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#!/usr/bin/python
# Translation of program "COMPUT" (solution 1) from D.M. Etter,
# _Structured FORTRAN 77 for Engineers and Scientists_, p.93
# This program computes the average of a set of experimental data
# values.
sum = 0.0
count = 0
x = float(raw_input(""))
while x!=0.0:
sum = sum+x
count = count+1
x = float(raw_input(""))
averg = sum/float(count)
print "The average is %6.2f\n" % (averg)
# Notes:
#
# The basics of the while loop and comparison operators can be found
# in the original Python tutorials, e.g.
# http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/tut/node5.html#SECTION005200000000000000000
#
# And in Python, indentation is how you indicate a nested block of code.
#!/usr/bin/python
# Translation of program "ANALYZ" from D.M. Etter, _Structured FORTRAN
# 77 for Engineers and Scientists_, p.94
# This program determines maximum and minimum values and the range of
# values for a set of data values.
x = float(raw_input(""))
max = x
min = x
x = float(raw_input(""))
while x!=0.0:
if x>max:
max = x