Simplify Python

[ja1lbr3ak]

On Apr 6, 4:06 pm, Christopher Choi <chu... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:04:20 -0700, ja1lbr3ak wrote:
> > I'm trying to teach myself Python, and so have been simplifying a
> > calculator program that I wrote. The original was 77 lines for the same
> > functionality. Problem is, I've hit a wall. Can anyone help?
>
> > loop = input("Enter 1 for the calculator, 2 for the Fibonacci sequence,
> > or something else to quit: ") while loop < 3 and loop > 0:
> >     if loop == 1:
> >         print input("\nPut in an equation: ")
> >     if loop == 2:
> >         a, b, n = 1, 1, (input("\nWhat Fibonacci number do you want to
> > go to? "))
> >         while n > 0:
> >             print a
> >             a, b, n = b, a+b, n-1
> >     loop = input("\nEnter 1 for the calculator, 2 for the Fibonacci
> > sequence, or something else to quit: ")
>
> I'm fairly confused here.
>
> But I would do this instead:
>
> UserInput1 = input("Enter 1 for the calculator, 2 for the Fibonacci
> sequence, or something else to quit: ")
>
> While quit = 0:
>         if UserInput1 == 1:
>                 print input("\nPut in an equation: ")
>         else if UserInput1 == 2:
>                 a, b, n = 1, 1, (input("\nWhat Fibonacci number do you
> want to go to? "))
>                 while n > 0:
>                         print a
>                         a, b, n = b, a+b, n-1
>                         UserInput2 = input("\nEnter 1 for the calculator,
> 2 for the Fibonacci sequence, or something else to quit: ")
>
>         else
>                 quit = 1
>
> the above is not finished... but without actually knowing what your trying
> to do.. the above code I just did would make a lot more sense.. I hope...
> You hit a wall cause the first while loop you had before never ends..

The while loop is my main program loop. There at the end is the "loop
= input" part again. If you type in something other than 1 or 2, it
exits the while loop and ends the program. I also merged the "quit"
and "UserInput1" variables in your program into one "loop" variable.