[Tutor] stopping at 100 entries - Use " for i in range(100)"

[Michael Schmitt]

How about this:

########################################
total = 0
for i in range(100):
 total = total + input("next number please:")
 print "The sum is now " , total
########################################
Michael Schmitt

-----Original Message-----
From: CMNOLEN@aol.com <CMNOLEN@aol.com>
To: tutor@python.org <tutor@python.org>
Date: Saturday, October 07, 2000 3:54 PM
Subject: [Tutor] stopping at 100 entries


>Hi-
>I am working through the 'Learning to Program Python' exercises. I had no
>trouble with the first exercise, a program to accept entries of numbers,
>tallying and reporting the sum until 100 is met or exceeded. I am now
>attempting to write one that will accept 100 entries, tracking the sum. I
>cannot seem to come up with a block that will stop the calculations after
the
>100th(or 10th or 5th etc.) entry. A point in the right direction would be
>greatly appreciated!cmn
>
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