On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 13:51, Kalle Svensson wrote:
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>  [Matthew Richardson]
>  > 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
>  
>  This is very close to the correct solution.  You get the number of
>  characters in the string with the len() built-in function.  But
>  
>    s = raw_input('Enter a name: ')
>    x = 0
>    while x <= len(s):
>        print s[x]
>        x += 1
>  
>  will still result in an IndexError (even though it's close to being
>  correct).  Do you see why?
>  
>  Peace,
>    Kalle
>  - -- 
>  Kalle Svensson, http://www.juckapan.org/~kalle/

Thanks to all of the guidance on solving a very basic problem.  It'll
probably take me some time to get into the proper mindset to work this
stuff out, so I appreciate the help and patience.

Matt

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Matt Richardson
Instructional Support Technician
Department of Art
CSU San Bernardino



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