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Python

Posted by Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points

tickets

while tickets_remaining:

print("there are {} tickets remaining.".format(tickets_remaining))


ticket_buyer = input("What is your name: ")
if ticket_buyer == "gina":
    request = input("How many tickets would you like? ")
else:
    print("wait your turn")

purchased = int(request) * int(TICKET_PRICE)
print(str(purchased) + "$")

ticket_buyer = input( "Would you like to continue with purchase, yes or no:")

if ticket_buyer == "yes":
    print("SOLD!!!")
    purchased = int(tickets_remaining) - int(request)
    print(str(purchased) + " tickets remaining")

else:
    if ticket_buyer == "no":
        print("Thank you Charlotte")

print("sorry tickets are all sold out! ")

Eric M
Eric M
11,547 Points

What's your question here Andrew?

Andrew Bickham
Andrew Bickham
1,461 Points

basically with my while loop im trying to decrement the number of tickets remaining, by how many tickets are purchased; until it reaches zero but I cant seem to figure it out

1 Answer

akoniti
akoniti
1,410 Points
akoniti
akoniti
1,410 Points

Hello Andrew,

This should be fairly simple, just change the first line to something like:

while tickets_remaining > 0:

You'll also need to define a value for tickets_remaining prior to your loop.

Is that what you're after, or did I misunderstand your query?