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Python Challenge Solution

Nayonna Purnell
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Nayonna Purnell
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My code is getting an AttributeError when using .lower to start my while loop in Python, please help.

My Code is below. When I start the while loop with .lower, I get an Attribute Error: 'NoneType'. I have also written this problem with if/ else statements without .lower and got the program to work. What is wrong with my code below?

#Ask the user for their name
name = input("What's your name? ")

#Ask the user if they understand Python While loops.  
#Print the users input to the screen
comprehension = print(input(f"{name}, do you understand Python while loops?\n(Enter yes or no:)"))


#Create a while statement that checks if the user doesn't understand while loops

while comprehension.lower()== 'no':
    #If the user doesn't understand Python loops, explain them.
    print(f"Ok, {name}, while loops in Python repeat as long as a certain Boolean condition is met.")

    #Ask the user again, by name, if they understand Python loops.
    comprehension =input(print(f"{name}, now do you understand Python while loops?"))

#Outside the while loop, congratulate the user for understanding while loops.
print(f"That's great, {name}.  I'm pleased that you understand while loops now.  That was getting repetitive.")

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The use of "lower" seems fine, but the assignment of "comprehension" seems to have a syntax issue. The "input" statement should not be inside a "print" statement:

comprehension = input(f"{name}, do you understand Python while loops?\n(Enter yes or no:)")
Nayonna Purnell
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Nayonna Purnell
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Nayonna Purnell
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Thank you Steven for answering me. Why do you say that , The "input" statement should not be inside a "print" statement? Is there a rule in Python that supports your suggestion? I have used this syntax for other Python problems and it worked. Please share.

The text editor is specifically complaining about the lines below and gave an Attribute Error: 'NoneType' message.

while comprehension.lower()== 'no':
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I don't mean it can't be done, only that this "input" statement should not be inside a "print". When used here, it causes what is typed in to be put back on the screen, and more importantly it prevents the typed-in value from being stored into "comprehension" which leads to the error.