Simplify Python
ja1lbr3ak
superherocomic at gmail.com
Tue Apr 6 17:04:29 EDT 2010
On Apr 6, 4:56 pm, Joaquin Abian <gatoyga... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 6, 9:04 pm, ja1lbr3ak <superheroco... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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?
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> > 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: ")
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> You could structure it a bit better but something to start with could
> be(it works):
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> def calc(n):
> print n
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> def fibo(n):
> a=b=1
> while n > 0:
> print a
> a, b, n = b, a+b, n-1
>
> NOTE = """Enter 1 for the calculator, 2 for the Fibonacci
> sequence, or something else to quit: """
>
> while True:
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> loop = raw_input(NOTE)
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> if loop == '1':
> forcalc = raw_input("\nPut in an equation: ")
> calc(forcalc)
> elif loop == '2':
> forfibo = raw_input("\nWhat Fibonacci number do you want to go
> to? ")
> n = int(forfibo)
> fibo(n)
> else:
> break
>
> Cheers
> Joaquin
Actually, when I tried yours the calculator just spits out the input
again, which is why I used input instead of raw_input.
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