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For the following problem: Write a program that repeatedly prompts a user for integer numbers until the user enters done . Once 'done' is entered, print out the largest and smallest of the numbers. If the user enters anything other than a valid number catch it with a try/except and put out an appropriate message and ignore the number. Input Cases: Enter 7, 2, bob, 10, and 4 and match the output below.

My program is not correctly showing the ans. What is problem here?

Output: Invalid input, Maximum is 10, Minimum is 2.

• Suggestion: don't test only with the given sequence of inputs. Try a variety of test cases. For example, try entering only "done", try entering only one number, try entering only an invalid input, try entering numbers that only increase or decrease. When a test fails, fix the script for that case and then test some more. –  Dennis Sparrow Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 3:11
• 1 Your indentation is off, everything in the while loop should be indented from the while True statement –  Sam Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 3:48
• Looks to me like Maximum is 10, Minimum is 2 is correct, for 7, 2, bob, 10, 4. No? –  Sam Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 3:50
• given output section is only the expected output. but my given input does not showup like that. –  user3404895 Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 3:55

10 Answers 10

You are missing out few statements while printing the output. The following code worked for me.

Have verified and runs successfully.

• Your answer is good, but code-only answers are discouraged. Please edit it to include an explanation. –  Sylvester is on codidact.com Commented Jan 1, 2022 at 21:58

Try this code and thank me later

If you include elif statements, they won't be checked if the condition in the if statement is true, so if I had "elif smallest..." it would never be checked giving 'Minimus is none' as a result.

This is the only thing I could work out. Couldn't figure out how to keep largest and smallest at the value of none

Fellow coders; most of the above-provided codes are right. The problem is the browser. I used chrome and got a mismatch. I then run the same code using Microsoft edge and finally received "Grade updated on server." So use a different browser. thank me later.

• Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please edit to add further details about your code. –  CreepyRaccoon Commented May 4, 2023 at 11:44

• I’m having trouble understanding your question, what exactly are you trying to ask? –  surftijmen Commented Dec 27, 2021 at 8:54

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Edeath-9 commented Mar 25, 2022

I have written this code but in case of largest and smallest number it is showing done. How to fix this

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newbie-Ds commented Jun 7, 2022 • edited Loading

I think it's because you put while True: number = input("Enter a Number: ") largest = number ------------------ if you enter 'done', here returns to 'done' smallest = number ------------------ if you enter 'done', here returns to 'done'

Let's try if this works.

kholoud24 commented Aug 5, 2022

maxum = False minum = False while True: input_value = input("enter number\n") if input_value == 'done': break try: input_value = int(input_value) if not maxum or maxum < input_value: maxum = input_value

print('max is ', maxum, 'min is', minum)

Minting-2022 commented Nov 9, 2022

When I enter a number,it just shows the'Invalid input',how can I fix it? count=0 total=0 largest=None smallest=None

while True: number=input("Enter a number: ") if number=='done': break try: fnum=float(number) if number=='done': break if largest<=fnum: largest=fnum if smallest>=fnum: smallest=fnum except: print("Invalid input") continue total=total+fnum count=count+1

print(total,count,largest,smallest)

gaurvimadan commented Nov 13, 2022 • edited Loading

I guess the problem is that you have used below mentioned if statement twice. It shouldn't be added in try statement. if number=='done': break

I tried solving the question in the below mentioned way, maybe it can help you.

When I enter a number,it just shows the'Invalid input',how can I fix it? count=0 total=0 largest=None smallest=None while True: number=input("Enter a number: ") if number=='done': break try: fnum=float(number) if number=='done': break if largest<=fnum: largest=fnum if smallest>=fnum: smallest=fnum except: print("Invalid input") continue total=total+fnum count=count+1 print(total,count,largest,smallest)

marzth23 commented May 25, 2024

I did mine like this, I hope it helps...

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5.2. Built-in functions ¶

Python provides a number of important built-in functions that we can use without needing to provide the function definition. The creators of Python wrote a set of functions to solve common problems and included them in Python for us to use.

The max and min functions give us the largest and smallest values in a list, respectively:

The max function gives us the value 4 because it is the largest value in the list. The min function, inversely, give us the value -2 because it is the smallest value in the list.

Q-2: What will be printed as the output of this code?

• Incorrect! You cannot use the max function to compare different data types. Try again.
• There is an error
• Correct! This code causes a TypeError because the max function cannot be used to compare different data types.

Another very common built-in function is the len function, which tells us how many items are in its argument. If the argument to len is a string, it returns the number of characters in the string.

These functions can operate on any set of values, as we will see in later chapters.

You should treat the names of built-in functions as reserved words (i.e., avoid using “max” as a variable name).

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Q-5: Consider the code block below. What prints?

• Incorrect! Spaces and punctuation characters count in the length. Try again.
• Incorrect! Punctuation characters count in the length. Try again.
• Incorrect! Spaces count in the length. Try again.
• Correct! 13 is the length of all characters in the string, including spaces and punctuation.

Q-6: Which of the following would work as a variable name?

• Incorrect! This is a reserved keyword because it is a built-in function in Python. Try again.
• Correct! built_in is a valid variable name because it is not a built-in Python function.

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