[Tutor] arrays, while loops

[Dave Angel]

I'm not sure who you are, but you forgot to include the list.  Therefore 
I'll forward this to the list, and add my comments about your suggestions.

On 02/20/2012 11:31 AM, Ricardo Araoz wrote:
> El 20/02/12 00:00, Dave Angel escribió:
>> On 02/19/2012 07:01 PM, Deborah Knoll wrote:
>>
>
> A couple of  side notes...
>
>>> Here is my new code:
>>> amounts = [0 for index in range (7)]
>>> myamt = len(amounts)
>
> myamt = 7
> amounts = [0 for index in range(myamt)][0 for index in range(myamt)]
>      or even
> amounts = [0] * myamt
>
>
>>> def getnumbers():
>>>           for index in range(myamt):
>>>                   amounts[index] = int (input ("Enter an amount: "))
>>>                   amtinput = int (amounts)
>
>>>                   while amtinput<   1 or amtinput>   1001:
>>>                           print ("Try again")
>
>>                   amounts[index] = int (input ("Enter an amount: "))
>>                   amtinput = int (amounts)
>>                   amtinput.sort()
>>                   amtinput.reverse()
> Untested :
> while True:
>      try:
>          amounts[index] = int (input ("Enter an amount: "))
>          amtinput = int (amounts)

int() won't operate on a list.  Probably you meant it to operate on a 
string, but there are no strings in it, it's a list of ints.

>      except ValueError:
>          print ('Not an integer')
>      if 1<= amtinput<= 1001:
>          break
>      else:
>          print('Value must be between 1 and 1001')
>


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DaveA