i've been having trouble figuring this out since im new to python and i really wanna figure it out!
Write a Sentinel controlled While loop that allows the user to enter text until they enter ! by itself.
Output would be like this:
Enter some text: Hi
Enter some text: ThisIsFun
Enter some text: Bye Now
Enter some text: !
HiThisIsFunBye Now!
Heres what i have to far.
user = 0
total = 0
text =str(input("Enter some text "))
while total != 1:
total = text + 1
print(total)What are you using the 'user' variable for? You should use raw_input to set the 'text' variable and if you want it to be called more than once you have to put it inside the while loop.. something like this:
total = 0
text = ''
while text != '!':
total += 1
text = raw_input('Enter some text\n')
print(text)i was just basing this off an example in a python book i have. thanks for you help.
the code is getting a little closer now, i just dont have any idea what to change. this is the output:
Enter a number 1
Loops Are Neat!
Enter some text
hello
2
Enter some text
Whats up
3
Enter some text
how are you
4
Enter some text
!
5
.... What's the problem? The numbers?
its supposed to not have the numbers, and it stores the text until ! is typed then it prints all of the text.
The code I posted doesn't print numbers, so the code you're using is different
ah i see, yeah im using the newest version of python
def sentinel(s='!'):
t = inp = raw_input('Enter some text: ')
while inp != s:
inp = raw_input('More text: ')
t += inp
return t
if __name__ == '__main__':
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