Tony Gaddis Python: Fractions

fractions.py

# Anthony McCann
# 11/13/17
# CPW 101 Programming Assignment 6

# The primary purpose of this assignment is to apply a for loop, a range,
# and a variable to generate a sequence of values. The secondary purpose
# of this assignment is to use a running total.

user_value = int(input('Input a positive integer: '))

# Add 1 to user value for proper range
n = user_value + 1

# Set accumulators
total_1 = 0.0
total_2 = 0.0

for i in range(1, n):
    total_1 += 1 / i
    total_2 += (n - i) / i
print('For n =', user_value, 'the sum 1/1 + 1/2 + ... + 1/n is', total_1)
print('For n =', user_value, 'the sum n/1 + (n-1)/2 + ... + 1/n is', total_2)