do.

So, what do you need explained? If it's a conceptual issue, just ask about it and we can explain it. If it's a specific problem with your code, post the code and explain the problem you want help with and we can show you how to do it correctly.


1 It's quite possible that you may get several good explanations, some of which will be very precise about technical details that go over your head at this point, but at least one should be appropriate for a beginner.

In reply to Re^2: beginner needs help by dsheroh
in thread beginner needs help by bjohn

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