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[swapsun]

Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
argument expected, got str.
I am a beginner.

################################
# print input name (str k), j times using raw_input

def hello():
j=raw_input("Please type in the number of times you want to print
")
k=raw_input("Please type in your name ")
printname(j,k)

def printname(j,k):
for i in range(j):
print ("Hello %s" % k)
################################

[Diez B. Roggisch]

sw*****@gmail.com wrote:

Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
argument expected, got str.
I am a beginner.

Because raw_input does return you as string which you need explicitly
convert to a number, e.g. doing

i = int(input)

Diez

[Thomas Woelz]

On 7 maio, 09:25, [e-mail] wrote:

Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
argument expected, got str.
I am a beginner.

################################
# print input name (str k), j times using raw_input

def hello():
j=raw_input("Please type in the number of times you want to print
")
k=raw_input("Please type in your name ")

# add this:
j = int(j)

printname(j,k)

def printname(j,k):
for i in range(j):
print ("Hello %s" % k)
################################

theres too much whitespace in the printname function, try to stick
with 4 spaces (and no tabs) for each block

[swapsun]

On May 7, 8:36*am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] wrote:

Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
argument expected, got str.
I am a beginner.

Because raw_input does return you as string which you need explicitly
convert to a number, e.g. doing

i = int(input)

Diez

Thank you, Diez!

[swapsun]

On May 7, 8:42*am, Thomas Woelz <[e-mail]:

On 7 maio, 09:25, [e-mail] wrote:

Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
argument expected, got str.
I am a beginner.

################################
# print input name (str k), j times using raw_input

def hello():
* * j=raw_input("Please type in the number of times you want to print
")
* * k=raw_input("Please type in your name ")

* * # add this:
* * j = int(j)

* * printname(j,k)

def printname(j,k):
* * * * * for i in range(j):
* * * * * * * * print ("Hello %s" % k)
################################

theres too much whitespace in the printname function, try to stick
with 4 spaces (and no tabs) for each block

Thanks very much for the advice. Will follow...

[Terry Reedy]

<sw*****@gmail.comwrote in message
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| Any idea why the following program does not work? I was learning IO on
| Python and the following generates a TypeError: range() integer end
| argument expected, got str.
| I am a beginner.
|
| ################################
| # print input name (str k), j times using raw_input
|
| def hello():
| j=raw_input("Please type in the number of times you want to print
| ")
| k=raw_input("Please type in your name ")
| printname(j,k)
|
| def printname(j,k):
| for i in range(j):
| print ("Hello %s" % k)

For future debugging, use print to find out what values you actually have.
print j,k #before printname()
would have shown you that j is a string.
Also use the type() function as needed.
And do read the Lib Ref sections on builting functions and types.

tjr