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Date Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:08:10 +1000
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:57 AM,  <thomasancilleri@gmail.com> wrote:
> I responded before I saw this message, this was very helpful so I appreciate your quick and helpful responses. So do you think prompting for a string and then checking if the string is true is a good practice for something like this? When would checking for true/false be necessary?

Prompting for a string is fairly standard. Just figure out what sort
of string you want to look for.

Play around with other programs with similar interfaces, and decide
what you like. Anything you want to do can be done; most of them won't
even be difficult.

ChrisA

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    Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:12 -0400
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        Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 03:23 +1000
        Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:30 -0400
  Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 06:58 -0700
    Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 00:05 +1000
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        Re: While loop help Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 12:02 -0400
        Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 02:10 +1000
          Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:24 -0700
            Re: While loop help Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 12:36 -0400
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                Re: While loop help Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 03:08 +1000
                Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 13:27 -0400
              Re: While loop help thomasancilleri@gmail.com - 2013-04-09 09:57 -0700
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          Re: While loop help Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> - 2013-04-09 19:35 +0000
            Re: While loop help Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-04-09 16:12 -0400
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