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Code I got from a tutorial then edited . Changes fahrenheit to celsius , celsius to fahrenheit , fahrenheit to kelvin , and celsius to kelvin .

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# Temp changer by Josh Bailey (Riddle)
# July 10 '04

def print_options():
	print "Options:"
	print " 'p' print options"
	print " 'c' convert celsius to fahrenheit"
	print " 'f' convert fahrenheit to celsius"
	print " 'k' convert celsius to kelvin"
	print " 'x' convert fahrenheit to kelvin"
	print " 'q' quit the program"

	
def celsius_to_fahrenheit(c_temp):
	return (9.0/5.0*c_temp+32)
def fahrenheit_to_celsius(f_temp):
	return (f_temp - 32.0)*5.0/9.0
def celsius_to_kelvin(k_temp):
        return (temp + 273)
def fahrenheit_to_kelvin(k_temp2):
        return (temp -32.0)*5.0/9.0 + 273

choice = "p"
while choice != "q":
	if choice == "c":
		temp = input("Celsius temp:")
		print "Fahrenheit:",celsius_to_fahrenheit(temp)
	elif choice == "f":
		temp = input("Fahrenheit temp:")
		print "Celsius:",fahrenheit_to_celsius(temp)
	elif choice == "k":
                temp = input ("Celsius temp:")
                print "Kelvin:",celsius_to_kelvin(temp)
        elif choice == "x":
                temp = input ("Fahrenheit temp:")
                print "Kelvin:",fahrenheit_to_kelvin(temp)
	elif choice != "quit":
		print_options()
	choice = raw_input("option:")

2 comments

know 1 19 years, 8 months ago  # | flag

use of globals. In celsius_to_kelvin() and fahrenheit_to_kelvin() the global variable 'temp' is used in the return calculations instead of the local method parameters k_temp and k_temp2 respectively. This may lead to confusion. Also, in fahrenheit_to_kelvin() there is no need to do the fahr2Celcius math again. Simply return fahrenheit_to_celcius(k_temp2) + 273. This seems cleaner.

Raymond Hettinger 19 years, 8 months ago  # | flag

Just for grins, here's an alternative approach the problem.

print 'Temperature converter (type  "quit" to exit)'

prompt = 'Enter a conversion such as "10 C to F" or "459 F to K":  '

while 1:
    line = raw_input(prompt).upper()
    if 'QUIT' in line:
        break

    t, fromto = None, []
    for token in line.split(' '):
        try:
            t = float(token)
        except ValueError:
            pass
        if token[:1] in 'CFK':
            fromto.append(token[0])
    if t is None or len(fromto) != 2:
        print 'Unsuccessful parse.  Try again, using the format:  15 K to C'

    # Convert to celsius
    if fromto[0] == 'F':
        t = (t - 32) * 5 / 9
    elif fromto[0] == 'K':
        t -= 273

    # Convert from celsius
    if fromto[1] == 'F':
        t = t * 9 / 5 + 32
    elif fromto[1] == 'K':
        t += 273
    print '--> %.1f %s' % (t, fromto[1])
Created by Riddle__ on Sat, 10 Jul 2004 (PSF)
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