webinar-input-patterns-2024-02-10

# Webinar Input Patterns 2024 Feb 10

# input() ALWAYS returns a string

# Some common patterns...
# 1 Recast a numeric string into an int or float
# 2 Breaking up a long string into a list of smaller strings
# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 4 One value tells you how many times to call input()
# 5 We DON'T KNOW how many times to call input(), but we know
#       a sentinel value to stop

# 1 Recast a numeric string into an int or float
# 3 # not the int 3 it's "3"
# myInput = int(input())
# # myInput = int(myInput)
# print(type(myInput).__name__)

# 2 Breaking up a long string into a list of smaller strings
# "Pat Silly Doe" or "Julia Clark"
# myInput = input().split()
# print(myInput)
# strList = myInput.split()
# print(strList)

# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 24 88 32
# myInput = input().split()
# print(myInput)
#
# # fill the basket
# numList = []
# for num in myInput:
#     numList.append(int(num))
# print(numList)

# 4 One value tells you HOW MANY TIMES to call input()
# Any "known number of times" means a for loop
# 5
# 30.0
# 50.0
# 10.0
# 100.0
# 65.0

# call input() to get the number of times
# numTimes = int(input())
# floatList = []
#
# # loop over that range() to get the next inputs
# for n in range(numTimes):
#     nextInput = float(input())
#     floatList.append(nextInput)
# print(floatList)

# 5 We DON'T KNOW how many times to call input(), but we know to stop on some SENTINEL VALUE
# this is a WHILE loop condition

# get the first input()
myInput = input()

# set up a while loop using that var in its condition
# while myInput != "quit":
# while myInput != -1:
#     # do your stuff
#
#     myInput = input()

# Use a list for multiple sentinel values
# Stop on quit, or done, or d
myInput = input()
quitCommands = ["quit", "done", "d"]

while not myInput in quitCommands: # this saves you from having more complex Boolean conditions
    # do your stuff
    myInput = input()