[Tutor] Help with Max Number and Min number script

[Joel Goldstick]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Sharon Wallace
<swallace61 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> inp = raw_input

The above doesn't do what you think.  It creates a name called inp
which is bound to the function raw_input
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> largest = None
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> smallest = None
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> while True:
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>     num = raw_input('Enter a number:  ')
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>                 if num = 'done' : break
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>                 print num
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>
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>                 try :
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>                                 num = float(inp)
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>                 except :
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>                                 print 'Invalid input'
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>                                 continue
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>
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>                 if largest is None or num > largest :
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>                                 largest = num
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>                 if smallest is None or num < smallest :
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>                                 smallest = num
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>
>
> print 'Maximum is:', largest
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> print 'Minimum is:', smallest
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>
>

What is your question?  What works, or doesn't work?
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