[Tutor] Future Appointments...

[Ken G.]

Sorry, I forgot to hit Reply All.

> That is so cool!  My first look at 'pastebin.'  THANKS!
>
> I already finished the code up several hours ago.  If I can figure out 
> how to post it there.

> Ken


Robert Berman wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tutor-bounces+bermanrl=cfl.rr.com at python.org
> [mailto:tutor-bounces+bermanrl=cfl.rr.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Ken G.
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:41 AM
> To: tutor at python.org
> Subject: [Tutor] Future Appointments...
>
> Below is a program to determine when my next appointment is.  Line 
> numbers are provided for reference only.
>
> 01  import time, datetime, sys
> 02  from datetime import date
> 03  today = date.today()
> 04  print
> 05  print "Today date is:", today
> 06  todaystr = str(today)
> 07  print
> 08  print "Corrected date format is:",
> 09  print todaystr[ 5: 7], todaystr[ 8:10], todaystr[ 0: 4]
> 10  print
> 11  future = raw_input("Next appointment is in how many days?  "),
> 12  print
> 13  difference1 = datetime.timedelta(days=1)
> 14  datestring = str(today + difference1)
> 15  print "Next appointment after that is:",datestring
> 16  print
> 17  print "Corrected date format for next appointment is:",
> 18  print datestring[ 5: 7], datestring[ 8:10], datestring[ 0: 4]
> 19  sys.exit()
>
> In answering the question in line 11 as to when is my next appointment, 
> I would answer "3" (for 2/3/2010) but how do I change "days=1" at end of 
> line 13 to "days=3" so that datestring would read "2010-02-03" instead 
> of "2010-02-01" as presented above?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ken
> *****************************************************************
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> I slightly altered your program. I think this is what you asked for. It will
> work for n number of days; for example, 1, 10, 45, 118, 412 work nicely.
>
> See code here: http://pastebin.com/m6e78d3ce
>
> Robert
>
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