On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:05:23 -0800, jeremiah valerio wrote:
> On Thursday, January 9, 2014 2:54:44 PM UTC-6, Christopher Welborn
> wrote:
>> On 01/08/2014 11:56 PM, jeremiahvalerio...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> > Hi, hows it going I've been self teaching myself python, and i typed
>> > up this small script now i know its not the best the coding is not
>> > the best but i would like to know of ways to make a small script like
>> > this better so all constructive critisim is Welcome.
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>> > Here is the link to the code
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>> > " http://pastebin.com/5uCFR2pz "
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>> I'm not sure if someone already pointed this out, but imports only need
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>> to be done once. Usually at the beginning of the file, but not always.
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>> In your case I would say yes, at the beginning.
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>> import sys
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>> import time
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>> def countdown(seconds):'
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>> # start at 'seconds' and count down with a for-loop
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>> for i in range(seconds, 0, -1):
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>> # print the current second (i)
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>> print('closing in {} seconds.'.format(i))
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>> # sleep for one second (no need to import time again).
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>> time.sleep(1)
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>> # Example usage:
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>> print('hello')
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>> # Prints the countdown.
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>> countdown(10)
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>> sys.exit(0)
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>> --
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>> - Christopher Welborn <cjwelb...@live.com>
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>> http://welbornprod.com
>
> Mr.Peter Otten did
>
> "- You should import modules just once, at the beginning of your script.
> "
>
> -Peter Otten
> With his help this is what i have now
>
> def countdown():
> import time for seconds_left in reversed(range(1, 10)):
> print("Closing in", seconds_left, "seconds")
> time.sleep(1)
> exit()
>
> if user_input == "yes" :
> user_input = input("\nGreat what should we talk
> about?\nSports\nWeather")
> elif user_input == "no" :
> print("\nAlrighty bye have a nice day! :)\n\nClosing in 10.")
> countdown()
you could improve your countdown function further by adding an optional
count vaule
def countdown(count=10):
for timeleft in reversed(1,count):
print ("Shutting down in {} Seconds".format(timeleft))
time.sleep(1)
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