#program to add minutes and seconds min1,sec1 = input("Enter minutes, seconds: ") min2,sec2 = input("Enter minutes, seconds: ") min = min1 + min2 sec = sec1 + sec2 min = min + (sec/60) sec = sec % 60 print "sum = ",min," minutes ",sec," seconds" # looping version. min,sec = 0,0 # initialize running sums min1,sec1 = 1,1 # must initialize so while loop will start. while min1!=0 or sec1!=0 # while "or" instead of "and"? min1,sec1 = input("Enter minutes, seconds, 0,0 to stop: ") min = min + min1 sec = sec + sec1 min = min + (sec/60) sec = sec % 60 print "sum = ",min," minutes ",sec," seconds" #end while loop: comments like this help with the indentation. ##### version that also adds hours: h1,m1,s1 = input("Enter hours, minutes, seconds: ") h2,m2,s2 = input("Enter hours, minutes, seconds: ") ## I will use a different algorithm this time: first, convert all # values to seconds, then figure out how many hours, minutes and seconds # there are overall: sec = s1 + m1*60 + h1*60*60 + s2 + m2*60 + h2*60*60 min = sec/60 sec = sec % 60 hr = min/60 min = min % 60 print "sum =", hr, "hours,", min, "minutes and", sec, "seconds"