My apologies - I keep failing to reply-all.
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From: paul brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Oct 14, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] if-else statements
To: Andre Engels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would also suggest you look at either datetime module or the
mx.DateTime modules (from egenix). They are both very good and contain
plenty of error checking for just such things, aas well as nicely
overriding operators like + (so you can add 2 weeks to a date easily).
>>> import datetime
We can try an invlaid date and trap the error (using try: Except: statements)
>>> datetime.date(2005,02,30)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: day is out of range for month
A valid date
>>> d = datetime.date(2005,02,27)
And shown in a easy to read format
>>> d.strftime("%A %B %d %Y")
'Sunday February 27 2005'
cheers
On 10/14/05, Andre Engels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2005/10/14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hello
> >
> > I'm having some trouble with my if, else statements. For some reason, the
> > months that have 31 days work fine, but the months that have 28/30 do not
> > work. Am I doing something wrong? it is supposed to take a date as an
> > input like 9/31/1991 and then say that the date is not valid because
> > september only has 30 days.
>
> First hint:
> Where is 'month' used in your program? The answer is: nowhere. It
> should be used. Why?
>
> Second hint:
> Currently, the program checks each date first for validity with
> respect to January, then throws the outcome away to do the same with
> February, etcetera upto December. Thus, the final outcome says whether
> the date is correct in December, not whether it is correct in the
> given month.
>
> (actual code below)
>
> > import string
> >
> > def main():
> > # get the day month and year
> > month, day, year = input("Please enter the mm, dd, yyyy: ")
> > date1 = "%d/%d/%d" % (month,day,year)
> >
> > months = [0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
> >
> > if day <= months[1]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > n = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[2]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[3]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[4]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > n = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[5]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[6]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[7]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[8]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[9]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[10]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[11]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > if day <= months[12]:
> > d = "valid"
> > else:
> > d = "not valid"
> >
> > print "The date you entered", date1, "is", d +"."
> >
> > main()
>
> Correct and shortened code:
>
> Instead of the whole line "if day <= months[1]"... series of
> if-then-else statements, use only one statement, namely:
>
> if day <= months[month]:
> d = "valid"
> else:
> d = "not valid"
>
> --
> Andre Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ: 6260644 -- Skype: a_engels
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