On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 11:11, Danny Yoo wrote:
>  On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Matthew Richardson wrote:
>  
>  > s = raw_input('Enter a name: ')
>  > for x in s:
>  >     print x
>  >
>  > Trying to do it with 'while', I've only managed to get it to print
>  > through to the last character, where it loops and continues to print the
>  > last character until escaped.  Someone willing to point me in the right
>  > direction?
>  
>  
>  
>  Hi Matt,
>  
>  
>  Sure, but you need to show us your while loop first.
>  
>  
>  It sounds like you've almost got it right, so I suspect it has to do
>  something with the while loop condition always being being a true value.
>  But we really do need to see the code so that we don't have to read your
>  mind.  *grin*
>  
>  
>  
>  Good luck to you!
>  
Hi, 
Sorry that I omitted my code in the last post.  I've been over it more
times than I can count and lost track of which *.py did what.  I've
actually had two results, the first one (already mentioned) of getting a
loop on the last character and the second where the string gets printed
and then exits an error when it runs out of characters to print.  Here's
what I've got for the second scenario:

s = raw_input('Enter a name: ')
x = 0
while x > = 0:
    print s[x]
    x += 1

The error is expected because the counter goes on beyond the number of
characters in the string and runs out of stuff to print.  Got that part
of it.  How can I count the number of characters in the string?  Then
the while statement could be changed to

while x <= NumOfChar:
    dosomestuff

Or maybe I'm off track here, too.

I should give a proper introduction of myself, I can't remember if I did
when I joined the list.  My name is Matt, I'm a lab tech at Cal State
San Bernardino, managing a photo lab and three computer labs (budget
cuts create strange job descriptions).  Python appeals to me because of
it's power and syntax.  I looked into learning Perl first, but found it
to be hard to follow.  No programming experience, no computer sci
education, just a lot of on the job training in system administration
and lab management.  Python would be a huge help in automating a lot of
things done manually in maintaining the labs.

Thanks for the help,

Matt



-- 
Matt Richardson
Instructional Support Technician
Department of Art
CSU San Bernardino



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