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I am trying to know how many elements are greater than the previous number. im trying to input 1,5,2,4,3,0 but when it comes to the 4 and 3, the "times" does not add up. Could you tell me what i missed on my code? thanks a lot.

a = int(input())
b = -1
times = 0
while b != 0:
    b = int(input())
    if a > b:
        times =+1
    a = b
print(times)

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if a > b:

equals the previous number is greater than the current number. If you use descriptive variable names it becomes obvious --> if previous > current. Also, this statement is incorrect

times =+1

Next time use Python code tags, this time I have added them for you, but you have been warned before.

# this
times =+1
# means times = 1
# and should probably be:
times += 1

Quote:

# this
times =+1
# means times = 1
# and should probably be:
times += 1

Similar to __times = -1__ if you want a negative number.