Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
sorry i just started using google groups, not really all that sure how to use it properly. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
I responded before I saw this message, this was very helpful so I appreciate your quick and helpful responses. So do you think prompting for a string and then checking if the string is true is a good practice for something like this? When would checking for true/false be necessary? -- http://ma

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
So what would be the proper way to perform a loop of this program. I still can't quite figure out the best way to do it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
For system version I get this: 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] Also, I understand what your saying about the continuation code. There's no need for me to include it in each if/else statement, I could just use it at the en

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
Sorry I'm just starting to learn python and I'm not sure what version I'm using to be quite honest. I just started typing it up in Komodo edit (Which I'm not personally a fan in particular) I fixed the missing parenthesis which fixed the invalid syntax problem. Also, I apologize for submitting c

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
Also I'm getting a invalid syntax next to my elif statements that i wasnt getting before. why is this happening now? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
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

While loop help

2013-04-09 Thread thomasancilleri
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 exp