Sorry, I forgot to attach the files. Don't critique too much. If you find a
mistake in the program, then I probably haven't gotten that far, since it isn't
complete yet. I'm pretty much on the editing phase now.> Date: Wed, 23 May
2007 18:08:20 +0200> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:
Re: [Tutor] trouble with "if"> CC: [email protected]> > The problem is with
types. The outcome of raw_input is a string. But> if you give the line:> > if
shape == 1:> > you are comparing it with a number. The text "1" is not equal to
the> number 1, so this evaluates to False.> > Instead you should do:> > if
shape == "1":> > To also be able to type 'circle' instead of '1', you can do:>
> if shape == "1" or shape == "circle":> > or alternatively:> > if shape in
["1","circle"]:> > > > Andre Engels> > 2007/5/23, adam urbas <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>:> >> > Hi all,> >> > I've been working with this new program that I
wrote. I started out with it> > on a Ti-83, which is much easier to program
than python. Now I'm trying to> > transfer the program to python but its
proving to be quite difficult. I'm> > not sure what the whole indentation
thing is for. And now I'm having> > trouble with the if statement things.> >>
> #"Circle Data Calculation Program:"> > print "Welcome to the Circle Data
Calcuation Program."> > print> >> > #"Menu 1:"> > print "Pick a shape:"> >
print "(NOTE: You must select the number of the shape and not the shape> >
itself)"> > print "1 Circle"> > print "2 Square"> > print "3 Triangle"> >> >
#"User's Choice:"> > shape=raw_input("> ")> >> > #"Select Given:"> >
if shape == 1:> > print "Choose the given value:"> > print "1
radius"> > print "2 diameter"> > print "3 circumference"> >
print "4 area"> >> > #"User's Choice:"> > given=raw_input("> ")> >> > if
given == 1:> > radius=raw_input("Enter Radius:")> >
diameter=(radius*2)> > circumference=(diameter*3.14)> >
area=(radius**2*3.14)> > print "Diameter:", diameter> > print
"Circumference:", circumference> > print "Area:", area> >> > if given
== 2:> > diameter=raw_input("Enter Diameter:")> >
radius=(diameter/2)> > circumference=(diameter*3.14)> >
area=(radius**2*3.14)> > print "Radius:", radius> > print
"Circumference:", circumference> > print "Area:", area> >> > if given
== 3:> > circumference=raw_input("Enter Circumference:")> >
radius=(circumference/3.14/2)> > diameter=(radius*2)> >
area=(radius**2*3.14)> > print "Radius:", radius> > print
"Diameter:", diameter> > print "Area:", area> >> > if given == 4:> >
area=raw_input("Enter Area:")> > radius=(area/3.14)> >> > This is
the whole program so far, because I haven't quite finished it yet.> > But I
tried to get it to display another list of options after you select a> > shape
but it just does this.> >> > Pick a shape:> > 1 Circle> > 2 Square> > 3
Triangle> > >1> > >1> > >>>> >> > I'm not sure why it does that but I do know
that it is skipping the second> > list of options.> >> > Another of my problems
is that I can't figure out how to get it to accept> > two different inputs for
a selection. Like I want it to accept both the> > number 1 and circle as
circle then list the options for circle. It won't> > even accept words. I can
only get it to accept numbers. It's quite> > frustrating actually.> >> > Any
advice would be greatly appreciated.> > Thanks in advance,> > Adam> >> >> >> >>
>> > I tried to get it to display ano> >> > ________________________________> >
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print "Welcome to the Circle Data Calcuation Program."
print
#"Menu 1:"
print "Pick a shape:"
print "(NOTE: You must select the number of the shape and not the shape itself)"
print "1 Circle"
print "2 Square"
print "3 Triangle"
#"User's Choice:"
shape=raw_input("> ")
#"Select Given:"
if shape == "1" or shape == "circle":
print "Choose the given value:"
print "1 radius"
print "2 diameter"
print "3 circumference"
print "4 area"
#"User's Choice:"
given=raw_input("> ")
if given in["1", "radius"]:
radius=raw_input("Enter Radius:")
pi=3.14
diameter=(radius*2)
circumference=(radius*2*pi)
area=(radius**2*3.14)
print "Diameter:", diameter
print "Circumference:", circumference
print "Area:", area
if given == 2:
diameter=raw_input("Enter Diameter:")
radius=(diameter/2)
circumference=(diameter*3.14)
area=(radius**2*3.14)
print "Radius:", radius
print "Circumference:", circumference
print "Area:", area
if given == 3:
circumference=raw_input("Enter Circumference:")
radius=(circumference/3.14/2)
diameter=(radius*2)
area=(radius**2*3.14)
print "Radius:", radius
print "Diameter:", diameter
print "Area:", area
if given == 4:
area=raw_input("Enter Area:")
radius=(area/3.14)
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