Re: [Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Dave Angel
On 05/04/2015 07:08 PM, Jag Sherrington wrote: Hi, Alan> Please don't top-post. Enter your new message *after* whatever portion of the previous message you're quoting. I'm rearranging the portion of your message to conform to that standard. On Monday, 4 May 2015, 17:35, Alan Ga

Re: [Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 05/05/15 00:08, Jag Sherrington wrote: Hi, Alan > Enter the item's wholesale cost: 0.50 (AFTER THIS LINE PRINTS I HIT ENTER AND WOULD EXPECT THE NEXT LINE TO GIVE ME THE RESULT But why would it? Your print code is all inside a loop that only runs if the price is negative. If you enter a posi

Re: [Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Jag Sherrington
Hi, Alan> Enter the item's wholesale cost: 0.50 (AFTER THIS LINE PRINTS I HIT ENTER AND WOULD EXPECT THE NEXT LINE TO GIVE ME THE RESULT> Enter the item's wholesale cost:    "Retail price: $1.25"  INSTEAD WHEN I HIT ENTER I GET "Enter the item's wholesale cost: " AGAIN AND AGAIN Regards, Jag Bra

Re: [Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Peter Otten
Jag Sherrington wrote: > Hi, > There appears to be a problem with this program. > It is taken from the "Starting out with Python" book third edition. > > The problem is when the "validate the wholesale cost" is introduced. > Without the validator the code works fine, but with it the code won't le

Re: [Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 04/05/15 05:26, Jag Sherrington wrote: Hi, There appears to be a problem with this program. It is taken from the "Starting out with Python" book third edition. The problem is when the "validate the wholesale cost" is introduced. Without the validator the code works fine, but with it the code

[Tutor] Python program malfunction

2015-05-04 Thread Jag Sherrington
Hi, There appears to be a problem with this program. It is taken from the "Starting out with Python" book third edition. The problem is when the "validate the wholesale cost" is introduced. Without the validator the code works fine, but with it the code won't let you enter a positive wholesale co