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user3502630
user3502630

Reputation: 15

If Statements To Find Area and Perimeter

print "This is to find the area or perimeter of a rectangle "
print "Do you want to find the area(a) or perimeter(p) of your rectangle?"
a= raw_input(" I want to find the ")
if raw_input = (a)
        print "What is the length of the rectangle?"
        b = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is "))
        print "What is the width of the rectangle?"
        c = int(raw_input("The width of the rectangle is "))
        d = (2 * b) + (2 * c)
        print d
if raw_input = (p)
        print "Got it. What is the length of your rectangle?"
        x = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is ")) 
        print "What is the width of your rectangle?"
        y = int(raw_input("The width of the rectangle is "))
        z = x * y
        print z

How can I program the code to say that a is the area and p is the perimeter?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1315

Answers (2)

sshashank124
sshashank124

Reputation: 32189

You are doing your checks wrong. In python a = means assignment whereas == is a test for equality. Try this instead:

print "This is to find the area or perimeter of a rectangle "
print "Do you want to find the area(a) or perimeter(p) of your rectangle?"
a= raw_input(" I want to find the ")
if a=='a':
    print "What is the length of the rectangle?"
    b = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is "))
    print "What is the width of the rectangle?"
    c = int(raw_input("THe width of the rectangle is "))
    d = b*c
    print d
elif a=='p':
    print "Got it. What is the length of your rectangle?"
    x = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is ")) 
    print "What is the width of your rectangle?"
    y = int(raw_input("The width of the rectangle is "))
    z = 2*x+2*y
    print z

Upvotes: 1

A.J. Uppal
A.J. Uppal

Reputation: 19264

This is odd, you cannot check to see if raw_input() is something. And also, it is == to test for equality, = is to assign. Here is what you want: 

print "This is to find the area or perimeter of a rectangle "
print "Do you want to find the area(a) or perimeter(p) of your rectangle?"
a= raw_input(" I want to find the ")
if a=='p':
        print "What is the length of the rectangle?"
        b = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is "))
        print "What is the width of the rectangle?"
        c = int(raw_input("THe width of the rectangle is "))
        d = (2 * b) + (2 * c)
        print d
elif a=='a':
        print "Got it. What is the length of your rectangle?"
        x = int(raw_input("The length of the rectangle is ")) 
        print "What is the width of your rectangle?"
        y = int(raw_input("The width of the rectangle is "))
        z = x * y
        print z

Upvotes: 2

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