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Avoid setting encapsulation challenge too early #579

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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions _episodes/16-writing-functions.md
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> ## Encapsulation of an If/Print Block
>
> The code below will run on a label-printer for chicken eggs. A digital scale will report a chicken egg mass (in grams)
> to the computer and then the computer will print a label.
>
> Please re-write the code so that the if-block is folded into a function.
> to the computer and then the computer will print a label.
>
> ~~~
> import random
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> {: .language-python}
>
>
> The simplified program follows. What function definition will make it functional?
> The if-block that classifies the eggs might be useful in other situations,
> so to avoid repeating it, we could fold it into a function, `get_egg_label()`.
> Revising the program to use the function would give us this:
>
> ~~~
> # revised version
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> # the (random) mass will be 70 +/- 20 grams
> mass = 70 + 20.0 * (2.0 * random.random() - 1.0)
>
> print(mass, get_egg_label(mass))
> print(mass, get_egg_label(mass))
>
> ~~~
> {: .language-python}
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