Question

Starting out with Python 4th edition

Chapter 2 Programming Exercise 12 Stock Transaction Program

Not sure how to do this

Answer 1

CODE

purchased = 2000

buyValue = 40.0

commission = 3 / 100

sellValue = 42.75

sold = 2000

amountPaid = purchased * buyValue

purchCommission = amountPaid * commission

amountReceived = sold * sellValue

sellCommission = amountReceived * commission

amountLeft = amountReceived - sellCommission - purchCommission - amountPaid

print("Joe paid", amountPaid, "dollars for his stocks")

print("His broker was paid", purchCommission, "dollars during the purchase")

print("Joe's stocks sold for", amountReceived, "dollars")

print("The broker was paid", sellCommission, "dollars during the sale")

if amountLeft < 0:

print("Joe lost", abs(amountLeft), "dollars")

else:

print("Joe made", amountLeft, "dollars")