webinar-python-input-patterns-2023-11-11

# Webinar Input Patterns 2023 Nov 11

# 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
# 5 # that 5 is "5" but I might want the int 5
# myInput = float(input())# int(input())
# print(myInput)
# print(type(myInput).__name__)

# 2 Breaking up a long string into a list of smaller strings
# myInput = input()
# myList = myInput.split()
# print(myList)

# 12 28 34 # one input() to be split()
# 12 # vs 3 separate calls to input()
# 28
# 34

# "Pat Silly Doe" or "Julia Clark"
# myInput = input().split()
# # myList = myInput.split()
# print(myInput)
# print(len(myInput))

# 3 Break up a string containing numeric chars into a list of
#       recast ints or floats
# 12 28 34 # one input() to be split()
# myInput = input()
# strList = myInput.split()
# print(strList) # ['12', '99', '34', '25']
#
# numList = []
# for item in strList:
#     numList.append(int(item))
# print(numList) # [12, 99, 34, 25]

# 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
# numVals = int(input())
# floatList = []
#
# # loop with range()
# for num in range(numVals):
#     nextInput = float(input())
#     floatList.append(nextInput)
#     # floatList.append(float(input()))
#
# 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

# myInput = input()

# set up a while loop
# while myInput != "-1":
#     # do whatever we need to do
#     print(myInput)
#     # get next input
#     myInput = input()
# print("OK. Quitting...")

# # Stop on quit or done or d
quitCmds = ["quit", "done", "d"]
myInput = input()

while not myInput in quitCmds:
    # do stuff
    print(f"I got the command {myInput}")
    myInput = input()
print("Done!")