🔒 My program is to calculate the amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant

[wooden saddle]

Here is my code ( my problem is that the value is not displaying but instead its displaying the code that i wrote for my output instead)
#This program will calculate your total amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant
OriginalCost = float(input(' what was your total amount of the meal purchased at the restaurant?'))
Tip = .18
TipC = (Tip * OriginalCost)
Tax = .07
TaxC = (Tax * OriginalCost)
Totalamount = (OriginalCost + TipC + TaxC)
print('your original cost is', "OriginalCost")
print('The tip is', "TipC")
print('The tax is', "TaxC")
print('The total cost is', "Totalamount")

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@wooden saddle

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[wintry wagon]

you need to remove the double quotes around the variables

does this help?

[wooden saddle]

i will try it! and see what happens

it still gives me the same result

[little pier]

you're combining strings btw, which is what causes the error ```py

this

print("hello", "world")

is the same as

print("hello world")```

[wintry wagon]

not if using variables

[little pier]

 #This program will calculate your total amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant
OriginalCost = float(input(' what was your total amount of the meal purchased at the restaurant?'))
Tip = .18
TipC = (Tip * OriginalCost)
Tax = .07
TaxC = (Tax * OriginalCost)
Totalamount = (OriginalCost + TipC + TaxC)
print('your original cost is', "OriginalCost")
print('The tip is', "TipC")
print('The tax is', "TaxC")
print('The total cost is', "Totalamount")

[wooden saddle]

ohhh i see

[little pier]

what did it output?

[wooden saddle]

the output is still the same it wont give me the value for some reason

it gives me this output The tip is TipC
The tax is TaxC
The total cost is Totalamount

[wintry wagon]

print('your original cost', OriginalCost

and not "OriginalCost"

[wooden saddle]

okay will do

[wintry wagon]

did it work?

[wooden saddle]

it did give me a value

[wintry wagon]

the correct one?

[wooden saddle]

let me adjust it with the other as well

[wintry wagon]

okay

[wooden saddle]

oh my god it worked

thank you dude i appreciate it

[wintry wagon]

you welcome

[wooden saddle]

since im new to coding what was the error i was making?

[wintry wagon]

a string is a list of characters and is declared by putting double quotes or single quotes

since you want to use a variable there's no need for ""

[wooden saddle]

oh okay so what i understand then that any variable assigned does not need quotes around it?

[wintry wagon]

exactly

[wooden saddle]

okay i really appreciate it man i hope you have a good day

[wintry wagon]

you welcome

anything else?

[wooden saddle]

that is all i do have another assigntment for later that i wil attempt to do if im really hard stuck on something i will make another discussion post but for now that is all

[wintry wagon]

good luck

[wooden saddle]

thank you

[hoary hazel]

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