Re: [Tutor] Issue with Code [SOLVED]

2016-05-01 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 01/05/16 05:20, Olaoluwa Thomas wrote: > Thank you so much, Alan. That fixed it (See Script 2[SOLVED] below). > > For the purpose of record-keeping, I'm pasting the entire code of all > scripts below as I should have done from the very beginning. > thanks :-) > P.S. How were you able to open

Re: [Tutor] Issue with Code [SOLVED]

2016-04-30 Thread Olaoluwa Thomas
Thank you so much, Alan. That fixed it (See Script 2[SOLVED] below). For the purpose of record-keeping, I'm pasting the entire code of all scripts below as I should have done from the very beginning. P.S. How were you able to open attachments with the restrictions on this mailing list? Script 1

Re: [Tutor] Issue with Code

2016-04-30 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 01/05/16 01:16, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > I can't see anything obviously wrong in your code I was too busy focusing on the calculations that I didn't check the 'if' test closely enough. You need to convert your values from strings before comparing them. hours = float(raw_input ('How many

Re: [Tutor] Issue with Code

2016-04-30 Thread Matt Ruffalo
On 2016-04-30 11:30, Olaoluwa Thomas wrote: > I would appreciate a logical explanation for why the "else" statement in > the 2nd script isn't working properly. > > I'm running Python v2.7.8 on a Windows 7 Ultimate VM via Command prompt and > my scripts are created and edited via Notepad++ v6.7.3 >

Re: [Tutor] Issue with Code

2016-04-30 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 30/04/16 16:30, Olaoluwa Thomas wrote: > I've attached the scripts in question (created via Notepad++). attachments often get stripped by the mail system as a security risk. Since your code is very short just post it in the mail message as plain text. > The problem with this script is that th

[Tutor] Issue with Code

2016-04-30 Thread Olaoluwa Thomas
Hi, I'm new to Python and programming in general. I came across a simple exercise that is used to compute gross pay when prompted to enter number of hours and hourly rate. I've attached the scripts in question (created via Notepad++). The 1st script I wrote worked perfectly. The 2nd script makes