Re: [Tutor] strange bidi requirement

2010-02-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:34:02 am rick wrote: > I'm trying to write a math quiz program that replicates an old book > on arithmetic. > > when it comes to summing a long column, I need to read the answer > from the user, one digit at a time. > > so, if the answer should be something like > > 14238.83

Re: [Tutor] strange bidi requirement

2010-02-24 Thread Alan Gauld
"rick" wrote in message news:1267029242.9270.13.ca...@rick-desktop... 14238.83 I would need to read the .03, then the .8, and so on. I figure all strings, cast to int (well, for this example, float). Would this be easier if I learned some GUI programming? Can it be done at all in just con

Re: [Tutor] strange bidi requirement

2010-02-24 Thread Benno Lang
On 25 February 2010 01:34, rick wrote: > I'm trying to write a math quiz program that replicates an old book on > arithmetic. > > when it comes to summing a long column, I need to read the answer from > the user, one digit at a time. > > so, if the answer should be something like > > 14238.83 > >

[Tutor] strange bidi requirement

2010-02-24 Thread rick
I'm trying to write a math quiz program that replicates an old book on arithmetic. when it comes to summing a long column, I need to read the answer from the user, one digit at a time. so, if the answer should be something like 14238.83 I would need to read the .03, then the .8, and so on. I