Hello I started my journey with Python last week and find it to be an easy-to-learn language. I am currently teaching introduction to computer programming. One of the assignments we are working on involves an instructor giving a series of 5 tests, and the lowest score is dropped, then calculating the percent. Here is my attempt at coding:
name = input("Enter Student's Name: " ) tscore1 = input ("Enter test score 1: ") tscore2 = input ("Enter test score 2: ") tscore3 = input ("Enter test score 3: ") tscore4 = input ("Enter test score 4: ") tscore5 = input ("Enter test score 5: ") total_tscore = int(tscore1) + int(tscore2) + int(tscore3) + int(tscore4) + int(tscore5) low_tscore = min(tscore1,tscore2,tscore3,tscore4,tscore5) adjusted_tscore = int(total_tscore) - int(low_tscore) percent = int(adjusted_tscore/400*100) print("The sum of the 5 tests is",total_tscore) print("The lowest test score is thrown out",low_tscore) print("The adjusted score is",adjusted_tscore) print("Student",name, "has a score of",percent, "percent") I ran the program several times using random numbers and I found that the results were not consistent. Here are a couple of runs: ============ RESTART: /Users/tgampper/Documents/Python/assign2.py ============ Enter Student's Name: Joe Enter test score 1: 78 Enter test score 2: 89 Enter test score 3: 90 Enter test score 4: 78 Enter test score 5: 99 The sum of the 5 tests is 434 The lowest test score is thrown out 78 The adjusted score is 356 Student Joe has a score of 89 percent >>> ============ RESTART: /Users/tgampper/Documents/Python/assign2.py ============ Enter Student's Name: Sally Enter test score 1: 78 Enter test score 2: 89 Enter test score 3: 90 Enter test score 4: 78 Enter test score 5: 100 The sum of the 5 tests is 435 The lowest test score is thrown out 100 The adjusted score is 335 Student Sally has a score of 83 percent >>> Notice the scores for test 5 for each student. My conclusion is that if the score is <100, the lowest score is properly displayed, but if the score is >=100, then the lowest score is equal to the highest score. Doesn't make sense to me. Do you have any ideas? Thanks! -- Terry Gampper Adjunct INFO Instructor Metropolitan Community College, Omaha NE _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor