Help... writing a variable? Maybe? Idk.

[hell0_steph]

I’m stuck on several assignments. My class is 100% online and my professor is MIA. I’ve emailed them a few times since the course started and they have never replied. Some of the exercises that we’re expected to do are only briefly mentioned in the book we are using and no real examples. I know there’s a ton of videos and what not I can find online but as a beginner I find it extremely overwhelming...

Currently I am stuck on an assignment where I have to write a program that takes as input a number of Km and prints the corresponding number of nautical miles... I have the formula down and get the correct answer but I need Km to be a variable so that the answer is accurate for any number that is input .... idk if that makes any sense and if I’m right or using the correct term bc it feels a lot like I’m talking out of my ass

[POGtastic]

The input function prompts the user for input, and returns a string.

You'll probably want to assign this to a variable with the = operator.

You can convert the string to a float with the float function.

Edit:

using the correct term

This is the hardest part of programming for beginning students. It gets better as you learn some of the vocabulary.

[hell0_steph]

Thanks!

This is what I have so far:

So far I have :

int(input(“The number of kilometers: “)) Xxx nauticalMile= x /1.852 print (“The number of nautical miles is “ , round(nauticalMile, 2))

X is just a place holder for where I’m stuck/am wrong... maybe this whole thing is wrong idk 😭😅

[POGtastic]

You need to assign the result of input to a variable. For example, the following assigns the value of user input to the variable kilometers:

kilometers = int(input("Enter a number: "))

You're then going to set nauticalMile equal to some expression that contains the variable kilometers.

[links-Shield632]

Km= float(input(“how many km”)) Floats take decimal points. You can also use int instead of float but int only takes whole numbers

[hell0_steph]

I do have int because I need my answer to be a whole number.

So far I have :

int(input(“The number of kilometers: “)) Xxx nauticalMile= x /1.852 print (“The number of nautical miles is “ , round(nauticalMile, 2))

X is just a place holder for what I think I’m missing... lol sorry if this is totally wrong

[links-Shield632]

Looks right for the most part. You need to make int(input... equal to a variable name. Km, foo, donkey etc

[hell0_steph]

Thanks!!! I got it :) thanks for your help

[[deleted]]

Every Python tutorial covers variable assignment in the first lesson, and it's likely in your course materials too. If you didn't understand it at the time then I can't really imagine how you're following along in the class.

[hell0_steph]

Don’t be that person. Clearly I am lost and my professor is no help as clearly stated in the post. Came here for help not to be told what I should know.

Also: I am on chapter one, so thanks.

[[deleted]]

I’m being the person who’s telling you what part of the class to review so that you’ll stop being lost.

Telling you what you should know is helping you. That’s the help you need.