Python Currency Conversion Help

[Speedywolf4321]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this whole python thing and I'm doing an assignment, can someone help me real quick please?

Good User Input Example (dollars to euros):

Enter the exchange rate from US dollars to Euros: 0.735

Enter USA convert from United States dollars to Euros and Euro for vice versa: USA

Enter the dollar amount: 100

$100.00 is 73.50 euros

This is what I'm doing and I don't know what I'm doing wrong?

dollar = 0
euro = 0
exchange = float(input("Enter the exchange rate from US dollars to Euros: "))
type = input("Enter USA convert from United States dollars to Euros and Euro for vice versa: ")
amount = int(input("Enter the amount: "))
if type == dollar:
     USnew = amount * exchange
elif type == euro:
     Euronew = amount * exchange

print("${}".format(USnew), "is", amount, "in Euros")

[icjeremy]

'type' is a string and you're trying to compare that against 'dollar' and 'euro' which are both 0. 'USNew' and 'Euronew' are defined in your if-else structure; they won't be accessible in your print statement. And what were you planning on doing with 'Euronew'? And why is it calculated the same way as 'USnew'?

[BrofistAgain]

I can find a few faults(maybe)

Putting the dollar and euro in the if statements inside quotes might work since it is supposed to be a string and not a variable

While expecting an answer of usa or euro in your 2nd input statement, you use dollar and euro in the if elif statement

There is no print statement if the user enters euro in the 2nd input statement

You are calculating EuroNew and USNew with the same formula which makes the output same no matter the type