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Absolutely. We love programming and want to help newbies get over the initial hurdle.

I agree, but We're hanging out our laundry for all to see.

Great answer. I was getting a bit grumpy with another issue.
Back to the OP's problem

Would the OP find that if he played computer and looked at the code line by line and evaluated what each line does?

Do these OPs learn anything if we tell them what the problem with their code is...

Is that a logic problem? How does the user tell the program which way to convert?

You need to walk through your logic using a piece of paper and a pencil. Make a box for each variable that you are...