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boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 3:50 AM

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I was messing around with if-else statements and "while True" as well. I decided to make a simple login page with it. I wanted to know if there was an easier way to do it. I was wondering if there was a way to combine them or something to make it less lengthy. I needed several 'while True' statements or it just loops back to the beginning when ran.

https://paste.pythondiscord.com/GVMQ

ocean edgeBOT Feb 28, 2024, 3:50 AM

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boreal saddle I was messing around with if-else statements and "while True" as well. I decided...

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@boreal saddle

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boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 AM

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The code works, I was just wondering if there was an easier way to do it

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:20 AM

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first few lines here i found something

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user = input("Enter Username: ")
``` the input also prints to the terminal. ill keep reading

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your 3 while trues are also concerning. instead of opening a new while true within the original while, break it with

break
``` which forces the while loop to end and make your new loop from there.

it reduces indentation making code easier to read

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@boreal saddle

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you also had an extra while True which i didnt catch until just now but i edited my message to fix that

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:28 AM

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alright thanks

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:28 AM

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do you see what i did?

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bc something telling me you are about to just copy this without asking any questions as to why which is why ive deleted it now

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:32 AM

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yea, I tried to use the break but i did it wrong i think

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1 sec

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after the break, do i need another while True?

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:33 AM

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sorry if you werent going to do that, but a lot of people who say alright thanks just immediately copy the message and close the chat without seeing why its done that way

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but yes you would put another while true after the break with no indention

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:34 AM

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nah, i wasn't. I'm taking a course as well. I'm actually trying to learn

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ill post what I have after I update it

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:35 AM

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while you edit can you send the task itself? some of these homework questions have weird catches to them

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*im assuming its an assignment from the wording of the title

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:36 AM

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nah, i was just learning about if, elif and else and thought i would make something myself

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:36 AM

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alright, now that gives us more freedom

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:40 AM

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after the break, the script ends? I added the while True

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:41 AM

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can you send what you have? prob a syntax error

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:42 AM

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https://paste.pythondiscord.com/VCMA

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this is the first part of it, it stops after the break

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:45 AM

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your indention seems off, can you please upload the whole thing? it could just be a paste error

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:45 AM

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ok

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https://paste.pythondiscord.com/4U3A

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:48 AM

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so the break leaves the closest loop entirely. move your second loop all the way to the left. as is your program physically cannot reach the second loop

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i also just finished the better way to do this once we get this working too to show you how it should be done

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but only after you manage to get it working so you can learn the fundamentals

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:50 AM

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alright, i think i see what you're saying now. I'll update the three loops and post what i have. Thanks for the help by the way.

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The confusing part for me was the while True statement indentations. I thought because it was in a new code block it needed to be indented past the break line

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:51 AM

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nope, the break exits the loop entirely so to start a new loop you have to make it outside the scope of the broken loop

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always start new code blocks as far left as possible

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more indentions = bad

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:52 AM

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ah ok

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:52 AM

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this remake ive done for you has at most 3 indentions and that 3rd indention is only returns and prints

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i should prob clarify - im not using multiple while true loops like you are so if youre stuck trying to figure out how to use fewer indentions dont worry about it. as long as you understand

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:57 AM

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ah ok. I think i got it. uploading it to pastebin rn

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https://paste.pythondiscord.com/JMQQ

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like this?

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:59 AM

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looks right, big question now. does it work?

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 4:59 AM

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it does

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 4:59 AM

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alright, one moment then. im having my local ai generate comments for you for this code

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:00 AM

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i tried it with the right login and the wrong login and it worked both ways

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with the wrong login it looped as I wanted it to

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:03 AM

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https://paste.pythondiscord.com/Z4DA

now heres how i would do it - minus the plain text credentials but thats beyond what youre doing today

please ask me questions but hopefully the sheer amount of comments should help you (thank you my friend cody the ai)

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and before you ask, no i dont use the ai to code(most of the time) i mostly use it to generate comments and documentation bc i work in a group and i get yelled at for not properly documenting XD

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:04 AM

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yea i know adding comments can be a bit tedious

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:05 AM

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so any questions on what i sent? i know its wildly different than what you made but it does the same thing using better practices (minus credentials being plain text lol)

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:06 AM

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i think i get everything except for how the authentication part works.

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:07 AM

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alright, just ask which part or do you want me to just break down the whole line?

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:08 AM

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wait nvm, authentication and authenticate are different variables

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:08 AM

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do you understand how i called the command you enter? im betting thats the farthest out there concept in there

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:09 AM

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yea i don't get that part

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what is the f"{user}/home: do?

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:11 AM

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so thats an f string. instead of ""+"" you can do f"{variable} basic text" to insert variable data without a bunch of +'s. it also does some other cool things but thats the basic function. lets you insert text

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:11 AM

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oh

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:12 AM

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the /home was just to indicate it wasnt the login portion

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:12 AM

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oh i see

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:13 AM

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with it the user being user i got confused myself and thought it didnt work until i realized what happened so i added the /home

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:13 AM

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yea, i just used user as a placeholder

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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i think my help channel is about to timeout lol. guess im asking again tomorrow

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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I'm actually taking a SQL server college course so hopefully, I would be able to learn storing data in databases and such and integrate Python into what I'm learning about SQL. (to not have passwords in plain text)

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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perfect, youll have it figured out in no time then

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:15 AM

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thanks for your help, and I hope your channel doesn't get timed out

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:16 AM

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it prob will my problem is kinda out there

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:16 AM

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i would help if i knew more lol

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:16 AM

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https://discord.com/channels/267624335836053506/1212252661609406464

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unless you know ast XD

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:17 AM

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nah I'm kinda just starting if you couldn't tell

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This is like day one for me

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:17 AM

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oh my bad i thought you were a master programmer here to teach me

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:17 AM

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lol

swift obsidian Feb 28, 2024, 5:19 AM

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yup theres the timeout. guess im asking tomorrow, enjoy learning... while you can

boreal saddle Feb 28, 2024, 5:21 AM

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yea im trying. Thanks for your help

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