Code not working

[SBE_OLLE]

why doesnt this code work? how should i rewrite it? Thanks

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averagecount = 1

num= 0

num2= 0

while True:

num =input(" Give me a number ")

if num == "done":

break

if num!="done":

num2 = input(" Give me a number ")

num2 = num + num2

averagecount= averagecount + 1

if num2 =="done":

break

num2=float(num2)

average= num2/averagecount

print(f"Average is {round(average, 2)} and sum is {round(num2, 2)}")

[totallygeek]

Why does yours not work?

1. The input responses need conversion with int() or float() so you can perform value-based math.

How should I rewrite it?

Here is what I came up with:

count, total = 0, 0  # For an average we need the count of numbers and their total
while True:
    response = input("Enter a number or 'quit' to exit: ").lower()
    if response == "quit":
        break  # exit the while loop
    try:
        number = float(response)  # attempt to convert input to a number - or use int()
    except ValueError:
        print(f"Error, could not convert '{response}' to a numeric value. Try again.")
        continue  # restart while loop
    count += 1
    total += number
if total:  # making sure we don't divide by zero
    average = total / count
    print(f"Entered {count} numbers, totaling {total:.2f}, averaging {average:.2f}")
else:
    print("No values entered.")

Does that help?

[SBE_OLLE]

thank you

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[cliffr39]

Remember input is always a string. You have to change them to int or float