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1,760 Pointsrepetitive looping necessary?
Why do we put num_tickets = int(num_tickets) in the while loop?
while tickets_remaining >= 1:
print("There are {} tickets remaining.".format(tickets_remaining))
num_tickets = input("How many tickets would you like, {}? ".format(name))
num_tickets = int(num_tickets)
so each iteration it would have to re-run co-ercing num_tickets into an int right? Is there a better process for this?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,172 PointsThat's a type conversion — it's not related to the looping, nor is it repetitive.
The "input" statement returns a string, so the "int" function is used to convert it into a number to make it possible to use it in value comparisons and math operations.