"Johnson Tran" <aznj...@me.com> wrote
I started out with a short program below and I thought
it was working although I cannot seem to figure out
how to use the except ValueError so that when
the user puts an invalid answer the program does
not read with an error.
You have to replace the line that says 'pass'
with code that does something to make the value
correct. Asking the user to try again with a more
sensible value would be a start.
Although according to the error message, it
seems to be saying that my line 4
"number1 = float (number_string1)" is incorrect.
Its not saying its incorrect, its saying thats where
the ValueError occured. Which is true because you
entered 'test' which cannot be converted to a
float - its an invalid value.
model=raw_input("What kind of car do you drive?")
number_string1=raw_input("How many gallons have you driven?")
number1 = float (number_string1)
number_string2=raw_input("How many miles have you driven?")
number2 = float (number_string2)
You will fin it easier if you use descriptive names for
your variables.
gallons and miles
would seem reasonable here...
try:
model=float(model)
except ValueError:
pass
This says if you get an error ignore it (ie pass).
But you don't want to ignore it, you want to get
a valid value.
print "Your average number of miles to gallons is",
print number1 / number2
HTH,
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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