Hello
How would I get the following program to accept inputs of exam scores from 0-100 with A being 100-90, B being 89-80, C being 79-70, D being 69-60, and F being everything less than 60?
Many solutions are available. One could use an if statement:
if g >= 90: s = 'A'
elif g >= 80: s = 'B'
...
else: g = 'F'
although that can be hard to maintain.
Or associate the lower limit with the data and search using a loop:
scores = [("A",90), ("B",80), ("C".70), ("D",60),("F",0) ]
for letter, number in scores:
if g >= number:break
print "The score of your exam is", letter
This separates the data from the program structure and becomes much easier to maintain / extend, apply to new situation.
If you are using a database then you could store these value pairs in a table and use SQL to retrieve the desired letter.
When the number ranges have a nice progression, you can reduce the number to an index:
print "The score of your exam is", "FFFFFEDCBAA"[g/10] # this is simpler code but harder to read/maintain.
Or - knowing that chr(65) = "A", chr(66) = "B" you could convert the number to be in the range 65..70 and use chr()
import string
You do not refer to the string module, so there is no need to import it. Also be ware that it will eventually go away.
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