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[sharp sandal]

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[pure wyvern]

#variables and/or constants
cont = 0 #continue or not
par1 = 0 #par for the course played
par2 = 0
par3 = 0
par4 = 0
par5 = 0
par6 = 0
par7 = 0
par8 = 0
par9 = 0
par10 = 0
shot1 = 0 #what the user shot on the specified course par
shot2 = 0
shot3 = 0
shot4 = 0
shot5 = 0
shot6 = 0
shot7 = 0
shot8 = 0
shot9 = 0
shot10 = 0
averagepar = 0
averageshot = 0

#get the user to input the par for the course played and what they shot on it

par1 = int(input('Enter the par for the first course you played: '))
shot1 = int(input('Enter the score you got on the course: '))
cont = int(input('Press 1 for results or press 2 to continue adding scores '))
if cont == 1:
if shot1 == par1:
print("You're a scratch golfer! Congratulations")
print('Press ENTER to exit this program')
else:
print('Your handicap is',(shot1 - par1))
print('Press ENTER to exit this program')
elif cont == 2:
par2 = int(input('Enter the par for the second course you played:'))
shot2 = int(input('Enter the score you got on the second course you played'))
cont = int(input('Press 1 for results or press 2 to continue adding scores'))

[sharp sandal]

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[pure wyvern]

Sorry for confusion, I am very new here. I am trying to make a program to calculate a golfer's handicap to practice my coding. Is there a better way for the user to input as many values as they want for me to average them without individually defining every par and shot?

[vocal star]

A loop and a list. Any time you make a lot of variables with numbers in the name, it's a time to consider using lists

Also, unless you will use the pars and shots afterwards, you can just reuse the same variables (overwriting previous value)

[pure wyvern]

thank you for the help, i will look up loops and lists and hopefully solve my issue 🙂

[sharp sandal]

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