I have been trying/looking for this problem and decided to ask.
I want a simple program that gets an integer as input first of all.
a = int(input())
Then, the program will take input as much as the given number, a.
You may want to use a for loop to repeatedly get input from the user like so:
a = int(input("How many numbers do you want to enter? "))
numbers = list() #Store all the numbers (just in case you want to use them later)
for i in range(a):
temp_num = int(input("Enter number " + str(i) + ": "))
numbers.append(temp_num)
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I am a at the very beginning of learning to code in python and am following a tutorial. I attempted to convert this string into an integer to get it to simply add 5 and 6. Here is what I have
No matter what I do, I get 5+6 = 56. Here is what I have:
first_num = (input('Please enter a number '))
second_num = (input('Please enter another number '))
print int((first_num) + int(second_num))
I tried using a comma instead of a plus sign, as a few places suggested. I also tried using int in front of the input line to convert the inputs themselves from strings to integer.
I expect it to add 5 + 6 = 11. I keep getting 56.
I'm not positive what version of Python I'm using, but I know I'm using VS Code and it is Python 3.X. i just don't know what the X is. Here is a screenshot
edit: I have resolved this question. I was not saving the file before I ran it. Therefore every time I tried to change something it was just running the saved, incorrect file. Thanks to those that tried to help me.
In Python when you add two strings together you concatenate the values.
For an easier example:
string_one = "hello"
string_two = " "
string_three = "there"
final = string_one + string_two + string_3
print(final) # hello there
To add them together mathematically, you need to ensure the values are ints, floats, decimals...
one = 1
two = 2
final = one + two
print(final, type(final)) # 3 int
So for your code:
first_num = int(input('Please enter a number'))
second_num = int(input('Please enter another number'))
final = first_num + second_num
print(final) # will give you the numbers added
However, you are casting to ints based on user input, so I would ensure you are also catching the errors that occur when a user enters a value that cannot be cast to an int, like hi. For example:
try:
first_num = int(input('Please enter a number'))
second_num = int(input('Please enter another number'))
print(first_num + second_num) # will give you the numbers added, if ints
except ValueError as ex:
# if any input val is not an int, this will hit
print("Error, not an int", ex)
Try this
first_num = int(input('Please enter a number '))
second_num = int(input('Please enter another number '))
sum=first_num+second_num
print (sum)
I'm currently working on this problem that ask me to generate an arrow pattern using loops function that looks something like this:
"How many columns? 3"
*
*
*
*
*
I know I can do this with for loop(probably more efficient too), but that is not what I aimed for. I wanted to achieve this only using while loop.
I have some ideas:
1. I set up a control variable and an accumulator to control the loop
2. I then write 2 separate loops to generate the upper and lower part of the pattern. I was thinking about inserting the space before the asterisks using method like this:
(accumulator - (accumulator - integer)) * spaces.
#Ask the user how many column and direction of column
#they want to generate
Keep_going = True
Go = 0
while keep_going:
Column_num = int(input("How many columns? "))
if Column_num <= 0:
print("Invalid entry, try again!")
else:
print()
Go = 1
#Upper part
while Keep_going == True and Go == 1:
print("*")
print(""*(Column_num - (Column_num - 1) + "*")
...but I soon realized it wouldn't work because I don't know the user input and thus cannot manually calculate how many spaces to insert before asterisks. Now everything on the internet tells me to use for loop and range function, I could do that, but I think that is not helpful for me to learn python since I couldn't utilize loops very well yet and brute force it with some other method just not going to improve my skills.
I assume this is achievable only using while loop.
#Take your input in MyNumber
MyNumber = 5
i = 1
MyText = '\t*'
while i <=MyNumber:
print(MyText.expandtabs(i-1))
i = i+1
i = i-1
while i >=1:
print(MyText.expandtabs(i-1))
i = i-1
Python - While Loop
Well first you have to understand that a while loop loops until a requirement is met.
And looking at your situation, to determine the number of spaces before the * you should have an ongoing counter, a variable that counts how many spaces are needed before you continue. For example:
###Getting the number of columns###
while True:
number=int(input('Enter number of rows: '))
if number<=0:
print('Invalid')
else:
###Ending the loop###
break
#This will determine the number of spaces before a '*'
counter=0
#Loops until counter equals number
while counter!=number:
print(" "*counter + "*")
#Each time it loops the counter variable increases by 1
counter=counter+1
counter=counter-1
#Getting the second half of the arrow done
while counter!=0:
counter=counter-1
print(" "*counter + "*")
Please reply if this did not help you so that i can give a more detailed response
I'm trying to figure out how to print a one line string while using a for loop. If there are other ways that you know of, I would appreciate the help. Thank you. Also, try edit off my code!
times = int(input("Enter a number: "))
print(times)
a = 0
for i in range(times+1):
print("*"*i)
a += i
print("Total stars: ")
print(a)
print("Equation: ")
for e in range(1,times+1):
print(e)
if e != times:
print("+")
else:
pass
Out:
Enter a number: 5
*
**
***
****
*****
Equation:
1
+
2
+
3
+
4
+
5
How do I make the equation in just one single line like this:
1+2+3+4+5
I don't think you can do a "backspace" after you've printed. At least erasing from the terminal isn't going to be done very easily. But you can build the string before you print it:
times = int(input("Enter a number: "))
print(times)
a = 0
for i in range(times+1):
print("*"*i)
a += i
print("Total stars: ")
print(a)
print("Equation: ")
equation_string = ""
for e in range(1,times+1):
equation_string += str(e)
if e != times:
equation_string += "+"
else:
pass
print(equation_string)
Basically, what happens is you store the temporary equation in equation_str so it's built like this:
1
1+
1+2
1+2+
...
And then you print equation_str once it's completely built. The output of the modified program is this
Enter a number: 5
5
*
**
***
****
*****
Total stars:
15
Equation:
1+2+3+4+5
Feel free to post a comment if anything is unclear.
Instead of your original for loop to print each number, try this:
output = '+'.join([str(i) for i in range(1, times + 1)])
print(output)
Explanation:
[str(i) for i in range(1, times + 1)] is a list comprehension that returns a list of all your numbers, converted to strings so that we can print them.
'+'.join(...) joins each element of your list, with a + in between each element.
Alternatively:
If you want a simple modification to your original code, you can simply suppress the newline from each print statement with the keyword paramater end, and set this to an empty string:
print(e, end='')
(Note that I am addressed the implied question, not the 'how do I do a backspace' question)
Too long for a comment, so I will post here.
The formatting options of python can come into good use, if you have a sequence you wish to format and print.
Consider the following...
>>> num = 5 # number of numbers to generate
>>> n = num-1 # one less used in generating format string
>>> times = [i for i in range(1,num+1)] # generate your numbers
>>> ("{}+"*n + "{}=").format(*times) # format your outputs
'1+2+3+4+5='
So although this doesn't answer your question, you can see that list comprehensions can be brought into play to generate your list of values, which can then be used in the format generation. The format string can also be produced with a l.c. but it gets pretty messy when you want to incorporate string elements like the + and = as shown in the above example.
I think you are looking for the end parameter for the print function - i.e. print(e, end='') which prints each value of e as it arrives followed by no space or newline.
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~diesburg/courses/cs1510_sp15/homework/PA04/index.htm
So I have this assignment. I have been trying to work out the code to find the additive and multiplicative roots of a user given input. I am new to python and know how to work the problem out, but without the tools (coding know how) have been just running in circles for quite a while now. So if anyone could be so kind as to help me figure out the coding. I have tried slicing the list, but keep getting an error if I try to make the string an int and if I leave it as an string it just doesn't seem to run. I know there is probably a way using modulous as well, but have yet to quite master it.
Thank you for any help any of you are able to leave me.
Edit
Here is the code I have so far.
import sys
userStr = input("What number should I use for my \
calculations? ")
userInt = int (userStr)
original = userStr #Save Copy of original value
originalTwo = userStr #Save second Copy of original value
addCount = 0
mulCount = 0
#Stop the program if the integer is less than or equal to 0
while userInt <= 0:
print ("Thanks for playing along!")
sys.exit()
#Use a while loop to repeat the process of splitting an integer into single digits and then adding the individual digits.
print = ("Addition")
while userInt > 9:
userInt = sum(map(int, userStr))
print("New Value: ",userStr)
addCount = addCount + 1
#Use a while loop to repeat the process of splitting an integer into single digits and then multiplying the individual digits.
print = ("Multiplication")
while original > 9:
original = (map (int, original))
print("New Value: ",original)
mulCount = mulCount + 1
#Print the outputs to the screen for the user.
print("For the Integer: ",userInt)
print(" Additive Persistence= ",addCount,", Additive Root= ", userInt)
print(" Multiplicative Persistence= ",mulCount,",
Multiplicative Root= ", original)
So I'm trying to write a small program that does a few things. First is:
Write a while loop that repeatedly creates a list of words from a line of input from the user. So I did this:
s = input("Please enter a sentence: ")
while True:
pos = 0
for c in s:
if c == " ":
print(s[:pos])
s = s [pos+1:]
break
pos += 1
else:
print(s)
break
I need to add the user inputted words to the set and dict and then display their value in the order in which the program discovered them. I believe I need another loop but I'm not sure. I'm pretty lost at this point and the above is as far as I can seem to come on this program. Any help is appreciated as I am (obviously)new at python.