need help

[paul1977]

hi guys am very new to python and going through a couple of tutorials but not getting very far with them think its my age. So instaed i have decided to try and write a small programme and try and pick it up like that and it seems to be working. however i have become stuck now. I have typed the following code


#!/usr/bin/env python
#a simple question
keep_asking = True
while keep_asking:
a = raw_input("What Is My Name? ") # the question
print "paul"
if a == "Paul": # the answer
print ("Correct")
keep_asking = False
else:
print ("Wrong Try Again")


what i want to do is list 3 posible answers underneath the question can anyone hel. i know this is a simple and silly question but i cant figure it out thank you in advance

 

[feherke]

Hi

[tt]raw_input()[/tt] will wait for input and following lines will be executed only after it finished.

You will have to use a different approach, either
[ul]
[li]include the three hints in the [tt]raw_input()[/tt] prompt text[/li]
[li][tt]print[/tt] the question, [tt]print[/tt] the three hints, then [tt]raw_input()[/tt] the answer[/li]
[li]use a curses module to display the three hint at the desired position, then ask for the answer at another position[/li]
[/ul]


Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[obadare]

Try this link:

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html

 

[paul1977]

I just cant get my head around why you cant ask a simple question in the following order

question? answer
1. answer
2. answer
3.answer


seems very simple to me .

 

[mikrom]

Read again what feherke said.
The simplest is to write the hints in the same line - something like this:

a = raw_input("What Is My Name? (John, Peter, Paul): ")
if a == "John": # the answer 
  print ("John is correct")
elif a == "Peter": # the answer 
  print ("Peter is correct")
elif a == "Paul": # the answer 
  print ("Paul is correct")
else:
  print ("Wrong Try Again")

 

[IPGuru]

looking at the request you could should probably a function for multiple choice questions which you can reuse as req

def multichoice(question,answeres,correct):
    print question
    for answer in answers:
        print answer
    guess=raw_input()
    return guess==correct

which you can hen use as follows

q="what is my name"
a=['paul','fred','john']
c='paul'
multichoice(q,a,c)

although you should probably take further steps to sort out any case sensitivity issues .



I do not Have A.D.D. im just easily, Hey look a Squirrel!

 

[feherke]

Hi

If you just want to have the answers below the question, you could use an ANSI escape sequence :

[COLOR=darkgoldenrod]raw_input[/color][teal]([/teal][green][i]"\n1. answer\n2. answer\n3. answer\n\033[4AQuestion ? "[/i][/green][teal])[/teal]

Note that depending on the environment and the terminal, the ANSI escapes may or may not work.


Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/