Putting asterisks around text

2009-02-09 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
I'm trying to write a program that puts asterisks around the input text using while loop. I can do this without using while loop, but how can you do that using while loop?Example:Enter a string: Hello world***Hello world***

RE: Putting asterisks around text

2009-02-09 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
From: todp...@hotmail.comto: python-l...@python.orgsubject: Putting asterisks around textDate: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:09:26 -0800 I'm trying to write a program that puts asterisks around the input text using while loop.I can do this without using while loop, but how can you do that using while

Converting numbers to words

2009-02-05 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
I've been trying to figure this out for over 2 hours and I'm really frustrated right now.I first made Python to ask user to input height in meters. If user puts certain value in meter, then it converts it to feet and inches as follows: Enter the height (in metres): 1.6It is 5 feet, 3 inches

Using while loop and if statement to tell if a binary has an odd or even number of 1's.

2009-02-04 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
Using while loop and if statement, I'm trying to get Python to tell me whether there are even or odd number of 1's in a binary representation. For example, if I give Python a 0111, then I want it to say that the binary representation given has an odd number of 1's. If I give it 00010111,

RE: Using while loop and if statement to tell if a binary has an odd or even number of 1's.

2009-02-04 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
number of 1's. From: c...@rebertia.com To: todp...@hotmail.com CC: python-list@python.org On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM, todp...@hotmail.com todp...@hotmail.com wrote: Using while loop and if statement, I'm trying to get Python to tell me whether there are even or odd number of 1's in a binary

Feet and inches

2009-02-04 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
I'm trying to get Python to say: Enter the height (in metres): and convert whatever value to feet and inches. I've done this part as you can see below, but how can I terminate the program when user inputs a height less than 1/2 inch? How can I also take into account all the cases that need

Rounding to the nearest 5

2009-01-29 Thread todp...@hotmail.com
How can you make python round numbers to the nearest 5: Example: 3 = 0 8 = 10 23.2 = 20 36 = 35 51.5 = 50 Thanks! _ Twice the fun—Share photos while you chat with Windows Live Messenger.