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Last week i decided it was time i tough myself another language. I have been learning it rather quickly too. I am teaching myself, Python

 

here is a program i wrote for our business:

 

print "membership Calculator v0.5"
#membership rates and fees
#edit the number fields to change rates.
single_per = 35
extra_per = 20
startup_1 = 15
startup_extra = 5
discount = 0.9
#but don't change after this point
tanning = 0
anytime_health = 0
no_fee = 0
#questions
print "How long is the membership (In months)"
months = input ()
print "Is this a single membership or family? 1 = Single / 2 = Family"
memberanswer = input ()
#single
if memberanswer is 1:
print "does this membership get a 10% discount? 1 = yes / 2 = no"
discount_ans = input ()
if discount_ans is 1:
	single_per = single_per * discount
print "Is there a Start up fee? 1 = yes / 2 = no"
single_fee_ans = input ()
if single_fee_ans is 1:
	single_contract_fee = single_per * months + startup_1
	single_contract = single_per * months
	down_pay = single_per + startup_1
	bal = single_contract_fee - down_pay
	print "Does this membership get discount? 1 = yes / 2 = no"
	print "Single membership rate is %s dollars per month" % (single_per)
	print "plus a %s dollar start up fee" % (startup_1)
	print "Total year Membership cost %s dollars" % (single_contract_fee)
	print
	print
	#Contract fillout cheat sheet
	print "Contract Cheat sheet"
	print
	print "Membership --------- %s" % (single_contract)
	print "Tanning ------------ %s" % (tanning)
	print "Processing Fee ----- %s" % (startup_1)
	print "Anytime Health ----- %s" % (anytime_health)
	print "Total -------------- %s" % (single_contract_fee)
	print "Downpaymnt --------- %s" % (down_pay)
	print "Remaining Balance -- %s" % (bal)
	months_bal = months - 1
	print "%s remainting payments" % (months_bal)
	print "at %s dollars per month" % (single_per)
if single_fee_ans is 2:
	print "Single membership rate is %s dollars per month" % (single_per)
	single_contract = single_per * months
	down_pay = single_per
	bal = single_contract - down_pay
	print "Total year membership cost %s dollars" % (single_contract)
	print
	print
	#Contract fillout cheat sheet
	print "Contract Fill-out Cheat sheet"
	print
	print "Membership --------- %s" % (single_contract)
	print "Tanning ------------ %s" % (tanning)
	print "Processing Fee ----- %s" % (no_fee)
	print "Anytime Health ----- %s" % (anytime_health)
	print "Total -------------- %s" % (single_contract)
	print "Downpaymnt --------- %s" % (down_pay)
	print "Remaining Balance -- %s" % (bal)
	months_bal = months - 1
	print "%s remainting payments" % (months_bal)
	print "at %s dollars per month" % (single_per)
#secondary members
if memberanswer is 2:
print "How many Secondary Members?"
secondary = input ()
membership_per = secondary * extra_per + single_per
print "does this membership get a 10% discount? 1 = yes / 2 = no"
discount_ans = input ()
if discount_ans is 1:
	membership_per = membership_per * discount
print "Is there a start up fee? 1 = yes / 2 = no?"
extra_fee_ans = input ()
if extra_fee_ans is 1:
	multi_fee = secondary * startup_extra + startup_1
	multi_contract_fee = membership_per * months + multi_fee
	multi_contract = membership_per * months
	down_pay = membership_per + multi_fee
	bal = multi_contract_fee - down_pay
	print "Membership rate is %s per month" % (membership_per)
	print "plus a %s start up fee" % (multi_fee)
	print "Total Membership cost %s dollars with %s secondary member(s)" % (multi_contract_fee,secondary)
	print
	print
	#Contract fillout cheat sheet
	print "Contract Fill-out Cheat sheet"
	print
	print "Membership --------- %s" % (multi_contract)
	print "Tanning ------------ %s" % (tanning)
	print "Processing Fee ----- %s" % (multi_fee)
	print "Anytime Health ----- %s" % (anytime_health)
	print "Total -------------- %s" % (multi_contract_fee)
	print "Downpaymnt --------- %s" % (down_pay)
	print "Remaining Balance -- %s" % (bal)
	months_bal = months - 1
	print "%s remainting payments" % (months_bal)
	print "at %s dollars per month" % (membership_per)
if extra_fee_ans is 2:
	print "Family membership rate is %s per month" % (membership_per)
	multi_contract = membership_per * months
	down_pay = membership_per
	bal = multi_contract - down_pay
	print "Total membership cost %s dollars with %s secondary member(s)" % (multi_contract,secondary)
	print
	print
	#Contract fillout cheat sheet
	print "Contract Fill-out Cheat sheet"
	print
	print "Membership --------- %s" % (membership_per)
	print "Tanning ------------ %s" % (tanning)
	print "Processing Fee ----- %s" % (no_fee)
	print "Anytime Health ----- %s" % (anytime_health)
	print "Total -------------- %s" % (multi_contract)
	print "Downpaymnt --------- %s" % (down_pay)
	print "Remaining Balance -- %s" % (bal)
	months_bal = months -1
	print "%s remainting payments" % (months_bal)
	print "at %s dollars per month" % (membership_per)
raw_input ("press Enter to close window")

 

sorry about posting all the code!

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I retired as a software engineer a few years ago. We were asked to learn a new language about every couple of months or so. They would send you to a 3 day class, and when you came out you were expected to code like it was your only purpose in life. I was on a project team that dealt with millions of lines of code for a very large company, and after learning about 10 different languages, I decided my brain was as full as it was ever going to get, so I retired at 50.

I'm sooo happy to be able to play with Jeeps!

BTW, never heard of Python until now. The last one I remember learning was C# (C-sharp).

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Should had wrapped the code tags around it!

 

<?php
Tabs rule!
?>

 

i overlooked the "code" button lol, thanks for reminding me!

 

I retired as a software engineer a few years ago. We were asked to learn a new language about every couple of months or so. They would send you to a 3 day class, and when you came out you were expected to code like it was your only purpose in life. I was on a project team that dealt with millions of lines of code for a very large company, and after learning about 10 different languages, I decided my brain was as full as it was ever going to get, so I retired at 50.

I'm sooo happy to be able to play with Jeeps!

BTW, never heard of Python until now. The last one I remember learning was C# (C-sharp).

 

Python is best described at their web page www.python.org

 

I chose python because it was free and easy to learn... that and my cousin knows python and helps me out with it.

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I took a C course about a year ago, and thought it was quite enjoyable. I never got too far into it, just did some basic win32 console programs that didn't do much, other than a little battleship type game. Once I get settled in a job that's actually using my degree, I'd like to take some more advanced classes.

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I took a course in C++ my first year at UOIT, got a B in the class. I'll have to retake the course now that I've transferred here because they teach a different language, not sure which.

 

Try learning Russian, Chinese or Urdo. It's easier.

 

I took a Russian course last year as a bucket list thing. Not too bad, once you wrap your head around the cases and the wonky alphabet. Did reasonably well. Mind you, it's structurally pretty similar to other Indo-European languages, and I'm fluent in two (english and french) and moderately able in Spanish.

Urdu is also IE. Chinese (or well, Mandarin... no such language as "Chinese") uses intonation and a retarded pictographic alphabet, but it's a pretty simple structure, and therefore I imagine it not being all that difficult. For a real challenge, try the Native American languages, or one in the Uralic family (like Finnish or Hungarian).

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When I was posted throughout various countries throughout the South Pacific and Asia, I found it quite easy to speak the local languages within a year. All I did was frequent the local bars as much as I could, drink plenty of the local brew, and pretty soon I was speaking excellent bar room versions of Tagalog, Chamorro, and Marshallese. Korean and Japanese took a whole lot longer though and tons more beer. I don't know why...............

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When I was posted throughout various countries throughout the South Pacific and Asia, I found it quite easy to speak the local languages within a year. All I did was frequent the local bars as much as I could, drink plenty of the local brew, and pretty soon I was speaking excellent bar room versions of Tagalog, Chamorro, and Marshallese. Korean and Japanese took a whole lot longer though and tons more beer. I don't know why...............

That's because the more beer everyone downed the more fluent in drunkinese everyone becomes, once you sober up you lose it.

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Was in a bar in San Sebastion entertaining a young Senorita one night. She asked me how us Americans get what we want when we can't speak the language. Simple I replied. We just walk in a bar waving a 100 Peseta note with one hold and holding our (bleep) with the other.

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That's because the more beer everyone downed the more fluent in drunkinese everyone becomes, once you sober up you lose it.

 

This is true. But amazingly enough it comes right back the next night.

 

Was in a bar in San Sebastion entertaining a young Senorita one night. She asked me how us Americans get what we want when we can't speak the language. Simple I replied. We just walk in a bar waving a 100 Peseta note with one hold and holding our (bleep) with the other.

 

I used a more subtle variation of this because I was more cultured than you and didn't want to scare anyone. I'd tape a note of the local currency worth maybe 5-10 USD on my forehead, walk in the bar, and and scream in the local dialect "Hi ladies! See anything about me you like?". :yes: Worked every time.

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so its a good thing i posted the code for my program here, cause i broke the version i was working on. I started using TortoiseSVN to manage the older versions

 

Git(Such as github.com) or Mercurial(bitbucket.com) for repistory control. Subversion just is not up to par anymore.

 

We code in C#, Objective-C, PHP, and Python at work.

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Git(Such as github.com) or Mercurial(bitbucket.com) for repistory control. Subversion just is not up to par anymore.

 

We code in C#, Objective-C, PHP, and Python at work.

 

I will look into those, currently I am using tortoiseSVN's local repository feature,

 

Have you used Visual FoxPro 9 Professional? My uncle is a programmer and gave me use his extra copy. After I learn more python I was going to start on FoxPro, or maybe Russian lol

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I will look into those, currently I am using tortoiseSVN's local repository feature,

 

Have you used Visual FoxPro 9 Professional? My uncle is a programmer and gave me use his extra copy. After I learn more python I was going to start on FoxPro, or maybe Russian lol

 

Nope, I code everything using a simple text editor(TextMate) for OS X.

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Don't like OSX's built-in text editor? Just curious.

 

I don't use a mac so i can't really speak for its text editor, but... with windows while i can use the built in notepad to make and edit python programs or scripts, its just a text editor.. where as Notepad++ shows the line number and will automatically color code conditions or comments and what not. Notepad++ also support tabs like "firefox" so yoy can have several files open and only use the one window.

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