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Brummert_Brandon wrote:
This is what I have so far. I am still confused by the string.split setup.
Thank you.
# dateCheck.py
# A program that accepts a date in the form month/day/year and outputs whether
date is valid.
# Brandon Brummert, October 20, 2008
import string
def isLeapYear(leap):
if 0 == year % 400:
return True
elif 0 == year % 100:
return False
elif 0 == year % 4:
return True
else:
return False
def daysInMonth (date):
if 1 or 3 or 5 or 7 or 8 or 10 or 12:
return 31
elif 4 or 6 or 9 or 11:
return 30
elif 2:
return leap
def main():
currentdate= input ("What is the date (mm/dd/yyyy)?:")
month, date, year= string.split(currentdate)
print month/date/year
main()
Thank you. That is half of the input I'm seeking. The other half is:
what happens when you run the program?
I'd expect you see a prompt:
What is the date (mm/dd/yyyy)?:
What do you enter at this prompt?
What happens next? You should see an exception (error). What is it? Why
do you think it means and why did it happen?
Read the documentation for input().
As an aside - your program shows very little understanding of Python.
Have you written other programs that ran the way you expected, or is
this your first try?
Since it is homework we don't write the program for you. I'm trying to
nudge you in the right direction, and would appreciate all you can give it.
Did you read the documentation for split?
month/date/year
is an expression. What does the / mean in an expression?
At the Python interpreter prompt >>> enter
if 1 or 3 or 5 or 7 or 8 or 10 or 12:
print True
What happens? Why? Then try
if 1:
print True
You are trying to compare date to numbers yet date does not appear in
the if statement!
I have mentioned lists twice yet you have not said anything about them.
Do you know what a list is and how it can be used?
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