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February 3rd, 2004, 06:08 AM

Boceifus

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yes or no only loop [i]inside[/i] a loop

greets

i would like a better way to handle my verify response.if something other than "y" or "n" is used,to just repeat the verify question,instead of starting the whole input process again.thx in advance

Code:

import os.path

fn= raw_input('Please enter the girls name. \n')

if os.path.isfile(fn+'.txt'):
    print 'File found.'
    file = open(fn+'.txt', 'r')
    p=file.readline()
    l=file.readline()
    s=file.readline()
    print 'Phone Number:'+p
    print 'Location:'+l
    print 'Star Rating:'+s
    file.close()
else:
    print 'No data on this girl!'
    print 'Please take a moment to enter her data. \n'
    while True:
        p= raw_input ('What is her phone number? \n')
        l= raw_input ('Where is she located? \n')
        s= raw_input ('How many stars? \n')
        print ' \nPLEASE VERIFY HER INFO: \n'
        print 'Name='+fn
        print 'Phone Number='+p
        print 'Location='+l
        print 'Star Rating='+s
        a= raw_input('\nIS THIS CORRECT? "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO \n')
        if a == ('y'):
            print 'Sweet!Recording info!'
            file = open(fn+'.txt', 'w')
            file.write (p+'\n')
            file.write (l+'\n')
            file.write (s+'\n')
            file.close()
            break
        elif a == ('n'):
            print 'OK,lets try it again. \n'
        else:
            print 'Please answer "y" or "n".Re-initializing. \n'
                    
print 'Future options coming soon.'
raw_input('Press any key to quit.')

p.s. no,i dont meet THAT many women...i plan to use this to make/search for config files that my future codes may need.the blackbook shnick just made it interesting

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Last edited by Boceifus : February 3rd, 2004 at 08:03 AM.

February 3rd, 2004, 08:01 AM

lazy_yogi

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Re: basic questions for a basic code

change this :

Code:

        a= raw_input('\nIS THIS CORRECT? "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO \n')
        if a == ('y'):
            print 'Sweet!Recording info!'
            file = open(' '+fn+'.txt', 'w')
            file.write (p+'\n')
            file.write (l+'\n')
            file.write (s+'\n')
            file.close()
            break
        elif a == ('n'):
            print 'OK,lets try it again. \n'
            time.sleep(1)
        else:
            print 'Please answer "y" or "n".Re-initializing. \n'
            time.sleep(1)

to this

Code:

        answer= raw_input('\nIS THIS CORRECT? "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO 
        while answer != 'y' and answer != 'n':
            answer= raw_input('\nPLEASE TRY AGAIN: "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO\n')

        if answer == 'y':
            print 'Sweet!Recording info!'
            file = open(' '+fn+'.txt', 'w')
            file.write (p+'\n')
            file.write (l+'\n')
            file.write (s+'\n')
            file.close()
            break
        elif answer == 'n':
            print 'OK,lets try it again. \n'
            time.sleep(1)

February 3rd, 2004, 08:11 AM

Boceifus

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thank you very much Yogi!

one small thing,you left off ') on your first line hehe.no biggie,it works after the syntax is fixed

Code:

        answer= raw_input('\nIS THIS CORRECT? "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO')
        while answer != 'y' and answer != 'n':
            answer= raw_input('\nPLEASE TRY AGAIN: "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO\n')

        if answer == 'y':
            print 'Sweet!Recording info!'
            file = open(' '+fn+'.txt', 'w')
            file.write (p+'\n')
            file.write (l+'\n')
            file.write (s+'\n')
            file.close()
            break
        elif answer == 'n':
            print 'OK,lets try it again. \n'
            time.sleep(1)

February 3rd, 2004, 08:11 AM

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or, totaly revamped...

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python

while True:
	
	name = raw_input('enter a Name to continue...')

	if name:

		path = 'names/' + name + '.txt'

		try:
			details = file(path, 'r').readlines()
			print 'phone number...', details[0],
			print 'location...    ', details[1],
			print 'star rating... ', details[2],

		except IOError:
			print name, 'could not be found; add it?\n'

			while True:
				choices = raw_input('(Y/N)')
				if choices == 'Y':
					details = []
					details.append(raw_input('phone number...') + '\n')
					details.append(raw_input('location...    ') + '\n')
					details.append(raw_input('star rating... ') + '\n')

					file(path, 'w').writelines(details)

					choices = 'N'

				if choices == 'N':
					break

	print

Looks for files in the current/names/ directory. most of this is formatting but hey

You wrote a program so you can rate gurls you've been with

original i'll give you that.

Mark.

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February 3rd, 2004, 08:24 AM

Boceifus

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hehe,i edited my original post a few times,and i think you guys are so quick that you responded while i was editing hehehe.so my original is prob different that what you replied to hehe.

but thank you for the fast replies!

and im gonna give netytans approach a whirl hehe.and btw,i did mention (maybe wasnt isnt the version you read hehe) that i planned something else for this...just the blackbook theme seemed amusing

here's the final code i came up with using Yogi's yes or no only code

Code:

import os.path

fn= raw_input('Please enter the girls name. \n')

if os.path.isfile(fn+'.txt'):
    print 'File found.'
    file = open(fn+'.txt', 'r')
    p=file.readline()
    l=file.readline()
    s=file.readline()
    print 'Phone Number:'+p
    print 'Location:'+l
    print 'Star Rating:'+s
    file.close()
else:
    print 'No data on this girl!'
    print 'Please take a moment to enter her data. \n'
    while True:
        p= raw_input ('What is her phone number? \n')
        l= raw_input ('Where is she located? \n')
        s= raw_input ('How many stars? \n')
        print ' \nPLEASE VERIFY HER INFO: \n'
        print 'Name='+fn
        print 'Phone Number='+p
        print 'Location='+l
        print 'Star Rating='+s
        answer= raw_input('\nIS THIS CORRECT? "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO')
        while answer != 'y' and answer != 'n':
            answer= raw_input('\nPLEASE TRY AGAIN: "y" FOR YES "n" FOR NO\n')

        if answer == 'y':
            print 'Sweet!Recording info!'
            file = open(fn+'.txt', 'w')
            file.write (p+'\n')
            file.write (l+'\n')
            file.write (s+'\n')
            file.close()
            break
        elif answer == 'n':
            print 'OK,lets try it again. \n'
            time.sleep(1)

                    
print 'Future options coming soon.'
raw_input('Press any key to quit.')

basic questions for a basic code

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