[Tutor] Help

[Max Noel]

On Jan 10, 2005, at 14:31, john stanley wrote:

> This is my first attempt at programing and my first program sort of 
> did work hear is the program and if any one can tell me what i did 
> wrong or forgot i would appreciate it
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> a = input("Type in the Grose: ")
> b = input("type in the Miles: ")
> print "a * 0.74 / b is" a*0.74/b
>
> as you can see it should be realy easy program once it works

	The first thing to do is to look at the error that was caused, and 
what caused it. Python is good at it, as it shows you the exact line, 
and even the exact character where the error happened. Now, this 
example is trivial, but in the future, when you have such a problem, 
please include the traceback in your message, thanks.

	Anyway, the error happens in the last line, just before the last 
expression (a*0.74/b). Which is logical, because that expression is in 
no way linked to the string that's before it. I suppose you want to 
display the result of the expression right after the string, don't you? 
Then you might want to use the string concatenation operator: +
	It should be easy to correct, now...


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