#🔒 Confused Math
sly lintel
what inputs did you use when your program returned 15?
or which 15 are you talking about? line 26?
vivid iron
no it cant be line 26 because the only way the "15" on output changes is when i change the line 10 number from 4
i changed the number 4 to 5 and the output turned to 10. xD
im beyond lost right now haha
thin tinsel
be careful setting your charge to 0
right now it reads if your sign is oak, but not gold, then your sign is free
you don't need an else in both those situations
if the sign is not oak or the sign is not gold, the price does not adjust at all
supple heron
you are printing total_charge not charge, 35 - 20
vivid iron
i thought with how i did it the "total_charge" would be the "price and "additional_character_charge" which would add up the "base_price(35) with the "charge" of oak and(or) gold. 🤣
vivid iron
be careful setting your charge to 0
doesnt setting it to 0 initialize it though?
supple heron
It'll reset a variable to 0, which doesn't seem to be what you want to do.
Instead, add the values to the total charge if the conditions are met
vivid iron
Okay, so if i change the print to print the "price" it sends the "base_price". if i change it to "charge" it sends it with the oak and gold charge. Why would it not add up with what i have written on line 11?
vivid iron
right now it reads if your sign is oak, but not gold, then your sign is free
I fixed this issue thank you
thin tinsel
doesnt setting it to 0 initialize it though?
yes, but you're using the same variable for wood_type and color
supple heron
The lines are evaluated at the time they are reached.
if a = 2 and b = 3 and you encounter a line that says c = a + b c gets set to 5
If later on a or b changes it doesn't get recalculated.
thin tinsel
!e
a = 5
b = 7
c = a + b
print(c)
a = 100
print(c)
rough birchBOT
!e
```py
a = 5
b = 7
c = a + b
print(c)
a = 100
print(c)
```
:white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.
001 | 12
002 | 12
an example of what Grote is saying
variables are not dynamic this way. Just because a changed doesn't mean c updates
We're not storing that formula in the variable. We're simply evaluating it
vivid iron
okay that makes sense thank you guys. ill try to fix this stuff and come back if i get lost lol.
vivid iron
okay so i fixed all the other issues. ive been experimenting with this. I understand you cant use length on integers, but what other way can i represent this?
thin tinsel
okay so i fixed all the other issues. ive been experimenting with this. I unde...
Instead of num characters, why not ask them to input their sign message
then you can use len on that string
I think you've also overcomplicated your if statements to check for gold and oak
if wood_type == 'oak':
charge += 20
if color == 'gold':
charge += 15
this is all it needs to be
vivid iron
Instead of num characters, why not ask them to input their sign message
because the assignment requirements ask for number of characters, otherwise thats what i would of went with. and oh wow yeah i defintely did overcomplicate it then LMAO.
thin tinsel
well then you don't need len at all, just use the value as is
if it's 15 characters, then isn't that the value that you want?
if you were able to get the len of this, it would be 2 digits. Is that useful information?
rough birchBOT
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