On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 5:11:23 PM UTC+12, John Gordon wrote:
> In <ef8de6db-5f35-4d07-8306-bcec47b1e...@googlegroups.com> William Bryant
> <gogobe...@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Hey, I am very new to python, I am 13 years old. I want to be able to make =
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> > a program the caculates the mean, meadian and mode. When i run the program,=
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> > an input field pops up and says 'Does your list contain, a number or a str=
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> > ing?' like I want it to, but when I type in something that is not one of va=
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> > lid field options: "String" or "string" or "STRING" or "s" or "S" or "str" =
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> > or "Number" or "number" or "NUMBER" or "N" or "N" or "int" or "num", nothin=
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> > g happens, please tell me what I did wrong. Thanks :D Here is my code:
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> > #----- Variables that I am using, including the list. --=
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> > ---#
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> > #False means num
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> > #True means string
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> > num_or_string =3D ""
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> > amount_numbers =3D []
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> > List =3D []
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> > I =3D "Does your list contain, a number or a string?"
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> > #----- Functions that I am using. -=
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> > ----#
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> > input(I)
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> > def NOS():
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> > if I =3D=3D "String" or "string" or "STRING" or "s" or "S" or "str":
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> > pass
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> > elif I =3D=3D "Number" or "number" or "NUMBER" or "N" or "N" or "int" o=
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> > r "num":
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> > pass
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> > else:
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> > global I
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> > I =3D "You did not enter a valid field, :P Sorry."
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> > input(I)
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> First of all, you haven't given us your whole program. I know this because
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> while you've defined the NOS function, it isn't actually called anywhere.
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> You must have left that part out.
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> Anyway, I think you're doing two things wrong:
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> 1. You aren't capturing the user's input. The input() function returns
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> the user's input, but you aren't assigning this to a variable; it's just
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> being thrown away. You should call input() like this:
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> user_input = input(I)
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> (Also, it would probably be clearer to use a name like "prompt" instead
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> of "I".)
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> 2. You aren't using the compound "if" statement correctly. You can't
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> do this (well, you CAN, but it won't do what you want):
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> if a == 1 or 2 or 3:
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> You should fully spell out each condition, like this:
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> if a == 1 or a == 2 or a == 3:
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> --
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> John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
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> gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
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> -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
Thanks so much for putting your time into helping me!! It worked! Could you
tell me if I did anything wrong this time? :)
#----- Variables that I am using, including the list. -----#
num_or_string = ""
amount_numbers = []
List = []
prompt = "Does your list contain, a number or a string?"
#----- Functions that I am using. -----#
user_input1 = input(prompt)
user_input1
def NOS():
if user_input1 == "String" or user_input1 == "string" or user_input1 ==
"STRING" or user_input1 == "s" or user_input1 == "S" or user_input1 == "str":
print("a")
elif user_input1 == "Number" or user_input1 == "number" or user_input1 ==
"NUMBER" or user_input1 == "N" or user_input1 == "N" or user_input1 == "int" or
user_input1 == "num":
print("a")
else:
global user_input2
global prompt
prompt = "You did not enter a valid field, :P Sorry."
user_input2 = input(prompt)
user_input2
NOS2()
def NOS2():
if user_input2 == "String" or user_input2 == "string" or user_input2 ==
"STRING" or user_input2 == "s" or user_input2 == "S" or user_input2 == "str":
print("a")
elif user_input2 == "Number" or user_input2 == "number" or user_input2 ==
"NUMBER" or user_input2 == "N" or user_input2 == "N" or user_input2 == "int" or
user_input2 == "num":
print("a")
else:
global user_input2
global prompt
prompt = "You did not enter a valid field, :P Sorry."
user_input2 = input(prompt)
user_input2
NOS2()
NOS()
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