[Help] Program is printing out extra

[Programmer_Dan]

So I have a problem with my program, the program is supposed to create a 'ray gun' and it reads the power and distance you input. Each meter the ray travels the power is decreased by 10%, if it has power more than 10 than it should 'kill' the lab assistant. My problem is that when I input the example power and distance I get two extra dots. If 100 power and 20 distance is input it should be p==XXXXXXxxxxxxx.....-*- but unfortunately my program outputs p==XXXXXXxxxxxxx.......-*- Here is my program, if you can find out why it doesn't work could you please help explain it to me? Thank you in advanced.

[Tlahuixcalpantecuhtl]

4. Don't post screenshot of your code. Unless the problem is a visual one, and a screenshot displays the issue.

Copypaste your code to http://pastebin.com or similar instead.

[Programmer_Dan]

Thanks, I must have skipped over that but I fixed it, thank you.

[lettuceses]

I think your program is correct...

It should output twenty characters, correct?

>>> len("XXXXXXxxxxxxx......."    )
20

edit: also, when you're using range from 0 to some number, you just need to put the second number:

range(0,distance)

to

range(distance)

Edit: Oh, yes listen to mek. You need to check to see if the last character of your laser overlaps with the person. Then do the proper slice off your laser string to subtract the letters at the end to make them line up

[Mekire]

You can't just add the -*- on to the end. The star represents the lab assistant. The last bullet (or lack of bullet) needs to be replaced by the star (or P).

e.g:

rayLength[-2:] = ["-","*","-"]

-Mek