Multiplication program

Question

I am making this multiplication program in python 2.7.5 for my sister, and I don't know how to count the correct answers. Here is the code:

import easygui
for i in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:
 answer = easygui.enterbox("What is " + str(i) + ' times 8?')
 if int(answer) == i * 8:
 easygui.msgbox("That is correct!")
 else:
 easygui.msgbox("Wrong!")

Answer 1

Why not just add a variable to keep count for you?

import easygui
correct_answers = 0 # start with none correct
for i in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:
 answer = easygui.enterbox("What is " + str(i) + ' times 8?')
 if int(answer) == i * 8:
 easygui.msgbox("That is correct!")
 correct_answers += 1 # increment
 else:
 easygui.msgbox("Wrong!")

You could improve your program by making the base number a variable, too, and using Python's str.format() rather than addition:

base = 8
...
 answer = easygui.enterbox("What is {0} times {1}?".format(i, base))
 if int(answer) == i * base:
 ...

• Steampunkery: The reason that I did not is because I just started python and did not know how.