Question

Programming help

Answer 1

Have your eye on a new gadget? A new game? Maybe some new clothes? Well, now's your chance to create a program that calculates the total cost of three items on your wish list, including tax and shipping.
Follow these steps to begin your planning:
1. Create a wish list by selecting at least three items you want.
2. Do your research. Find the online store(s) where you can purchase your wish list items and record the price of each one.
3. Think about what user input is required for others to use your program.
4. Think about how you will write an equation to calculate the subtotal of your three items, the tax, and the total purchase cost with tax and shipping. Note: Use 6.5% tax and a $5.99 flat-rate shipping fee for your program.
5. The output must include the following: name of each item, item price, subtotal for items, total amount of tax, shipping fee, and total purchase cost with tax and shipping.

Answer 2

i have to do this

Answer 3

thats my wishlist

Answer 4

and this is what i have to include in my code:

• Input statements
• Ask the user for at least three numeric values.
• Show proper use of the int() and float() functions.
• Calculations required to achieve correct output.
• Use proper order of operations.
• Use any appropriate math functions.
• Output statements
• Create clear and well organized output to share the data and results of the calculations.
• Show proper use of the str() function.

Answer 5

can anyone help me on how to start?

Answer 6

@vocaloid can you help..

Answer 7

and what does it mean by three numeric values?

Answer 8

The three numeric values would be the price of the three items. Since the items have dollars and cents, it would make sense to represent them as floats. You could get these values as inputs from the user with code similar to this, for example;

float price1 = input("What is the price of the first item?")
float price2 = input("What is the price of the second item?")
float price3 = input("What is the price of the third item?"

Answer 9

so would i have to give the user my wishlist?

Answer 10

whats the point of the wishlist

Answer 11

Or, more accurate to preferred Python syntax,
price1 = float(input("What is the price of the first item?"))

The program would be meant for other users to calculate the prices of the items on the wishlist. My interpretation is that you're using items from your own wishlist to make sure the program works properly, as an example

Answer 12

Actually, since the program doesn't need the prices of the individual items, it might be easier from the perspective of resources to only store the total base price of the items before doing the calculations. This approach might be better, since we don't necessarily know in advance how many items the user will have, so we can't hard-program how many inputs to ask in advance. Rather, we might use a loop that the user can opt to manually exit once they are done inputting prices.
For instance:

base_price = float(0.0)
while (true):
temp_price = float(input("What is the price of the next item? Enter -1 if no more items")
if (temp_price < 0):
break
base_price = base_price + temp_price

Which should allow the program to get the total base price of all the items on the user's list, no matter how many items the user might have

Answer 13

Assuming we use the variable called "base_price" for the total price without tax and shipping, can you come up with a way to calculate the total price with tax and shipping?

Answer 14

?

Answer 15

im working on the tax and shipping rn btw

Answer 16

I think you should be good to start defining your method based on the example code I provided. Assuming I didn't mess up the syntax, it should run, at least!

Answer 17

def main()
base_price = float(0.0)
while (true):
temp_price = float(input("What is the price of the next item? Enter -1 if no more items")
if (temp_price < 0):
break
base_price = base_price + temp_price

Answer 18

like this?

Answer 19

then tax at bottom obviously

Answer 20

Yup, I think you could do it like that!

From there, calculating the total price would be outside of the loop, of course. And it would depend on tax as well as shipping cost, which are both provided in the problem

Answer 21

okay so the only question the user will answer would be the price right?

Answer 22

what about the three numerical values i have to add?

Answer 23

If we approach the problem like this, that should be the only input required, yes.
We could imagine a program where the user might be asked for other input, such as the number of items they have or the tax or shipping information, but it's not required for this particular case, since that information is already given to us

Answer 24

oh ok so thats already added in the code

Answer 25

can you also give an idea on how to write the tax and shipping code?

Answer 26

im trying to make it rn but i want to make sure im doing it right

Answer 27

Sure, I can try to break it down a bit.
For the tax rate, it's a percentage of the total base price, so you would multiply the number representing the tax rate by the base price.
For the shipping cost, it's a flat rate, which means you would simply add it to the cost to get the total price (after calculating tax, since there's no tax applied to shipping).

The equation for the total cost could look something like:

total_cost = base_price * tax_rate + shipping

Of course, you would have to define the variables "tax_rate" and "shipping" before that. Since you already know what values to store in each one, it should be pretty simple

Answer 28

okay once i do that ill paste the code here so you can see it

Answer 29

Sounds good. I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with :)

Answer 30

wait, i still dont understand the purpose of the wishlist, why did i have to list three items?

Answer 31

like these

Answer 32

Haha, no worries. I guess you really could choose any numbers you wanted to test the program. Maybe your instructor wanted to give the assignment a sense of realism, so they had you find real prices? That's my guess

Answer 33

btw i recieved this error

Answer 34

do you have any idea on how to fix that?

Answer 35

@smokeybrown take a look at this vid i found online on the same thing im doing, i want to try doing it like his: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jdgo1zRfBQ0lsIdXMEDsmyOncPQkM71H/view

Answer 36

and i want ask for quantity as well as price

Answer 37

@vocaloid

Answer 38

@ultrilliam Is good at computers.

Answer 39

i want to make mine exactly like his code if i can

Answer 40

I see. That example video helps make the problem more clear, so thanks for that.
Since we seem to be assuming that the user has exactly 3 types of items on their wishlist, we don't need to use a loop at all, and we can go back to our original design of asking about each of the pre-defined 3 items, this time with the addition of the quantity.

We could even use an input for String to ask for the name of the item, to make the program more user-friendly and natural sounding if we wanted, like so:

item_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
item_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
item_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

And you could collect the information for these variables for items 1, 2, and 3.
Then, to calculate the base price, you could compute:

base_cost = float((item_quant1 * item_price1) + (item_quant2 * item_price2) + (item_quant3 * item_price3))

And proceed with the tax and shipping cost computations

Answer 41

oh and

Answer 42

i want my output to turn out like this

Answer 43

okay so i would start like

Answer 44

in the video it says welcome shopper message, so how would this go? Like "Time to shop best buy" or any shop i choose?

Answer 45

Sure, that would work. Since the welcome message doesn't impact the rest of the program, it's fine as long as it makes sense

Answer 46

are we going to ask for the quantity?

Answer 47

like this?

Answer 48

thats the example from the vid

Answer 49

You could do it like that, yes. In fact, that's quite similar to the example I showed in this post

Answer 50

oh ok yeah ill just go with name, its the same things anyways

Answer 51

thing*

Answer 52

so the item_name would be headset_name since the headset is on my wishlist?

Answer 53

and i would do the same with the other two? so like keyboard_name and moniter_name

Answer 54

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headset_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headset_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headset_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

Answer 55

i did this so far

Answer 56

im going to do the same with the other two items?

Answer 57

That's the basic idea, yeah. You can call the variables whatever you like. Since you know what the items on your wishlist are, I suppose "headset_name," "keyboard_name", "monitor_name", etc. make sense. I went with generic "item_name1," "item_name2," etc assuming that we don't know the user's items in advance, but it's really just a nitpick on the naming convention and doesn't affect the performance of the program

Answer 58

okay

Answer 59

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headset_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headset_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headset_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboard_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
keyboard_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboard_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniter_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
moniter_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniter_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

is this good so far?

Answer 60

That looks functional to me. So with that code, you'll have variables for the names, quantities, and individual prices of your three items. So far, so good!

Next, I think you'd want to calculate the total base price, as well as the total price including tax and shipping.
After that, you should be able to return your output based on the results, and we can work on formatting that so it looks how you want it to as well

Answer 61

headsetTotal = headsetQuant * headsetprice

Answer 62

like this but do i add ones at the end of headsetQuant * headsetprice like headsetQuant1 * headsetprice1 since we added a 1 on the variables here:

headset_name1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headset_quant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headset_price1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

Answer 63

does it even matter?

Answer 64

Good point. With the naming convention you've chosen, I guess the "1" is a bit unneeded on the variable names. At the end of the day, variable names are only there for ease of reading and understanding, so you can make them whatever you feel makes sense.

I think the approach you're taking is good. You're calculating the total price of each type of item by multiplying the quantity by the price. Makes sense to me

Answer 65

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1

Answer 66

looks good to me

Answer 67

now the tax and shipping

Answer 68

wait not yet

Answer 69

now is our subtotal

Answer 70

so headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal?

Answer 71

or does it go differently

Answer 72

Good catch. You can calculate the tax amount from the subtotal. And you're totally correct, the subtotal would be the added sum of the total prices of the three items. Very nice

Answer 73

okay

Answer 74

so the tax rate is 6.5

Answer 75

what would i multiply by it?

Answer 76

You would multiply the tax rate by the subtotal to get the amount of tax paid.
Keep in mind that the tax rate is a percentage, so it wouldn't be subtotal * 6.5; rather, the tax paid would be subtotal * 0.065 (which is 6.5/100)

Answer 77

so like this? headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal * 0.065

Answer 78

That's the right idea, but you might need to watch out for order of operations.
If you write the expression, that way, it will end up multiplying only 0.065 by moniterTotal. If you write (headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) * 0.065
then the addition inside the parentheses will be calculated before the multiplication, which is what we want.

Alternatively, you can define another variable
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
taxPaid = subtotal * 0.065

This may be preferable, since you'll be printing the subtotal in the output later on anyway, but these approaches are functionally quite similar

Answer 79

alright same with shipping so: (headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) + 5.99 (5.99 is the shipping rate)

Answer 80

is that correct?

Answer 81

Well, since shipping is a flat rate, so you don't actually need to add it until the very end.
Like in your previous screenshot with the output, shipping is in its own section and just gets added to the subtotal and tax to compute the final total.
In other words, there's nothing very special you need to do with the shipping amount, other than adding it with the subtotal and the tax rate to get the total and printing it as part of the output

Answer 82

the person in the video wrote this, doesnt mean anything right?

Answer 83

nvm, you dont put anything for shipping until the end

Answer 84

like how you said

Answer 85

oh is that necessary?

Answer 86

No, not really. Generally, you would put comments in your code to make it more readable and easier to understand, but you don't usually need to be that detailed, especially for parts of the code that are self-explanatory. I think this code was probably written with more comments than you'd usually use for the purposes of instruction, to help you follow along

Answer 87

oh ok so we'll write the shipping rate later in the code

Answer 88

yeah i really dont have time for comments

Answer 89

i know its for organizing my code, but dont need it

Answer 90

That's fair. Commenting can be more important if you're writing long, complicated code or collaborating with another programmer. For a short, relatively straightforward assignment like this, comments aren't a huge priority

Answer 91

yeah, okay so calculating final total is next

Answer 92

how would this go?

Answer 93

Right, calculating the final total is what most of these steps have been leading up to. It's a good thing we already calculated the subtotal and tax rate and have the shipping rate. With these pieces of information, the final total is simply the sum of the subtotal, the tax rate, and the shipping rate. Simple addition!

Answer 94

ok so subtotal + tax rate + shipping rate

Answer 95

Nice. And with that, it seems like you should have all the pieces of information needed for the output too. We can go off of the output template in the screenshot you shared earlier...

Answer 96

would it be headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal + 0.065?

Answer 97

i havent added the shipping to that yet but thats how itll go?

Answer 98

Not quite. We already calculated the tax rate by computing (headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) * 0.065
You would certainly include the tax rate as part of the output, but we should have that information already

Answer 99

(headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) * 0.065 + 5.99?

Answer 100

That would be the formula for the final order total, yes :)

Answer 101

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
(headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) * 0.065
(headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal) * 0.065 + 5.99

Answer 102

thats the code right nwo

Answer 103

The calculations look ok, but remember that you may want to save the subtotal and tax rate information as variables to make the output easier
In particular, those last three lines could be rewritten as:
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99
That way, you have access to the variables subtotal, tax, and orderTotal when presenting the final output.

(You could even have additional variables
taxRate = float(0.065)
and
shipping = float(5.99)
in place of those values. This could make the code easier to maintain in case you ever needed to adjust those values, but it's not strictly necessary)

Answer 104

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99

Answer 105

like this?

Answer 106

Fantastic. At this point, it looks like you have all the pieces you need to present your final output. Assuming we're going with the template in this screenshot, it looks like you'll want to call on each of the item names as well as the total price for each type of item; then the subtotal, tax, and shipping rate; and finally, of course, the order total

This can all be handled with print statements, so it should be straightforward, although formatting it to look "nice" might be a bit tricky, to be fair

Answer 107

im getting confused with the code when i run the program though

Answer 108

its asking me what is the name of your first item three items, this means thaat i have to change the sentences right?

Answer 109

three times*

Answer 110

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

these

Answer 111

Another benefit of saving the item names in variables is that you can call on them again in the output, when we get back to that. That is, you want to display the item name next to the total for that item, which you can easily do since you have the name variables

Answer 112

also its only asking "how much of"

Answer 113

how do i fix that?

Answer 114

i actually want it to say "how many headsets would you like to purchase" instead of How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"

Answer 115

I see. Is that screenshot taken after you've replaced "item_name1" with the appropriate variable?
For instance, in the input for "headsetQuant1", input("How much of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?"), etc

Answer 116

And depending on the wording, you might consider rewording the message, for instance "how many..." instead of "how much of...". I'll leave that as a judgement call for you to make :)

Answer 117

it still saying " how much of" maybe the quotation marks are in the wrong places?

Answer 118

Perhaps so. It looks like the prompt is being cut off without including the other parts of the message. Do you mind showing me the code you have written for that input prompt?

Answer 119

It looks like you put "headsetName1" in quotation marks (in line 5, I think?). Since that's the name of a variable, you don't want the quotation marks. You want the program to call the value stored inside the variable, not the name of the variable itself. Removing the quotation marks around "headsetName1" might fix the issue

Answer 120

oh yeah i was just testing the code that wasnt the issue

Answer 121

Darn. Let me take another look, then.
In the meantime, make sure headsetQuant1 is cast as an int, just like keyboardQuant1 and moniterQuant1. I wonder why the rest of the input prompt isn't showing up?

A couple of clarifying questions: What are you typing when the program prompts you for the item names? And does the issue you described happen for all three items?

Answer 122

Yes for all three

Answer 123

and im typing headsets, keyboard, basically the items for the names

Answer 124

i tried retyping it to headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?") but then theres an error on line 6

Answer 125

i added an "int" on that code, dk if that makes a difference

Answer 126

nope that wasnt the issue either

Answer 127

Could you paste your whole code real quick?

Answer 128

@vocaloid i am working on my code and i have gotten an issue where it is asking "how much of" instead of asking int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?")). is there a problem somewhere in that code?

Answer 129

I think I may have gotten the syntax for the input() function wrong; I assumed the prompt worked similarly to the print() function wherein you could combine strings with variables. Here's a workaround so we can get the prompt displaying properly.

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuantPrompt = Str("How much of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?")
headsetQuant1 = int(input(quantPrompt))

It's a bit clumsy, but I'm basically setting the entire prompt as a separate string in a variable, which can be called in the input function in order to display the proper message. If you'd like, you can give it a try, and if it works, we can rewrite the other sections of code to reflect this change

Answer 130

Ahem,

headsetQuant1 = int(input(headsetQuantPrompt))

it would be helpful if I typed the variable names correctly :)

Answer 131

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
(remove) headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
(remove) headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your second item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your third item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99

Answer 132

i remvoe the first two right?

Answer 133

not the price?

Answer 134

Alternatively, we could forgo this complication and just simplify the prompt with something like "How many of this item will you buy" and "How much does this item cost?"

This seems like a better way to go about this, honestly, since using the item names inside the prompt is not really necessary, just a "nice" bit of "flavor text"

Answer 135

alright lol so what would i have to remove from this code now?

Answer 136

I think you can keep the code as is but change the prompt message for the item quantities and prices to something simpler and more generic. It would be a silly point for us to get hung up on, after all

Answer 137

So, instead of the prompt ("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?") or ("How much does", item_name1, "cost?"), you could simply say ("How many of this item will you buy") and ("How much does this item cost?")
It's simpler to code and just as easily understood by the user

Answer 138

Right, since the price input also combines strings with variables in the prompt (which it seems we can't really do), we would probably want to adjust that to a simpler form as well, since I'd expect that we run into a similar issue there

Answer 139

okay so these three lines need to be changed:

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

Answer 140

i would replace the first two lines with:

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuantPrompt = Str("How many of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?")
headsetQuant1 = int(input(quantPrompt))

Answer 141

like this?

Answer 142

SyntaxError: bad input on line 2

Answer 143

line 2: headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))

Answer 144

nvm im stupid, i forgot to add def main at top.

Answer 145

TypeError: str() takes at most 1 arguments (3 given) on line 5

Answer 146

line 5: headsetQuantPrompt = str("How many of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?")

Answer 147

whats this mean

Answer 148

Ah, that means that when we use the str() function, we're only supposed to put in one string at a time. We used 3 strings in that line, which caused the error. My bad, I misunderstood how that function worked as well, rip

We could certainly keep troubleshooting this issue, but I think it's probably more trouble than it's worth. I think it might be a better use of our time to simplify the prompt messages as I suggested up above

Answer 149

If you're really invested in making the above work, I think the proper syntax would be

headsetQuantPrompt = str("How many of " + headsetName1 + " will you buy?")

a technique called "string concatenation". But like I said, it's probably more trouble than it's worth right now to pursue this line of thinking too far

Answer 150

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuantPrompt = str("How many of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?")
headsetQuant1 = int(input(quantPrompt))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))

okay, so what do i fix first in here

Answer 151

can you rewrite these correctly:
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuantPrompt = str("How many of ", headsetName1, " will you buy?")
headsetQuant1 = int(input(quantPrompt))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
so i can fix the other two items? idk if this is too much to ask

Answer 152

i mean i can rewrite them, but what would i change and remove from this code first

Answer 153

My apologies, it was a simple syntax error. Instead of using commas in those input statements, use plus signs to join the strings together, like this:

headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("How much of " + headsetName1 + " will you buy?"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + headsetName1 + "?"))

Answer 154

In this way, the input is treated as one concatenated (combined) string, rather than several separate string parameters. I think that is why this works, while the code we had before does not

Answer 155

its saying 'how much of headset will you buy"

Answer 156

You can consider changing the message to "How many " + headsetName1 + "will you buy?" or some variation so the grammar flows better.
Alternatively, something free from grammar like
"Enter the number of " + headsetName1 + ":"

Answer 157

my parents are calling me to eat, ill brb in only 15 minutes, will you be online?

Answer 158

No problem, take your time. I should still be online when you're back :)

Answer 159

Okay

Answer 160

okay im back

Answer 161

I personally prefer something like "Enter the quantity of " + headsetName1 + ":" since it is less ambiguous and we can be sure we won't run into any grammar weirdness with the printed message. The other one sounds more like natural language, so it's just a matter of personal preference I think

Answer 162

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + headsetName1 + ":"))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + headsetName1 + "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your second item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your third item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("How much of ", item_name1, " will you buy?"))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of ", item_name1, "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99

main()

Answer 163

like this?

Answer 164

personally, it sounds better

Answer 165

So far so good, but remember to edit the keyboard and monitor inputs too so they're consistent with this new format.
Actually, you can try running the code first to make sure it works. If you're happy with the result, you can edit the other sections so that everything matches up

Answer 166

Enter the quantity of headset: is what it comes out as

Answer 167

is that fine?

Answer 168

@smokeybrown are you there?

Answer 169

Sorry, I stepped away for a bit.
If that is the message you want, I think you would write it like:

"Enter the quantity of " + headsetName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

Answer 170

okay now i will revise the other lines of code real quick

Answer 171

then we can stark working on the actual receipt or output

Answer 172

Ok, sounds like a plan :)

Answer 173

okay this is my code right now:
def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + headsetName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + headsetName1 + "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your second item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + keyboardName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + keyboardName1 + "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your third item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + moniterName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + moniterName1 + "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99

main()

Answer 174

Alright, looks good to me. Now I guess the last step would be to output the results!
Would you still like to use the template given by the screenshot?

Answer 175

Yes we can use that one

Answer 176

first, the header

Answer 177

Generally, I think we'll just be using print() statements for the entirety of the output, so it should be pretty straightforward. We just need to know when to use the variables we already have saved from earlier in the program

Starting out, it looks like there's some optional flavor text about the shop, then a column for Item and a column for Price.
After that, we have of course the item names along with the total cost of each items. For the item name, of course, we would use the corresponding variables, headsetName1, keyboardName1, and moniterName1. For the prices, we likewise have headsetPrice1, keyboardPrice1, and moniterPrice1

We also have the variables corresponding to subtotal, tax, shipping, and order total. And then there's another bit of optional flavor text at the end.

Apart from formatting, it doesn't look like there's too much to think about here. Simply plug the appropriate variables into your print statements along with some strings as needed for context, and you should be good to go!

Answer 178

how would you put item price on the same line like this?

Answer 179

You could write something like

print("Item Price")

With lots of spaces between Item and Price
Another way would be using /t, which is the same as a tab keystroke:

print("Item /t Price")

To achieve a similar effect.
You can use either of these on any line with a large space between two words, for example

print(headsetName1, " ", headsetPrice1)
or
print(headsetName1, "/t", headsetPrice1)

I hope my syntax is correct this time or we'll have to troubleshoot some more. Fingers crossed!

Answer 180

it just come out as "headsetName1, , headsetTotal"

Answer 181

comes*

Answer 182

That's interesting. Could this be another case where I'm using commas when it should be plus signs?
Maybe you can try

print(headsetName1 + " " + headsetPrice1)
or
print(headsetName1 + "/t" + headsetPrice1)

to see if that fixes it?

Answer 183

headsetprice1 or headsetTotal?

Answer 184

TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'float' objects on line 33

Answer 185

line 33: print(headsetName1 + " " + headsetPrice1)

Answer 186

Right, headsetTotal. I copy-pasted from earlier, my bad.
And that's also right, we can't concatenate headsetName1, a string, with headsetPrice1, a float.
How about
print(headsetName1 + " " + str(headsetTotal))

Trying to convert headsetTotal from a float to a string before concatenating it with the rest?

Answer 187

Also, just a point I'm a bit confused on, it looks like headsetTotal comes out to 7956.0 in your output screenshot from earlier. This seems pretty high. Is that number correct?

Answer 188

oh i just put in a random number when it asked me for an input

Answer 189

Ah gotcha. No worries then

Answer 190

Okay it works but theres one problem

Answer 191

print(headsetName1 + " " + str(headsetTotal))

Answer 192

i added this

Answer 193

i dont if your going to understand this but i put moniter as my first item, and the output showed up as moniter, isnt it supposed to show headset first because of "(headsetName1 + " " + str(headsetTotal))"?

Answer 194

does that make sense?

Answer 195

Hold on, you typed "moniter" when the prompt asked you for your first item? The first input is saved in the variable called "headsetName1" so if you typed "moniter" for the first item, the variable "headsetName1" would have the string "moniter" saved inside it.

This kind of situation is why I suggested earlier that it might be better to use ambiguous and general variable names like "itemName1". In any case, it should not affect the performance of the program, as long as the appropriate item names are grouped with the appropriate item prices. The only thing that will be confusing is the variable names, which the user is not able to see anyway. It does make things a bit frustrating for you, the coder in that case, I suppose

Answer 196

Oh okay, as long as it doesnt make a difference for the user

Answer 197

another thing, how would put item cost like this

Answer 198

i*

Answer 199

I just want it to look organized

Answer 200

You could do something similar to what we've been doing

print("Item Cost")

You may have to adjust the exact number of spaces to get it looking the way you want
If you don't want to count the number of spaces, you can also use the tab character, /t, which is kind of like a lot of spaces, but this may be less precise, e.g.

print("Item /t Cost")
or
print("Item /t/t Cost")
etc.

Answer 201

okay so how would i write these variables in a line?

Answer 202

I think it would be very similar to what we did for the prices

Perhaps something like

print("subtotal: " + str(subtotal))
print("tax: " + str(tax))
print("shipping: 5.99")
print("order total: " + str(orderTotal))

May have to make adjustments for formatting, but the important information is all there

Answer 203

def main():

print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
headsetName1 = str(input("What is the name of your first item?"))
headsetQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + headsetName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
headsetPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + headsetName1 + "?"))
keyboardName1 = str(input("What is the name of your second item?"))
keyboardQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + keyboardName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
keyboardPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + keyboardName1 + "?"))
moniterName1 = str(input("What is the name of your third item?"))
moniterQuant1 = int(input("Enter the quantity of " + moniterName1 + " you wish to purchase: "

))
moniterPrice1 = float(input("What is the price of " + moniterName1 + "?"))
headsetTotal = headsetQuant1 * headsetPrice1
keyboardTotal = keyboardQuant1 * keyboardPrice1
moniterTotal = moniterQuant1 * moniterPrice1
subtotal = headsetTotal + keyboardTotal + moniterTotal
tax = subtotal * 0.065
orderTotal = subtotal + tax + 5.99
#createrecipt
print("You are shopping with Best Buy!")
print("")
print("Your order:")
print("")
print("Item Cost")
print(headsetName1 + " " + str(headsetTotal))
print(keyboardName1 + " " + str(keyboardTotal))
print(moniterName1 + " " + str(moniterTotal))
print("

Answer 204

finished

Answer 205

does it look good to you?

Answer 206

Looks pretty good to me!
Have you tested that the code runs and that the output looks ok?

Answer 207

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Answer 208

what does that link bring you to?

Answer 209

does it bring you to a python idle ?

Answer 210

Looks like an in-browser python editor, yeah. It's completely blank for me though, none of your code is there. I can just copy-paste it in to test, I suppose. But you did that yourself anyway, right?

Answer 211

yeah, everything looked okay to me, if you want you can copy paste the code in there then run the program.

Answer 212

thank you so much for your help

Answer 213

No worries, I trust your judgement, and I also have faith in the process we used to get up to this point.
Glad we could work together to get the program running :)

Answer 214

i dont think anyone else would have helped with this question for 7 hours lol

Answer 215

Haha, not non-stop, but yeah I guess we have been looking at this problem for a while lol

Answer 216

yeah im excited to sleep

Answer 217

Have a good rest!

Answer 218

you too bruv