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On 09/21/2012 08:09 PM, Gina wrote:
> On 9/21/2012 6:47 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
>> On 09/21/2012 07:34 PM, Gina wrote:
>>> I don't know why this program doesn't run, but if you know, please
>>> tell me.
>>> -thanks
>>>
>> So what happens when you try? "Doesn't run" covers a multitude of
>> possibilities.
>>
>> First one:
>>
>> python Car Salesperson.py
>> python: can't open file 'Car': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>> davea@think:~/temppython$
>>
>> The fix for this one is to put quotes around the script name. Or to
>> escape the blanks. Or even better to rename the file so it doesn't have
>> spaces in it.
>>
>>
>> Please be specific. You're running some OS, you launch some particular
>> version of Python, you give it some commandline, and you get some
>> unexpected result. Use a lot of copy/paste and it's not too painful.
>>
> I have version 3 of python.
>
> it will let me type in the type of car and then enter
> then i type in the base price and when i hit enter, it says error
>
The problem is in your input statement: base_price = input("What is the
base price?")
input (on Python version 3.x) always returns a string. Sometimes that's
what you want, sometimes it's not. In this case, just change to:
base_price = int(input("What is the base price?"))
> This is the error message:
> tax = base_price / 25
> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'int'
>
> I tried adding int() in front of base_price but it still didn't work
Again, please be specific. If you really tried this:
tax = int() base_price /25
then it naturally won't work. But if you tried
tax = int(base_price) / 25
it should have worked. What error did you get? Did it give the wrong
answer, or another exception traceback?
Anyway, I showed you my preference. Convert data to their final type as
soon as possible after getting it from the user. Not later when you're
trying to use it.
--
DaveA
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