Felipe’s Taqueria
Note that, as of 2023-10-25T11:59:00-04:00, the prices of Felipe’s have been updated!
One of the most popular places to eat in Harvard Square is Felipe’s Taqueria, which offers a menu of entrees, per the dict
below, wherein the value of each key is a price in dollars:
{
"Baja Taco": 4.25,
"Burrito": 7.50,
"Bowl": 8.50,
"Nachos": 11.00,
"Quesadilla": 8.50,
"Super Burrito": 8.50,
"Super Quesadilla": 9.50,
"Taco": 3.00,
"Tortilla Salad": 8.00
}
In a file called taqueria.py
, implement a program that enables a user to place an order, prompting them for items, one per line, until the user inputs control-d (which is a common way of ending one’s input to a program). After each inputted item, display the total cost of all items inputted thus far, prefixed with a dollar sign ($
) and formatted to two decimal places. Treat the user’s input case insensitively. Ignore any input that isn’t an item. Assume that every item on the menu will be titlecased.
Hints
- Note that you can detect when the user has inputted control-d by catching an
EOFError
with code like:try: item = input() except EOFError: ...
You might want to print a new line so that the user’s cursor (and subsequent prompt) doesn’t remain on the same line as your program’s own prompt.
- Inputting control-d does not require inputting Enter as well, and so the user’s cursor (and subsequent prompt) might thus remain on the same line as your program’s own prompt. You can move the user’s cursor to a new line by printing
\n
yourself! - Note that a
dict
comes with quite a few methods, per docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict, among themget
, and supports operations like:d[key]
and
if key in d: ...
wherein
d
is adict
andkey
is astr
. - Be sure to avoid or catch any
KeyError
.
Demo
Before You Begin
- Log into code.cs50.io using your GitHub account.
- Click inside the terminal window and execute
cd
. - Execute
wget https://cdn.cs50.net/2022/fall/labs/6/taqueria.zip
followed by Enter in order to download a zip calledtaqueria.zip
in your codespace. Take care not to overlook the space betweenwget
and the following URL, or any other character for that matter! - Now execute
unzip taqueria.zip
to create a folder calledtaqueria
. - You no longer need the ZIP file, so you can execute
rm taqueria.zip
and respond with “y” followed by Enter at the prompt.
How to Test
Here’s how to test your code manually:
- Run your program with
python taqueria.py
. TypeTaco
and press Enter, then typeTaco
again and press Enter. Your program should output:Total: $6.00
and continue prompting the user until they input control-d.
- Run your program with
python taqueria.py
. TypeBaja Taco
and press Enter, then typeTortilla Salad
and press enter. Your program should output:Total: $12.25
and continue prompting the user until they input control-d.
- Run your program with
python taqueria.py
. TypeBurger
and press Enter. Your program should reprompt the user.
Be sure to try other foods and vary the casing of your input. Your program should behave as expected, case-insensitively.
You can execute the below to check your code using check50
, a program that CS50 will use to test your code when you submit. But be sure to test it yourself as well!
check50 cs50/problems/2022/python/taqueria
Green smilies mean your program has passed a test! Red frownies will indicate your program output something unexpected. Visit the URL that check50
outputs to see the input check50
handed to your program, what output it expected, and what output your program actually gave.
How to Submit
No need to submit! This is a practice problem.