On 01/12/2012 06:56 PM, Nick W wrote:
first problem: easy fix just remember that len() returns the actual
number of items in the list but that list is indexed starting at 0 so
just replace your line of
pick = len(names)
with:
pick = len(names) - 1
and for problem #2:
just use string formating... like for example instead of:
print (names[win_number], " is the winner!")
try something along the lines of:
print("{} is a winner".format(names[win_number]))
HTH
Pacific Morrowind
You top-posted. On lists like this one, it's proper to add your new
message after the piece you're quoting.
On 1/12/12, Claude Matherne<cmat...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all,
I am a beginner to python and I am trying to make a simple program that
takes in some names as input into a list and then randomly picks a vaule
from that list as a winner.
Here is the code:
import random
choice = None
names = [ ]
while choice != "0":
print(
"""
0 - Exit
1 - Enter a name
2 - Pick a winner
""")
choice = input("Choice: ")
print()
if choice == "0":
print ("Goodbye.")
elif choice == "1":
name = input("Please enter a name: ")
names.append(name)
print (names, "have been entered.")
elif choice == "2":
pick = len(names)
win_number =random.randint(0,pick)
print (names[win_number], " is the winner!")
input("/n/nPress enter to exit.")
First problem, sometimes I get a error where the value is out of range.
Problem becuase of the way I set up the random value.
Second problem, but not a big one, is when I print the lists of names as
they are entered, I get quotations around the name.
I'm sur I am over thinking this, but any help would be great.
Thanks
The problem with the quotes is just the way that Python works.
print (names, "have been entered.")
You're printing a list as a whole, and when it does that, individual
items are displayed using repr(), rather than str(). If you don't like
that, write a loop, with a print statement per item, and format it any
way you like.
for name in names:
print(name, "+whatever")
--
DaveA
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