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we need to write a prorgam that asks a user to enter multiple numbers and ends the while loop with -1.then work out the average of numbers provided

we have been tasked with writing a program in python asking a user to enter multiple numbers.
the subject is while loops,so we can only make use of while loops and if statements.
when the user wants to stop the entry of numbers,the user then needs to type '-1'.
once that has been done,the program must return the average of the numbers entered by the user.
this is what i have so far:
#task 13-while.py
#first the program will explain to the user that the user can keep
#entering numbers until -1 occurs.
num = int(input('''please enter any number of your choice\n
please enter -1 to stop entry and run program'''))
num_count = 0
while num > -1:
num_count = num_count + 1
average = sum(num)/num_count
if num == -1:
print("the average of the numbers you have entered is"+ average)
extremely inexperienced with python,all help will be greatly appreciated.

You need to put the input into the while and then only when the loop is over calculate the averageLike this:
num = int(input("enter numbers and then -1 to stop: "))
num_count = 1
sum = num
while num!=-1:
num = int(input("another number: "))
num_count+=1
sum+=num
print(sum/num_count)

In order for it to work you need to add an input() call inside the while loop like in the code bellow :
count = 0
sum = 0
num = int(input('''please enter any number of your choice\n
please enter -1 to stop entry and run program\n'''))
while num != -1:
sum += num
count +=1
num = int(input('''Give another integer\n'''))
print("the average of the numbers you have entered is", sum/count)
Personal advice : I would suggest for you to read more tutorials or ask your peofessor for more work

How to add X amount number from user input then add all of number in python?

how_many_number = int(input("How many number do you want to print? "))
for take_number in how_many_number:
take_number = int(input("Enter number: "))
sum = 0
sum = sum + take_number
print(sum)

Here you go. To take user input we can use a for loop and for each iteration we can add it to our sum using += operator. You can read through the following code to understand it well enough.
number_of_inputs = int(input("How many number to sum: ")
sum = 0 # Initialize the sum variable
for x in range(number_of_inputs): # Repeat the number of inputs times
sum += int(input("Enter Value: ")) # Take a input and add it to the sum
print("Sum is", sum) # print out the sum after completing

You can also compress it into a List Comprehension, like this...
how_many_number = int(input("How many number do you want to print? "))
print(sum([int(input("Enter number: ")) for i in range(how_many_number)]))

i would use the following, note: error handle is not yet incorporated.
num_list = []
### create a function that adds all the numbers entered by a user
### and returns the total sum, max 3 numbers
### return functions returns the entered variables
def add_nums():
while len(num_list) < 3:
user_num = int(input('please enter a number to add:'))
num_list.append(user_num)
print('You have entered the following numbers: ',num_list)
total_num_sum = 0
for x in num_list:
total_num_sum += x
print('total sum of numbers = ',total_num_sum)
add_nums()
Also, please follow the StackOverFlow post guidelines; have your post title as a problem question, it has to be interesting for other devs, and add more emphasis on why you want to add numbers entered by user vs running calc on a existing or new data-frame, need more meat.

Calling function to new function in Python

I have tried this several different ways, I am still fairly new to Python so go easy on me. I am trying to execute a script where the user can choose to import a list from a plaintext file, or input a list manually, and the script will return the median and mode of the data.
The problem I am having is that my median and mode functions are not recognizing the reference to the raw data, and the main function isn't recognizing the median and mode from their respective functions.
I guess it's safe to say I am not calling these functions correctly, but frankly I just dont know how. Any help here would be much appreciated.
def choice():
##Choose user input type
start = input("Please select your input method by typing 'file' or 'manual' in all lower-case letters: ")
# Import File Type
userData = []
if start == "file":
fileName = input("Please enter the file name with the file's extension, e.g. ' numbers.txt': ")
userData = open(fileName).read().splitlines()
return userData
userData.close()
# Manual Entry Type
elif start == "manual":
while True:
data = float(input("Please enter your manual data one item at a time, press enter twice to continue: "))
if data == "":
break
userData = data
return userData
# Error
else:
print("You have entered incorrectly, please restart program")
def median(medianData):
numbers = []
for line in (choice(userData)):
listData = line.split()
for word in listData:
numbers.append(float(word))
# Sort the list and print the number at its midpoint
numbers.sort()
midpoint = len(numbers) // 2
print("The median is", end=" ")
if len(numbers) % 2 == 1:
medianData = (numbers[midpoint])
return medianData
else:
medianData = ((numbers[midpoint] + numbers[midpoint - 1]) / 2)
return medianData
def mode(modeData):
words = []
for line in (choice(userData)):
wordsInLine = line.split()
for word in wordsInLine:
words.append(word.upper())
theDictionary = {}
for word in words:
number = theDictionary.get(word, None)
if number == None:
theDictionary[word] = 1
else:
theDictionary[word] = number + 1
theMaximum = max(theDictionary.values())
for key in theDictionary:
if theDictionary[key] == theMaximum:
theMaximum = modeData
break
return modeData
def main():
print("The median is", (median(medianData)))
print("The mode is", (mode(modeData)))

Welcome! I think you need to read up a bit more on how functions work. The argument when you define a function is a "dummy" local variable whose name matters only in the definition of a function. You need to supply it a variable or constant whose name makes sense where you use it. It is a very good analogy to functions in mathematics which you may have learned about in school. (Note that these points are not specific to python, although the detailed syntax is.)
So when you have def median(medianData) you need to use medianData in the definition of the function, not userData, and when you call median(somevar) you have to make sure that somevar has a value at that point in your program.
As a simpler example:
def doubleMyVariable(x):
return 2*x
How would you use this? You could just put this somewhere in your code:
print(doubleMyVariable(3))
which should print out 6.
Or this:
z = 12
y = doubleMyVariable(z)
print(y)
which will print 12.
You could even do
z = 36
x = doubleMyVariable(z)
which will assign 72 to the variable x. But do you see how I used x there? It has nothing to do with the x in the definition of the function.

How to get Python functions to calculate maths operations?

I have this assignment to create a program that asks user to input any positive integer repeatedly or type anything else to end and generate the sum, count and average of the numbers. My teacher wants all the code in these this structure with these three def’s only
This is the code I have, any suggestions on how to get it to work?
def calcAverage(total,count):
sum = 0
count = 0
average = sum / count
def inputNumber(message):
while True:
try:
userInput = int(input(message))
count = count + 1
sum = sum + entry
if userInput < 0:
raise ValueError
except ValueError:
main()
else:
return userInput
break
entry = inputNumber('Type any positive integer, anything else to quit')
def main():
print('Sum')
print(sum)
print('Average')
print(average)
print('Total Numbers')
print(count)

The question is not well explained + we don't really get what the boundaries are. Moreover, you should clearly state what is not working. Now, to give you some hint, this is how I would do it:
input = None
L = list()
while True:
try:
input = int(input('Type any positive integer, anything else to quit: '))
if input < 0:
break
else:
L.append(input)
except:
break
S = sum(L)

I think you don't need to use exceptions here. Condition statements would make it clearer.
I would put the valid inputs in a list until the user make a invalid input. When it happens, just get out of your while loop using a break statement and return the result.

How do i order the numbers a user inputs?

I am basically wondering how i can store the users inputs and put them in order from least to greatest to help them find median mode or range.
from __future__ import division
amtnum = 0
sumofnums = 0
print "Hello, This program will help find the mean of as many numbers as you want."
useramtnum = input("How many numbers will you need to enter: ")#asks user to say how many numbers there are
while amtnum < useramtnum: #Tells program that while the amount of numbers is less than the users input amt of numbers to run.
amtnum = amtnum + 1 #Tells that each time program asks for number add one to amt of numbers
entnum = (int(raw_input("Enter a number:"))) #Asks user for number
sumofnums = entnum + sumofnums #Adds users number to all values
print "The amount of your numbers added up were:", sumofnums
print "The average/mean of your numbers were:", (sumofnums/useramtnum)

put 'em in a list and sort it
mylist = []
while ...
mylist.append(entnum)
mylist.sort()
print mylist

Utilize the basic data structure called a list!
Before your while loop, create a list (aka array)
user_input_list = []
After you get the individual number from the user in the while loop, add the input to the list (in the while loop)
user_input_list.append(entnum)
After the while loop, sort the list (it will sort in place)
user_input_list.sort()
Then the list has every input from the user in sorted order, least to greatest.
To access the last item in the list, use array accessors.
user_input_list[-1]
To access median, utilize the fact you can use the length of the list. Access the length(list)/2 item
user_input_list[int( len(user_input_list) / 2)] #int cast used to remove decimal points

I am by no means a Python expert (as in, this is like my third python program), but I think it's generally easier to call functions, be it in Python or in any other language. It makes code more readable.
These are all basic math functions, so I don't feel I deprived you of knowledge by just writing them. I did, however, leave the range function for you to write. (Since mylist is sorted, I'm sure you can figure it out.)
This allows the user to continually enter numbers and have the mean, median, and mode spit back at them. It doesn't handle non-integer input.
from collections import Counter
from decimal import *
def getMode(l):
data = Counter(l)
mode = data.most_common(1)
print "mode:", mode
def getMean(l):
length = len(l)
total = 0
for x in l:
total = total + x
mean = Decimal(total) / Decimal(length)
print "mean:", mean
def getMedian(l):
median = 0
length = len(l)
if (length % 2 == 0):
median = (l[length/2] + l[length/2 - 1])/2.0
else:
median = l[length/2]
print "median:", median
mylist = []
print "Enter numbers to continually find the mean, median, and mode"
while True:
number = int(raw_input("Enter a number:"))
mylist.append(number)
mylist.sort()
getMean(mylist)
getMedian(mylist)
getMode(mylist)

Solution to solve your problem :
Use a list : More on Lists
Example :
numbers = []
while amount < counter:
...
numbers.append(num)
print sorted(numbers)
You can take a look at modification of your code below.
numbers = []
print "Hello, This program will help find the \
mean of as many numbers as you want."
while True:
try:
counter = input("How many numbers will you need to enter: ")
except:
print "You haven't entered a number."
else:
break
amount = 0
while amount < counter:
try:
num = input("Enter a number: ")
except:
print "You haven't entered a number."
else:
amount += 1
numbers.append(num)
print "The amount of your numbers added up were:", (sum(numbers))
print "The average/mean of your numbers were:", ( (sum(numbers)) / counter)
print "My list not in order:", numbers
print "My list in order:", sorted(numbers)