On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:46:11 +0100, leonardo wrote: > hi everyone, > > i have the following program: > > import time count_timer = int(raw_input('how many seconds?: ')) > for i in range(count_timer, 0, -1): > print i time.sleep(1) > print 'blast off!' > > > this is the result: > > how many seconds?: 5 5 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 1 > blast off! > > how can i have it print a row of stars beside each number, like this?: > > how many seconds?: 5 5 * * * * * > 4 * * * * > 3 * * * > 2 * * > 1 * > blast off!
you could try simply changing your print statement to print "%s %s"%(i,"*" * i) :-) -- Someone in DAYTON, Ohio is selling USED CARPETS to a SERBO-CROATIAN -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list