Question

Python; have to use a for loop to ask "How many cookies were sold in week [-]".

What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?:

for i in range(1,5):
sold = float(raw_input("How many cookies were sold in week" , i , "? "))

Answer 1

raw_input function only accepts 1 parameter -- a prompt string -- and you're giving it 3. what you probably wanted to do is to pass a formated string in there, so it should look as follow:

for in in range(1,5):
sold = float(raw_input("How many cookies were sold in week %d? " % i))

Answer 2

note how this:
"How many cookies were sold in week %d? " % i
is actually a single string after it's fully evaluated (!)