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While Loop - Inaccurate total count of negative integers

I'm supposed to write a code that exits when 0 is entered. Then find the sum of numbers entered and the amount of positive, negative integers. I can't figure out how to make the total count of negative integers right. What could be wrong?

num = 0
total = 0
pos = 0
neg = 0
L = []

while(True):
    num = int(input('Enter the number(If you enter 0, the program quits) : '))
    if num == 0:
        break
    L.append(num)
    total += num
    num += 1
    if num >= 0:
        pos += 1
    else:
        neg += 1
print('Entered numbers:', L)
print('Total : %d, Positive numbers : %d, Negative numbers : %d' % (total, pos, neg))
Solution

  • Put the if-else above the num += 1 line or else when you calculate the positive or negative numbers, num has been changed to another value. The code should be like this:

    L.append(num)
total += num
if num >= 0:
    pos += 1
else:
    neg += 1
num += 1