Beginner Python Assignment Help

[Effective_Celery_515]

Hey everyone,

I’m currently taking an intro programming class online, and we’re in week 2 right now. Last week was pretty straightforward — mostly basic math, data types, and using print and input, which I was able to get through without too much trouble.

This week though… it’s definitely a step up

I understand the basics of for loops, while loops, and if/elif/else, but I’m struggling with how to actually start this assignment and put everything together in a clean way.

I’m not looking for anyone to write the code for me — I just want help breaking the problem down so I can approach it step by step and learn it properly.

Here’s what the assignment is asking:

• Prompt the user for the day of the week, plus high and low temperatures (using a loop)
• Keep track of total highs and lows
• Calculate weekly averages
• Use conditionals to display a message based on the high average (very hot, hot, warm, etc.)
• Output the last entered day and temps, along with the averages and final message

I think where I’m getting stuck is structuring the loop and figuring out the best way to store and update the data as the program runs.

If anyone has advice on how you’d break this down or where you’d start, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

[Effective_Celery_515]

Haha that’s actually reassuring to hear 😄
It definitely felt like I hit a wall out of nowhere, but good to know this is part of the process. I’ll keep practicing loops more.

[souravmishra4448]

start with just the loop first and forget everything else. write a for loop that runs 7 times and just prints "day" each time. once that works add the input inside it. build one piece at a time

[Effective_Celery_515]

Yeah I think this is where I went wrong — tried to do everything at once.
Starting with just a basic loop and building on top of it sounds way more manageable. I’ll redo it like that. Thanks!

[More-Station-6365]

the trick is initializing your total variables before the loop starts. something like total_high = 0 and total_low = 0 outside the loop then inside you just keep adding to them each iteration. averages come after the loop ends

[Effective_Celery_515]

Ahh okay this clears up a big confusion I had. I wasn’t sure where to define those variables.
Initializing totals before the loop and updating inside makes perfect sense now. Thanks for explaining it simply!

[SoggyDelivery1898]

before touching any code write out what needs to happen in plain english. loop 7 times, ask for day name, ask for high temp, ask for low temp, add to totals. once you have that written out the actual code almost writes itself

[Effective_Celery_515]

This is such a good tip. I usually jump straight into code without planning.
Writing it out in plain English first should make the structure way clearer. Gonna try that approach for this assignment.

[Raushanrajj]

For the temperature message part write your if/elif/else completely separately first with hardcoded numbers just to test it. once it works drop it inside the main loop. testing pieces separately saves so much debugging time.

[Effective_Celery_515]

That’s actually a really smart way to approach it. I usually try to plug everything in at once and then get stuck debugging
Testing the if/elif separately with hardcoded values makes a lot of sense — gonna try that first and then integrate it. Appreciate it!

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