webinar-input-patterns-2023-03-11

# Webinar Input Patterns Mar 11 2023

# input() ALWAYS returns a string
# myInput = input() # that myInput var is definitely a str!

# but we might want to change it to something else...

# 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
# looks a number...  5 so it's really "5"
# myInput = int(input())
# print(type(myInput))

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


# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 10 5 3 21 2
# myInput = "31 333 2 78 92" # input()
# strList = myInput.split()
# print(strList)
# numList = []
# for num in strList:
#     numList.append(int(num))
# print(numList)
#
# # 4 One value tells you HOW MANY TIMES to call input()
# # ... inputs:
# # 5
# # 30.0
# # 50.0
# # 10.0
# # 100.0
# # 65.0
#
# numValues = int(input())
# floatList = []
#
# for n in range(numValues): # for n in range(0, numValues):
#     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
# until "-1", or "quit"

# ask for the FIRST input()
myInput = input()
# THEN we can set up a loop condition
while myInput != "-1": # as long as the input var doesn't hold the sentinel value, look out for str "-1" vs int -1
    # do the stuff for this problem
    print(f"I got this input: {myInput}")
    myInput = input()
print(f"I am done! I saw the sentinel value of {myInput}")