nested loops

Alister alister.ware at ntlworld.com
Tue Feb 26 09:36:40 EST 2013


On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:46:11 +0100, leonardo wrote:

> hi everyone,
> 
> i have the following program:
> 
> import time count_timer = int(raw_input('how many seconds?: '))
> for i in range(count_timer, 0, -1):
>      print i time.sleep(1)
> print 'blast off!'
> 
> 
> this is the result:
> 
> how many seconds?: 5 5
> 4
> 3
> 2
> 1
> blast off!
> 
> how can i have it print  a row of stars beside each number, like this?:
> 
> how many seconds?: 5 5 * * * * *
> 4 * * * *
> 3 * * *
> 2 * *
> 1 *
> blast off!

you could try simply changing your print statement to


print "%s %s"%(i,"*" * i)

:-)

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