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raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:07 AM

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I’m trying to make a calculator.

vivid birchBOT May 1, 2026, 4:07 AM

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raw girder I’m trying to make a calculator.

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@raw girder

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delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:08 AM

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Generally:

if some condition here:
    thing to do if it is true
else:
    thing to do if it is false

You can omit the else: part.

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So the condition will test something you're interested in.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:08 AM

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What am I doing wrong here?

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:09 AM

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Ah, the test for equality is spelled == (2 equals) not =, which is for assignment.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:10 AM

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Oh

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So now I have another issue

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There’s a white box that just deletes everything

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:12 AM

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Can you be more detailed?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:13 AM

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When I push space it dissapears

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:13 AM

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It looks like some odd typing mode. Can you not just type the missing stuff out again?

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I assume you cant run discord directly on that PC?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:14 AM

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When I try to use “” I can’t get in between without deleting one of the “

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I have discord on that pc

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:14 AM

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Try a left or right arrow key?

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:14 AM

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raw girder I have discord on that pc

If you run discord there you can copy/paste the code as text, far better than a screenshot or photo.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:14 AM

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So it just goes between the two “ and never goes in between

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I’ll copy and paste

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Discord is currently loading up

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:16 AM

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raw girder So it just goes between the two “ and never goes in between

I'm still not sure what this means.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:17 AM

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When I use left and right arrows and try to type something in I can never type in the space between the white bar only goes onto the “”

versed canyon May 1, 2026, 4:18 AM

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num1 = int(input("First number(s)"))
num2 = int(input("Second number(s)?"))
op = input("What are we doing?")
if op == ""

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:18 AM

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That’s the copy and paste

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:19 AM

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You can't just type if op == "+": ?
Is something autotyping the second quote or something?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:19 AM

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I’ll just screen record it.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:23 AM

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delicate iris You can't just type `if op == "+":` ? Is something autotyping the second quote ...

Do you have experience using medal?

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:23 AM

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No. What's that?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:23 AM

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A recording app

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:23 AM

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Oh

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:25 AM

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The arrows don’t work

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:25 AM

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Oh. Just type when the block is over the scond quote symbol.

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What happens if you do that?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:26 AM

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The second one just gets deleted

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And it gets replaced by what I typed

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:26 AM

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Oh. Maybe you're in some "overwirte" mod, instead of the more usualy "insert text" mode. Does pressing ESC turn off the block?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:27 AM

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No

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I figured out the issue

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:27 AM

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When did the white block appear? What had you just typed?

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Oh yay. What is it?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:27 AM

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It was smth called mdv

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Idk what is that.

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:28 AM

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Me either.

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:28 AM

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Thanks!

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:28 AM

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Things working now? If statement ok?

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:29 AM

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Yea

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Ima keep this open in case I need more help

raw girder May 1, 2026, 4:46 AM

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@delicate iris How do I input a division symbol?

delicate iris May 1, 2026, 4:49 AM

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Just type a forward slash /

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If you want the dot-above-and-blow-horizontal-line I'm not sure.

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If you want the dotty thing in a line, try \U{DIVISION SIGN} in the string, eg:

"\U{DIVISION SIGN}"

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Sorry, \N not \U
the N is for "name".

>>> "\N{DIVISION SIGN}"
'÷'

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@raw girder ^

raw girder May 1, 2026, 5:06 AM

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Oh thanks!

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!solved

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