On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:32:18 AM UTC-4, thomasa...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm new to learning python and creating a basic program to convert units of
> measurement which I will eventually expand upon but im trying to figure out
> how to loop the entire program. When I insert a while loop it only loops the
> first 2 lines. Can someone provide a detailed beginner friendly explanation.
> Here is my program. Also suddenly I'm getting an invalid syntax error next to
> my elif statements when I wasn't a minute ago. What is wrong here?
>
>
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> restart = "true"
>
> while restart == "true":
>
> #Program starts here
>
> print "To start the Unit Converter please type the number next to the
> conversion you would like to perform"
>
> choice = input("\n1:Inches to Meter\n2:Millileters to Pint\n3:Acres to
> Square-Miles\n")
>
>
>
> #If user enters 1:Program converts inches to meters
>
> if choice == 1:
>
> number = int(raw_input("\n\nType the amount in Inches you would like
> to convert to Meters.\n"))
>
> operation = "Inches to Meters"
>
> calc = round(number * .0254, 2)
>
> print "\n",number,"Inches =",calc,"Meters"
>
> restart = raw_input("If you would like to perform another conversion
> type: true\n"
>
>
>
> #If user enters 2:Program converts millimeters to pints
>
> elif choice == 2:
>
> number = int(raw_input("\n\nType the amount in Milliliters you would
> like to convert to Pints.\n"))
>
> operation = "Milliliters to Pints"
>
> calc = round(number * 0.0021134,2)
>
> print "\n",number,"Milliliters =",calc,"Pints"
>
> restart = raw_input("If you would like to perform another conversion
> type: true\n")
>
>
>
> #If user enter 3:Program converts kilometers to miles
>
> elif choice == 3:
>
> number = int(raw_input("\n\nType the amount in Kilometers you would
> like to convert to Miles.\n"))
>
> operation = "Kilometers to Miles"
>
> calc = round(number * 0.62137,2)
>
> print "\n",number,"Kilometers =",calc,"Miles"
>
> restart = raw_input("If you would like to perform another conversion
> type: true\n")
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