Nested loop to take input 5 times and display total and average

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hoursWorked = 0
researchAssistants = 3
        
for assisstant in range(researchAssistants):
    for day in range(5):
        if day == 0:
            hoursWorked += float(input("Enter hours for research assistant {0} for Day 1: ".format(assisstant+1)))
        if day == 1:
            hoursWorked += float(input("Enter hours for research assistant {0} for Day 2: ".format(assisstant+1)))
        if day == 2:
            hoursWorked += float(input("Enter hours for research assistant {0} for Day 3: ".format(assisstant+1)))
        if day == 3:
            hoursWorked += float(input("Enter hours for research assistant {0} for Day 4: ".format(assisstant+1)))
        if day == 4:
            hoursWorked += float(input("Enter hours for research assistant {0} for Day 5: ".format(assisstant+1)))
    print()
    print("Research assistant {0} worked in total".format(assisstant+1), hoursWorked, "hours")
    avgHoursWorked = hoursWorked / 5
    if avgHoursWorked > 6:
        print("Research assistant {0} has an average number of hours per day above 6".format(assisstant+1) )
    print()

I want the code to take amount of hours worked per day in a 5-day work week for three employees. I then want it to summarize it to hours/week for each employee. If an employee’s average number of hours per day is above 6, the program should flag this.

So far I the program takes the input, and gives the total. But the average is wrong. I believe avgHoursWorked should be in the nested for loop – but this does not really work for me. I would rather want the input to be taken first, then display the totals and flag an avg. >6 at the end.

Edit:
Here is the output as per above code.

Enter hours for research assistant 1 for Day 1: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 1 for Day 2: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 1 for Day 3: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 1 for Day 4: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 1 for Day 5: 5

Research assistant 1 worked in total 25.0 hours 

Enter hours for research assistant 2 for Day 1: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 2 for Day 2: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 2 for Day 3: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 2 for Day 4: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 2 for Day 5: 5

Research assistant 2 worked in total 50.0 hours
Research assistant 2 has an average number of hours per day above 6

Enter hours for research assistant 3 for Day 1: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 3 for Day 2: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 3 for Day 3: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 3 for Day 4: 5
Enter hours for research assistant 3 for Day 5: 5

Research assistant 3 worked in total 75.0 hours
Research assistant 3 has an average number of hours per day above 6

In this case, the hours worked are being added-up where they should really be per individual Research Assistant

Asked By: wiro

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Answer 1

It sounds like you meant to reset hoursWorked for each assistant:

researchAssistants = 3
        
for assisstant in range(researchAssistants):
    hoursWorked = 0
    for day in range(5):
        ...

Answered By: quamrana

Nested loop to take input 5 times and display total and average

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