Learn AI-Assisted Python Programming, Second Edition

11 Creating an authorship identification program

This chapter covers

• Writing an authorship identification program using top-down design
• Learning about refactoring code and why you would do it

In chapter 7, we learned about problem decomposition and top-down design when we wrote our Spelling Suggestions program. Here, we’re going to take top-down design to the next level and solve a much larger problem. We’re still doing the same thing as in chapter 7: dividing a problem into subproblems, and further dividing those subproblems into sub-subproblems as needed. And, just like before, we’re looking to design functions with a small number of parameters that return a meaningful and useful result to their caller. It’s also a good sign if we’re ...