Using Loops to track user input

[hokiegal99]

I don't understand how to use a loop to keep track of user input. Could
someone show me how to do what the program below does with a loop?

Thnaks!

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#Write a program that reads 10 numbers from the user and prints out the
sum of those numbers.

num0 = input("Enter a number: ")
num1 = input("Enter a number: ")
num2 = input("Enter a number: ")
num3 = input("Enter a number: ")
num4 = input("Enter a number: ")
num5 = input("Enter a number: ")
num6 = input("Enter a number: ")
num7 = input("Enter a number: ")
num8 = input("Enter a number: ")
num9 = input("Enter a number: ")

num = num0+num1+num2+ num3+num4+num5+ num6+num7+num8+ num9

print num
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[Cousin Stanley]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

| Write a program that reads 10 numbers from the user
| and prints out the sum of those numbers.

hokiegal ...

Here is one way ...

nLoops = 10
total = 0

for i in range( nLoops ) :

num_in = int( raw_input( 'Enter an Integer : ' ) )

total += num_in

print total

--
Cousin Stanley
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona

[Cousin Stanley]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

hokiegal ...

Another way if you also wish to save the input numbers ...

nLoops = 10

list_nums = []

for i in range( nLoops ) :

this_num = int( raw_input( 'Enter an Integer : ' ) )

list_nums.appen d( this_num )

total = reduce( int.__add__ , list_nums )

print
print list_nums
print
print total

--
Cousin Stanley
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona

[Behrang Dadsetan]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

hokiegal99 wrote:[color=blue]
> I don't understand how to use a loop to keep track of user input. Could
> someone show me how to do what the program below does with a loop?
>
> Thnaks!
>
> ----------------------------
> #Write a program that reads 10 numbers from the user and prints out the
> sum of those numbers.
>
> num0 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num1 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num2 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num3 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num4 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num5 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num6 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num7 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num8 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num9 = input("Enter a number: ")
>
> num = num0+num1+num2+ num3+num4+num5+ num6+num7+num8+ num9
>
> print num
> ----------------------------------
>[/color]

# If you are want to loop a fixed amount of time, as I understand a way
# would be:
sum = 0
for i in xrange(10):
sum += input("Enter a number: ")
average = sum/10
print average

# I guess however it would be more pythonic, because you do not really
# need that counter, to do something like:
entries=0
sum=0
while entries < 10:
try:
sum += input("%d) Enter a number: " % (entries + 1) )
entries += 1
except:
print "You need to enter 10 values."
print "The average is %d" % (sum)

# And when you need you would want to make a "general" tool out of your
# case...
entries=0
sum=0
try:
while 1:
sum += input("%d) Enter a number: " % (entries + 1) )
entries += 1
except:
if entries == 0:
print "You did not enter any number. Can not make average of
nothing."
else:
print "The average of all %d numbers entered is %d" % (entries,
sum/entries)

[hokiegal99]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

You guys are great! Thanks for all the examples.

Cousin Stanley wrote:
[color=blue]
> hokiegal ...
>
> Another way if you also wish to save the input numbers ...
>
> nLoops = 10
>
> list_nums = []
>
> for i in range( nLoops ) :
>
> this_num = int( raw_input( 'Enter an Integer : ' ) )
>
> list_nums.appen d( this_num )
>
> total = reduce( int.__add__ , list_nums )
>
> print
> print list_nums
> print
> print total
>[/color]

[Behrang Dadsetan]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

Behrang Dadsetan wrote:[color=blue]
> hokiegal99 wrote:
>[color=green]
>> I don't understand how to use a loop to keep track of user input.
>> Could someone show me how to do what the program below does with a loop?
>>[/color]
>
> # If you are want to loop a fixed amount of time, as I understand a way
> # would be:
> sum = 0
> for i in xrange(10):
> sum += input("Enter a number: ")
> average = sum/10
> print average
>[/color]

Ok, I just looked up the Reference documentation and
int(raw_input(" prompt text")) would be probably better than my suggested
input() - like in the other anwsers you received.


One should maybe note that if the end average calculated should be a
float, then you need to use

sum = 0.0

and should the user entering the data be allowed to use float values you
will probably want to use

float(raw_input ("prompt text"))



Regards, Ben.

[Gerhard Häring]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

Hi hokiegal99 if that's what you want me to call you,

hokiegal99 wrote:[color=blue]
> I don't understand how to use a loop to keep track of user input. Could
> someone show me how to do what the program below does with a loop?[/color]

Your text book or tutorial should show that quite well, but here we go:
[color=blue]
>
> Thnaks!
>
> ----------------------------
> #Write a program that reads 10 numbers from the user and prints out the
> sum of those numbers.
>
> num0 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num1 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num2 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num3 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num4 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num5 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num6 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num7 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num8 = input("Enter a number: ")
> num9 = input("Enter a number: ")
>
> num = num0+num1+num2+ num3+num4+num5+ num6+num7+num8+ num9
>
> print num
> ----------------------------------[/color]

#v+
sum = 0.0
for i in range(10):
sum += int(raw_input(" Enter a number: "))
print sum
#v-

If your prof is any good, (s)he reads this newsgroup as well ;-)

-- Gerhard

[hokiegal99]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

Perl's motto is "there's more than one way to do it," right? Well, after
reading all of these responses, I think Python could make the same
claim. Thanks again guys!


Bob Gailer wrote:
[color=blue]
> Not to neglect the 1-liner:
>
> import operator; reduce(operator .add,[int(raw_input(" Number>")) for i in
> range(10)])
>
> Bob Gailer
> bgailer@alum.rp i.edu
> 303 442 2625[/color]

[Peter Hansen]

Re: Using Loops to track user input

Gerhard Häring wrote:[color=blue]
>
> hokiegal99 wrote:[color=green]
> > I don't understand how to use a loop to keep track of user input. Could
> > someone show me how to do what the program below does with a loop?[/color]
>
> Your text book or tutorial should show that quite well, but here we go:[/color]
[snip][color=blue]
> If your prof is any good, (s)he reads this newsgroup as well ;-)[/color]

You missed this one Gerhard. In another thread, hokiegal99 already
told us "I am a funeral director trying to write a small program that
calculates the number of years, months and days a person has lived by
entering the year, month and day of their birth. ..."

Not homework this time. :-)

-Peter