python programming is killing me....?

Question

this is doing my head in and if anyone knows where to at least start with this.. i dont know whether to use loops or counts or whatever
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i need a program, so that the user enters an integer number of seconds..

the output gives.. 0 hours 39 minutes 4 seconds etc...

Answer 1

Salem is on the right track, but his program isn't in Python syntax. Remember that in Python, unlike other languages, indentation is significant, so if you don't indent your while and if sections properly, the program won't work. Because Yahoo Answers removes extra spaces, I've put full stops instead - replace them with spaces when you type it in.

This is a bit better:

s = raw_input("Enter number of seconds: ")
try:
....secs = int(s)
except ValueError:
....print "Enter a numerical value."

minutes = 0
hours = 0

while secs > 60:
....secs -= 60
....minutes += 1
....if minutes == 60:
........minutes = 0
........hours += 1

print "%d hours %d minutes %d seconds" % (hours, minutes, secs)


This isn't perfect - amongst other things, it will still put plurals even if it works out at 1 minute etc. No doubt you can improve it to fix that.

Answer 2

I dont program in python, but i have programming expierence in other languages so i think i can help with the concept. have a loop run and check if it is still more than 60 seconds. if it is, add one to minutes and take away 60 from seconds. before you add the one to minutes, check to make sure that it is less than 60, and if it isnt then add 1 to hours and take away 60 from minutes. heres the psuedo-code:

LOOP while seconds > 60
(
seconds = seconds - 60
minutes = minutes + 1
if minutes = 60
minutes = 0
hours = hours +1
)

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Answer 3

lol dont listen to that guy above me

integer i
print i/60, "hours", i%60, "minutes"

now that was ez :)

i dont know python syntax, but the / means integer division and the commas signify string concatenation and the % means modulo

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Why don't you put the job up for contract at one of those software sites. Lots of freelance programmers competiting for jobs. Many may already have a similar program for your needs and just need to tweak it in order to get it to do what you want it to do.