Using Loops to track user input

[Bengt Richter]

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 16:32:37 -0400, hokiegal99 <hokiegal99 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>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
>----------------------------------
>

 >>> num = 0
 >>> for i in range(10):
 ...     prompt = 'Enter %s%s number: '%(i,i<4 and 'thstndrd'[2*i:2*i+2] or 'th')
 ...     while 1:
 ...         try:
 ...             num += int(raw_input(prompt))
 ...             break
 ...         except Exception,e:
 ...             print '    Error: %s' % e
 ...
 Enter 0th number: 100
 Enter 1st number: 10
 Enter 2nd number: x
     Error: invalid literal for int(): x
 Enter 2nd number: 2
 Enter 3rd number: 3
 Enter 4th number: 4.5
     Error: invalid literal for int(): 4.5
 Enter 4th number: 4
 Enter 5th number: 5
 Enter 6th number: 6
 Enter 7th number: 7
 Enter 8th number: 8
 Enter 9th number: 9
 >>> print num
 154

Regards,
Bengt Richter