I am trying to write a program that collects gas receipt information. I only want it to ask one time for how many receipts there are and then I want it go ask the loop of questions.
How do I do this? I'm guessing I can't declare multiple variables in the beginning? We did not learn much in my class, so I'm trying to go above and beyond and do a little more for our project to get the program where/how I want it.
Here is my starting off code:
#the main function
def main():
milesObtained = getMiles() #call to get the miles obtained
totalPrice, totalGallons = getInput() #calls to collect total prices paid
printReport(milesObtained, totalPrice, totalGallons) #call to print the full report out
#collects miles obtained during the month
def getMiles():
milesStarted = input('Enter the starting miles: ')
milesEnded = input('Enter the ending miles: ')
milesObtained = milesEnded - milesStarted
return milesObtained
#collects receipt data
def getInput():
totalPrice = 0
totalGallons = 0
number = input('How many receipts do you have to enter? ')
for counter in range (0, number):
price = input('Enter the price: ')
gallons = input('Enter the gallon amount: ')
totalGallons = totalGallons + gallons
totalPrice = totalPrice + price
return totalPrice
return totalGallons
#prints out the report
def printReport(milesObtained, totalPrice, totalGallons):
print
print '----------------------------'
print 'RESULTS OF GAS THIS MONTH'
print '----------------------------'
print 'The miles obtained were: ', milesObtained
print 'The total price paid this month is: ', totalPrice
print 'The total amount of gallons this month is: ', totalGallons
#calls main
main()When I run the code, it does this:
IDLE 1.2.2 ==== No Subprocess ====
>>>
Enter the starting miles: 105000
Enter the ending miles: 107000
How many receipts do you have to enter? 2
Enter the price: 10.00
Enter the gallon amount: 2
Enter the price: 10.00
Enter the gallon amount: 2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\fmcgovern\Documents\School Work\Programming\ProjectTest.py", line 38, in <module>
main()
File "C:\Users\fmcgovern\Documents\School Work\Programming\ProjectTest.py", line 4, in main
totalPrice, totalGallons = getInput() #calls to collect total prices paid
TypeError: 'float' object is not iterable
>>>