#🔒 How does one convert a string input in print test into a variable in body?

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shrewd bobcat
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I am trying to convert a string "hour:time:seconds" into total seconds. obviously math is straigthforward. I am not allowed to use import or anything just the content ive learned so far.

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neat stirrup
shrewd bobcat
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no

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just not, in, and basic stuff thats taught in week 1 to 3

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or and

neat stirrup
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well since your input is a string and you need to somehow convert each part to a number, i'm assuming you can use int()

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in that case you can start from the beginning of the string, read in digits until you encounter a : character, convert that string into an integer, and repeat this 3 times for hours, minutes, and seconds

shrewd bobcat
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nvm. maybe its a week 4 thing. basically this is an assignment which is a series of questions for first half of this semester. but they test you things from week 1 to 5. this is just the first question. guess they just want me to manually do it

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but ill try ur advice

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thanks

frail glacier
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hm. the strings always have the same format.

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that should make things easier.

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the task says, the input always has the format 'hh:dd:mm'.

gritty veldt
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try looking into the datetime module. it offers a lot of functionality for handling time & dates.

neat stirrup
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I am not allowed to use import or anything just the content ive learned so far.

gritty veldt
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well for simple logic - you could approach this in 2 ways.

  1. make use of string builtins, like .split(), .isdigit() or .join()
  2. iterate over the string - connecting/handling characters when a condition is satisfied (like when reaching a colon :)
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