Python Meetup Lesson Gist

currency_converter.py

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rates = [{
    'country': ['USA'],
    'currency': 'USD',
    'rate': 360
},
{
    'country': ['UK'],
    'currency': 'GBP',
    'rate': 500
},
{
    'country': [],
    'currency': 'BTC',
    'rate': 4_551_124.12
},
{
    'country': ['Ghana'],
    'currency': 'GHS',
    'rate': 78.51,
},
{
    'country': ['France','Germany','Italy','Spain'],
    'currency': 'EUR',
    'rate': 440, 
},
]

print("Welecome to our meetup python application")
print('We currently support only Naira (Nigerian Currency)')
currency_or_country = input("Please type a currency/country: "
)

result = None
kind = None
for record in rates:
    if currency_or_country.lower() == record['currency'].lower():
        result = record['rate']
        kind = "currency"
        break
    similar_case_countries = []
    for country in record['country']:
        similar_case_countries.append(country.lower())
    if currency_or_country.lower() in similar_case_countries:
        result = record['rate']
        kind = 'country'
        break

if result:
    print("The rate for {} which is a {} is {}".format(currency_or_country,kind, result))
else:
    print("Sorry! we couldn't find your currency/country")