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A Quick Recap

Created By: Sean Boerhout

Here I'll give you a quick recap of what you've learned in the form of an example.

Suppose I wanted user input at a vending machine, where customers need to type in the drink that they want. Using a dictionary, I can easily relate the name of that drink to a price: 

drink_prices = {
  "sprite" : 2.50,
  "coke" : 2.00,
  "fanta" : 3.00
}
In order to get the user's input, I'll use a cool function called input(). It prompts python to ask for your input and assigns the input to a string: 
customer_drink = input()
Now we can ask someone for their desired drink and tell them the price! 
customer_drink = input()
print(drink_prices[customer_drink])
But we can do better than that... let's make the process more friendly with some print()s. 
print("Welcome! What drink would you like? Please choose from one of the choices below:") 
print(drink_prices.keys())

# ask them for their drink and say the price
customer_drink = input()
print(f"{ customer_drink.title() }s costs { drink_prices[customer_drink] } dollars!")

But, wait. What if the user makes a typo by using the wrong capitalization? We can ensure that the input is always read correctly: 

customer_drink = input().lower()
Since all the keys in our dictionary are lowercase, this will fix that problem.

Finished Code

Here's all that code put together: 

drink_prices = {
  "sprite" : 2.50,
  "coke" : 2.00,
  "fanta" : 3.00
}

print("Welcome! What drink would you like? Please choose from one of the choices below:") 
print(drink_prices.keys())

customer_drink = input().lower()

print(f"{ customer_drink.title() }s costs { drink_prices[customer_drink] } dollars!")

Try it yourself

Challenge

Create a fictional character that a user can learn about! You should use at least one dictionary, one input, and one list.

Here is an example:

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