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Python

Posted by lukerucker
lukerucker
1,754 Points

Text based calculator in python

So I'm trying to write a text based calculator in python and I've run into an error. The code is at https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x34bfgop7a9ctz/calc.py?dl=0 When I run it, I get the error; ''' Traceback (most recent call last): File "calc.py", line 30, in <module> split(equ[1], equ[3]) IndexError: list index out of range ''' Please help!

saiwentum
saiwentum
6,374 Points

I think python lists start at zero. This means you would want the 0th and 2nd element not the first and third.

split(equ[0], equ[2])

ill leave it to you to fix the next line.

1 Answer

lukerucker
lukerucker
1,754 Points

Wow... I knew that, I just wasn't thinking about that when I wrote it. Thanks!