just the pure number of letters next to parenthesis would cause the Parser to error out
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 12:32 PM Schachner, Joseph < joseph.schach...@teledyne.com> wrote: > Yes, that works. Assuming it was correctly formatted when you ran it. > The formatting could not possibly be run in a Python interpreter, I think. > > --- Joseph S. > > From: Adrian Ordona <adrian.ord...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:52 PM > To: Schachner, Joseph <joseph.schach...@teledyne.com> > Cc: Dan Sommers <2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com>; > python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Exercize to understand from three numbers which is more high > > i'm also a beginner reading all the replies helps. > i was trying the problem myself and came up with the below code with a > users input. > > > num1 = int(input("Enter first number: "))num2 = int(input("Enter second > number: "))num3 = int(input("Enter third number: "))if num1 > num2 and num1 > > num3: print(num1, " is th max number")elif num2 > num1 and num2 > > num3: print(num2, " is the max number")else: print(num3, "is the max > number") > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 1:48 PM Schachner, Joseph < > joseph.schach...@teledyne.com<mailto:joseph.schach...@teledyne.com>> > wrote: > Explanation: 5 > 4 so it goes into the first if. 5 is not greater than 6, > so it does not assign N1 to MaxNum. The elif (because of the lack of > indent) applies to the first if, so nothing further is executed. Nothing > has been assigned to MaxNum, so that variable does not exist. You're > right, it does not work. > > How about this: > Mylist = [ N1, N2, N3] > Maxnum = N1 > for value in Mylist: > if value > Maxnum: > Maxnum = value > print(Maxnum) > > Or were lists and for loops excluded from this exercise? > --- Joe S. > > On 1/29/19 9:27 AM, Jack Dangler wrote: > > > wow. Seems like a lot going on. You have 3 ints and need to determine > > the max? Doesn't this work? > > > > N1, N2, N3 > > > > if N1>N2 > > if N1>N3 > > MaxNum = N1 > > elif N2>N3 > > MaxNum = N2 > > elif N1<N3 > > MaxNum = N3 > > No. Assuing that you meant to include colons where I think you did, what > if (N1, N2, N3) == (5, 4, 6)? > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list