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I decided to make a calculator as a project. Implementing basic addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication was fairly easy.

I wanted to add more functionality so I decided to implement a list of results the user view. However, I had a difficult time keeping track of the results numerically. I wrote a maze of if statements that are functional but seem to be overwrought with code. I am sure there is a better way to handle this. Any advice?

def add(x, y):

    return x + y





def sub(x, y):

    return x - y





def mul(x, y):

    return x * y





def div(x, y):

    value = None

    while True:

        try:

            value = x / y

            break

        except ZeroDivisionError:

            print('Value is not dividable by 0, try again')

            break

    return value





def num_input(prompt='Enter a number: '):

    while True:

        try:

            print(prompt, end='')

            x = int(input())

            break

        except ValueError:

            print('You must input a number. Try again.')

    return x





def get_two_val():

    x, y = num_input(), num_input()

    return x, y





print("Welcome to Simple Calc")



# declaration of variables

num_of_calc_counter = 0

index_of_calc = 1

calculations = 



while True:



    print("Choose from the following options:")

    print(" 1. Add")

    print(" 2. Subtract")

    print(" 3. Multiply")

    print(" 4. Divide")

    print(" 5. Sales Tax Calculator")

    print(" 6. Recent Calculations")

    print(" 0. Quit")



    usrChoice = num_input('Enter your choice: ')



    '''

    Menu workflow

        options 1-4 take in two numbers and perform the specified calculation and

        then add the result to a master list that the user can reference later.

        lastly, the workflow increments the num_of_calc variable by 1 for recent

        calc logic



        option 5 is a simple tax calculator that needs work or option to enter

        or find tax rate



        option 6 returns a list of all the calculations perform by the user

    '''

    if usrChoice is 1:

        numbers = get_two_val()

        result = add(*numbers)

        print(numbers[0], "plus", numbers[1], "equals", result)

        calculations.extend([result])

        num_of_calc_counter += 1



    elif usrChoice is 2:

        numbers = get_two_val()

        result = sub(*numbers)

        print(numbers[0], "minus", numbers[1], "equals", result)

        calculations.extend([result])

        num_of_calc_counter += 1



    elif usrChoice is 3:

        numbers = get_two_val()

        result = mul(*numbers)

        print(numbers[0], "times", numbers[1], "equals", result)

        calculations.extend([result])

        num_of_calc_counter += 1



    elif usrChoice is 4:

        numbers = get_two_val()

        result = div(*numbers)

        print(numbers[0], "divided by", numbers[1], "equals", result)

        calculations.extend([result])

        num_of_calc_counter += 1



    elif usrChoice is 5:

        tax_rate = .0875

        price = float(input("What is the price?: "))

        total_tax = tax_rate * price

        final_amount = total_tax + price

        print('Tax rate: ', tax_rate, '%')

        print('Sales tax: $', total_tax)

        print('_____________________________')

        print('Final amount: $', final_amount)

    #

    elif usrChoice is 6:

        if len(calculations) is 0:

            print('There are no calculations')

        elif num_of_calc_counter == 0:

            index_of_calc = 1

            for i in calculations:

                print(index_of_calc, i)

                index_of_calc += 1

            num_of_calc_counter += 1

        elif index_of_calc == num_of_calc_counter:

            index_of_calc = 1

            for i in calculations:

                print(index_of_calc, i)

                index_of_calc += 1

            num_of_calc_counter += 1

        elif num_of_calc_counter > index_of_calc:

            index_of_calc = 1

            for i in calculations:

                print(index_of_calc, i)

                index_of_calc += 1

            num_of_calc_counter -= 1

        elif num_of_calc_counter < index_of_calc:

            index_of_calc = 1

            for i in calculations:

                print(index_of_calc, i)

                index_of_calc += 1

            num_of_calc_counter += 1



    elif usrChoice is 0:

        break

Use the operator package

This series of functions:

def add(x, y):

    return x + y





def sub(x, y):

    return x - y





def mul(x, y):

    return x * y

can go away entirely. (You can include div too if you rework the way that exceptions are handled). Instead, use the operator package.

Early return

This:

def num_input(prompt='Enter a number: '):

    while True:

        try:

            print(prompt, end='')

            x = int(input())

            break

        except ValueError:

            print('You must input a number. Try again.')

    return x

doesn't need a break. Replace the break with a return and delete the return outside of the loop.

Write a main method

...to pull your code out of global scope.

Use more loops

This:

print(" 1. Add")

print(" 2. Subtract")

print(" 3. Multiply")

print(" 4. Divide")

print(" 5. Sales Tax Calculator")

print(" 6. Recent Calculations")

print(" 0. Quit")

can be rewritten as a tuple:

menu_choices = (

    ('Add', do_add),

    ('Subtract', do_subtract),

    # ...

)

The index of the outer tuple is the user input, the first element of the inner tuple is the menu item name, and the second element of the inner tuple is the name of a function you can call to execute the menu item feature. Then your input logic can be simplified to something like

print('Choose from the following options:')

print('n'.join('%2d. %s' % (i, name)

                for i, (name, _) in enumerate(menu_choices)))

user_choice = num_input('Enter your choice:')

if 0 <= user_choice < len(menu_choices):

    menu_choices[user_choice][1]()

Use append instead of extend

This:

calculations.extend([result])

should be

calculations.append(result)

Don't repeat yourself

These four blocks:

    elif num_of_calc_counter == 0:

        index_of_calc = 1

        for i in calculations:

            print(index_of_calc, i)

            index_of_calc += 1

        num_of_calc_counter += 1

    elif index_of_calc == num_of_calc_counter:

        index_of_calc = 1

        for i in calculations:

            print(index_of_calc, i)

            index_of_calc += 1

        num_of_calc_counter += 1

    elif num_of_calc_counter > index_of_calc:

        index_of_calc = 1

        for i in calculations:

            print(index_of_calc, i)

            index_of_calc += 1

        num_of_calc_counter -= 1

    elif num_of_calc_counter < index_of_calc:

        index_of_calc = 1

        for i in calculations:

            print(index_of_calc, i)

            index_of_calc += 1

        num_of_calc_counter += 1

do the exact same thing! So just replace them all with one else following your if len(calculations) == 0.

Also, that first if can be simplified to if not calculations.