Cash Register

[Ryan Q.]

It works, i'm just posting it hoping someone could do better.

print ''
print ' *** CASH REGISTER ***'
print ' PRESS 0 AND THEN ENTER TO TOTAL'
b = 1
t = 0
v = 0
while b != 0:
a = 1
s = 0
print ''
while a != 0:
a = input(' ITEM $ ')
s = s + a
print ' TOTAL $',s
v = v + s
cash = input(' CASH $ ')
change = cash - s
print ' CHANGE $',change
print ' '
print ' TOTAL SLAES $ ',v

[Kirk Strauser]

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At 2004-05-11T18:32:33Z, RQ******@optonline.net (Ryan Q.) writes:

It works, i'm just posting it hoping someone could do better.
Of that I'm sure. :-)
while b != 0:

b never goes to 0.

Your variables have meaningless names.

You misspelled 'SALES'.

I would not give that a high grade.
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Kirk Strauser
The Strauser Group
Open. Solutions. Simple.
http://www.strausergroup.com/
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[Greg Ewing]

Ryan Q. wrote:

It works, i'm just posting it hoping someone could do better.

print ''
print ' *** CASH REGISTER ***'
print ' PRESS 0 AND THEN ENTER TO TOTAL'

I notice it's nicely agnostic about what kind
of numbers are used. This will come in very handy
if complex currency is ever introduced...

ITEM $ 3.50
ITEM $ 2.30j
ITEM $ 1+2j
ITEM $ 0
TOTAL $ (4.5+4.3j)
CASH $ 50
CHANGE $ (45.5-4.3j)

TOTAL SLAES $ (4.5+4.3j)

--
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg

[Larry Bates]

Let's see:

1) If user inputs text, program crashes (not good)
Probably should use raw_input and put float() inside
a try block.

2) I can't figure out how program ever stops (e.g. b
is set to 1 and never reset to exit the while b!=0
loop).

3) Sales is mispelled in the last print statement

4) Use inplace incrementing (e.g. v+=s, s+=a)
instead of s=s+a, v=v+s

5) What is t variable used for?

Good Luck.

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It works, i'm just posting it hoping someone could do better.

print ''
print ' *** CASH REGISTER ***'
print ' PRESS 0 AND THEN ENTER TO TOTAL'
b = 1
t = 0
v = 0
while b != 0:
a = 1
s = 0
print ''
while a != 0:
a = input(' ITEM $ ')
s = s + a
print ' TOTAL $',s
v = v + s
cash = input(' CASH $ ')
change = cash - s
print ' CHANGE $',change print ' '
print ' TOTAL SALES $ ',v

[Martin Maney]

Greg Ewing <gr**@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

I notice it's nicely agnostic about what kind
of numbers are used. This will come in very handy
if complex currency is ever introduced... ITEM $ 3.50
ITEM $ 2.30j
ITEM $ 1+2j
ITEM $ 0
TOTAL $ (4.5+4.3j)
CASH $ 50
CHANGE $ (45.5-4.3j)

Beautiful demonstration of the principle behind the rule that items
with complex prices may only be sold in conjugate pairs! :-)

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