Currency Calculator

currency_change_calculator.py

import sys

class CurrencyCalculator:
    def __init__(self, check_cash):

        self.check_cash = check_cash
        # base_cash should be sorted list with highest currency denomination to lowest
        self.base_cash = [100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1]
        self.result = self._breakdown()

    def _breakdown(self):

        result = []
        temp = self.check_cash
        for each in self.base_cash:
            if temp/each > 0:
                result.append(["${}".format(each), temp/each])
            temp = temp % each
        return result

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.result)

cc = CurrencyCalculator(32456)
print cc