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A little help tweaking the my code

Feb 25th, 2008

Hi guys,

I have a friend at school and she's taken Unix 2. She gave me a copy of her work assignment so that I could improve my scripting skills (Still a begginner at python and programming).

This is the assignment:

Write a script that will prompt the user to input a number between 1 and 10.

You need to output:

1. The number they entered, with an explanation of what the number is.
2. The square of the inputted number.

Conditions:

1. You must check that the number is between 1 and 10, if not, clear the screen ask the user agian.

2. You must have an exit for the user, other than entering a number.

3. Use at least one sub function.

Ok so that it!

And this is what I made so far:

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#! /usr/bin/python
#
# 1 and 10
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import os
import sys
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number = ""
while number > 0:
       number = int(raw_input("\n\nChoose a number between 1 and 10: "))
       print "This is the number you choosed", number
       print " Square root of the number is",
       print number * number
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       if number == 0:
               print "\nThis needs to be a bigger number."
       elif number > 10:
               os.system("clear")
               print "Opps!"
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raw_input("\n\nTo exit program press the enter key.  ")
#! /usr/bin/python
#
# 1 and 10
      4
import os
import sys
      7
number = ""
while number > 0:
       number = int(raw_input("\n\nChoose a number between 1 and 10: "))
       print "This is the number you choosed", number
       print " Square root of the number is",
       print number * number
     14
       if number == 0:
               print "\nThis needs to be a bigger number."
       elif number > 10:
               os.system("clear")
               print "Opps!"
     20
raw_input("\n\nTo exit program press the enter key.  ")

The problem with the code is that it loops the way I wanted; but it won't exit out of the loop.
I know its something simple, but i'm not seeing is yet...

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Re: A little help tweaking the my code

Feb 25th, 2008

This is something similar to what you coded. I didn't use the 'clear the screen' thingy because that would make it OS specific, and our instructor says that it is better to leave a record on the screen anyway.

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#! /usr/bin/python
 
def check_range(n, low, high):
    return (low <= n <= high)
 
# use an endless loop and a condition to break out of it
while True:
    s = raw_input("Enter a number between 1 and 10 (q to quit): ")
    if s == 'q':
        break
    n = int(s)
    # check range 1 to 10 inclusive
    if check_range(n, 1, 10):
        print "you entered", n
        print "the square is", n*n
    else:
        print "not in range, try again ..."
#! /usr/bin/python

def check_range(n, low, high):
    return (low <= n <= high)

# use an endless loop and a condition to break out of it
while True:
    s = raw_input("Enter a number between 1 and 10 (q to quit): ")
    if s == 'q':
        break
    n = int(s)
    # check range 1 to 10 inclusive
    if check_range(n, 1, 10):
        print "you entered", n
        print "the square is", n*n
    else:
        print "not in range, try again ..."