[Tutor] Python closes out on attempt to run script

[Dave Angel]

On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Matthew Speltz wrote:
> I'm trying to teach myself python and have run across a rather
> annoying error.  I'm not sure exactly where the fault lies, so please
> pardon me for posting too much information, I'm not sure what would be
> relevant.
>
> I'm running the Python 3.2 Windows X86-64 MSI Installer found on
> http://www.python.org/download
>
> It opens fine, seems to run other scripts fine, but fails when I try
> to run my temperature converter script.  I have tried uninstalling and
> reinstalling Python a couple times, but it fails the exact same way.
> I try to leave debugging on in IDLE, but all the windows simply close
> and the processes exit.  Any ideas on what to try next to fix this?
>
> [code]
> #!usr/bin/python
> # Filename Temp_converter.py
>
> print('''Temperature converter, by ***** *****.\n'
>        Please enter the Temperature you wish to convert, followed
>        by the unit (C or F).''')
>
> while True: #This forces the program to come back to the beginning if
> the units end up being entered incorrectly.
>      raw = input('>  ') #prompt for temp
>
>      windchill = False #used later, defining now
>
>      if raw.endswith('F') or raw.endswith('f'): #Fahrenheit statement
>          temp = int(raw.strip('Ff ')) #Returns just the numeric value
>          unit = 'Celsius' #notes what we're converting to
>
>          if temp<= 40: #if appropriate, offers to calculate wind chill
>              windchill = True
>              tempf = temp #sets tempf for use as the fahrenheit format
> for windchill
>              global tempf
>
>          temp = (5/9)*(temp-32) #Converts Temperature
>
>
>          break #operation completed, move to close
>
>      elif raw.endswith('C') or raw.endswith('c'): #Celsius statement
>          temp = int(raw.strip('Cc ')) #Returns just the numberic value
>          unit = 'Fahrenheit'
>
>          temp = (9/5)*temp+32 #Converts Temperature
>
>          if temp<= 40: #if appropriate, offers to calculate wind chill
>              windchill = True
>              tempf = temp #sets tempf for use as the fahrenheit format
> for windchill
>              global tempf
>
>          break #operation completed, move to close
>
>      else:
>          print('Incorrect format, please try again')
>
> print ('Temperature in {0} is {1} .'.format(unit, temp)) #Prints
> results from while loop
>
> if windchill is True:
>      print ('For the wind chill, please enter the average wind speed in mph')
>      raw = input('>  ')
>
>      wind = int(raw.strip('mph ')) #in here to force last user input to
> a float number, also wind is used in windchill calulation
>
>      chill = 35.74 + (.6215 * tempf) - 35.75(wind**.16) + .4275 *
> tempf(wind**.16) #formula for wind chill
>
>      print ('The windchill for {0} degrees {1} at {2} mph is
> {3}'.format(temp, unit, wind, chill))
> [/code]
>

All that information is useful, but you left out the stack trace of the 
error message.  You say it "fails" but not how.

Run it from a CMD prompt, and carefully paste the entire stack trace of 
the error you get.  I've no experience with IDLE, and you say it closes 
on you anyway.  So don't use it.  Just run from a command prompt, and 
notice what it displays.

DaveA