On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > "Vincent Balmori" <vincentbalm...@yahoo.com> wrote > >> Here is my updated code. As simple as this may be, I am a little lost >> again. > > I'm not sure why you are lost because that's pretty much it. > >> ... at this point (especially after one week) this is when me being >> given the answer with an explanation will help me much more, so I can >> understand how it works better. > > The answer is: > >> def ask_number(question, low, high, step = 1): >> """Ask for a number within a range.""" >> response = None >> while response not in range(low, high, step): >> response = int(input(question)) >> return response > > With the only comment being that you don't really need the > response=None line because response always gets set > inside the loop.
But the value of response is used in starting the loop (it is needed to test whether the loop should be gone through a first time), so one _does_ need that line. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
