On 02/12/2012 08:25 AM, William Stewart wrote:
I am trying to get 2 string variables and 2 integer variables to be able to be
multiplied
can anyone tell me what I did wrong
str1 = raw_input("Type in a String: ")
str2 = raw_input("Type in a String: ")
int1 = raw_input("Type in a integer variable: ")
int2 = raw_input("Type in a integer variable: ")
print str1 + str2 + int1 + int2
import math
print str1, "*", str2, "*", int1, "*"int2 "=", str1, * str2, * int1 * int 2
and it wont let me write int2
I know this may look stupid to most people but I am just new at this so dont
laugh :)
That's who this list is targeted at, people who are just learning
Python. Are you new to programming, or just to Python? Anyway, welcome
to Python-Tutor list.
If these 7 lines are in a file, and you try to run them, you get a
specific error, pointing to a specific line. When asking questions
about Python error messages, please post the actual message, as it
generally contains lots of clues as to what's wrong.
davea@think:~/temppython$ python william.py
File "william.py", line 7
print str1, "*", str2, "*", int1, "*"int2 "=", str1, * str2, *
int1 * int 2
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
So now we both know the error is a syntax error, and it occurs on line
7, which is conveniently redisplayed with a caret pointing at where the
error was discovered (notice that in many email systems a proportional
font may hide the correct column. So trust what you saw on your own
terminal window). Sometimes the actual syntax error is a few characters
earlier, but this is as fine-tuned as most compilers can manage.
That print line has 4 errors that I can immediately spot, and the
compiler told you about the first one. That error was in omitting the
comma before the first occurrence of the variable int2. You butted a
string literal right up to a variable name, with no operator between.
My usual advice when seeing a beginner with a complex line that gives a
syntax error is to see if you can replace it by a few simpler lines.
Then the error might be more obvious. So use several print lines. So
what if the output isn't quite right; you have some more debugging to
do before you'll even see that output.
Now let me ask you, how is str1 any different from int1 ? Python does
not have typed variables, and it certainly pays no attention to the
spelling of a name to guess what it's intended to hold. The same name
str1 can hold a string one time, an integer another time, a list yet
another. The only way you're going to get those 3rd and 4th lines to
make integer objects is to convert the string that raw_input() returns
into an integer. So use
int1 = int(raw_input("xxxxx"))
The next problem will probably be easier for you to spot, but if not,
remember to post the full error message, not some summary of it.
--
DaveA
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