I think it will work if you cast your input to an int: howmany = int(raw_input( "How many: " ))
On 07/09/2007, matte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys > > Please excuse me but I've been out of Python for a while since my laptop > was stolen... > > I'm battling with a very basic while loop.... > > -------------- 8< ---------------------- > #!/usr/bin/python > > from random import randint > > counter = 0 > > howmany = raw_input( "How many: " ) > > while counter < howmany: > > pin = randint(0000,9999) > print pin > counter += 1 > > -------------- 8< ---------------------- > > For some reason if I use an integer in place of "howmany" it works, but > I'd > like it to work as I can logically see it above. > > What am I missing ? > > -m > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- Michael Connors
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