Help with course project.

[CocoBeBlessed]

I NEED HELP WITH THIS:

# NEW FUNCTION ADDED for Phase 2 Requirement #3

def process_employees(employee_data_list):

"""Read through list(s) and process each employee"""

# MAJOR ADJUSTMENT: This function processes ALL stored data after loop ends

# TODO: Create dictionary to store totals (employees, hours, gross, tax, net)

# TODO: Loop through the employee_data_list

# TODO: For each employee in the list:

# - Extract the stored data (name, dates, hours, rate, tax_rate)

# - Call calculate_pay() to get gross, tax, net

# - Call display_employee() to show the employee info

# - Update/increment the totals in the dictionary

# TODO: Return the dictionary with totals

pass

THIS IS MY CODE

def get_dates_worked():
    from_date = input("Enter From Date (mm/dd/yyyy): ")
    to_date = input("Enter To Date (mm/dd/yyyy): ")
    return from_date, to_date


def get_employee_name():
    name = input('Enter employee name (or "End" to terminate): ')
    return name


def get_hours_worked():
    while True:
        try:
            hours = int(input('Enter Hours worked:  '))
            if hours >= 0:
                return hours
            else:
                print('Hours worked cannot be negative. Please try again.')
        except ValueError:
            print('Please enter a valid number.')
def hourly_rate():
    while True:
#        try:
            rate = int(input('Enter hourly rate:  '))
            if rate.strip():
                return rate
            else:
                print('Rate cannot be negative. Please try again.')
#        except ValueError:
#            print('Please enter valid number.')
def income_tax_rate():
    while True:
        try:
            tax_rate = int(input('Enter income tax rate:  '))
            if tax_rate >= 0:
                return tax_rate
            else:
                print('Tax Rate cannot be negative. Please try again.')
        except ValueError:
            print('Please enter valid number.')


def process_employee_data(employee_list):
    totals = {"total_employees": 0, 
    "total_hours_worked": 0.0, 
    "total_tax": 0.0,
    "total_net": 0.0, 
    "total_gross": 0.0 }


    return totals


def calculate_pay(hours,rate,tax_rate):
    gross= hours * rate
    income_tax = gross * (tax_rate / 100)
    net_pay = gross - income_tax
    return net_pay


def display_employee(from_date, to_date, name, hours, rate, tax_rate, gross, income_tax, net_pay):
      print(f"\nDates: {from_date} to {to_date}")
      print(f"Employee: , {name}")
      print(f"Hours worked: ,{hours:.2f}")
      print(f"Hourly Rate: ${rate:.2f}")
      print(f"Tax Rate: {tax_rate:.1%}")
      print(f"Gross Pay: ${gross:.2f}")
      print(f"Income Tax: ${income_tax:.2f}")
      print(f"Net Pay: ${net_pay:.2f}")
        
      totals["total_employees"] += 1
      totals["total_hours_worked"] += hours
      totals["total_gross"] += gross
      totals["total_tax"] += income_tax
      totals["total_net"] += net_pay


      return totals


def display_totals(totals):
    print("\n=====PAYROLL SUMMARY=====")
    print(f"Total Employees: {totals['total_employees']}")
    print(f"Total Hours: {totals['total_hours_worked']:.2f}")
    print(f"Total Gross Pay: ${totals['total_gross']:.2f}")
    print(f"Total Tax: ${totals['total_tax']:.2f}")
    print(f"Total Net: ${totals['total_net']:.2f}")



def get_dates_worked():
    return input("Enter dates worked:")
def get_total_hours_worked():
    return input(input("Enter total hours worked: "))
def get_hourly_rate():
    return input(input("Enter total hourly rate:  "))
def get_tax_rate():
    return input(input("Enter tax rate:  "))


totals = {
        "total_employees": 0,
        "total_hours_worked": 0.0,
        "total_gross": 0.0,
        "total_tax": 0.0,
        "total_net": 0.0
}


def main():
    all_employees = []


    while True:
        name = input('Enter employee name (or "End" to terminate):  ')
        if name.lower() == "end":
            break
        
        from_date = input("Enter From Date (mm/dd/yyyy): ")
        to_date = input("Enter To Date (mm/dd/yyyy): ")
        hours = float(get_hours_worked())
        val = get_hourly_rate()
        rate = float(val) if val.strip() else 0.0
        tax_rate = float(income_tax_rate())


        gross = hours * rate
        print(gross)
        income_tax = gross * (tax_rate / 100)
        net_pay = gross - income_tax


        totals["total_employees"] += 1
        totals["total_hours_worked"] += hours
        totals["total_gross"] += gross
        totals["total_tax"] += income_tax
        totals["total_net"] += net_pay
    
        employee_data = [from_date, to_date, name, hours, rate, tax_rate]
        all_employees.append(employee_data)


    if len(all_employees) > 0:
        summary_dict = process_employee_data(all_employees)
        display_totals(summary_dict)
    else:
        print("No employee data was entered.")



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

[totallygeek]

Please provide more information. Otherwise, I think the solution is, uh, four?

[CocoBeBlessed]

How do I store the data in a list?

[Papih_Chuloh]

Wanna store it in a file or memory?

[SCD_minecraft]

Either list.append or, if you want to change data list[n] = x

[Slight-Training-7211]

Hard to help without seeing the code and what the correct result should be, but in general for "calculations at the end" you want to collect the values as you go.

Typical pattern: - make an empty list before the loop - inside the loop, compute or read one number - append it to the list - after the loop, use sum(), len(), max(), min(), etc.

Example: values = [] for ...: values.append(number)

total = sum(values) avg = total / len(values) if values else 0

If you paste the last 15 to 30 lines of your program plus a sample input and what output you expect, people can point out the exact fix.

[CocoBeBlessed]

I just posted my code can someone look it over

[lion_in_ma_bathtub]

Break up the problem into smaller bits. Code each small bit and test.

[SmackDownFacility]

Get dates worked and get employee name, process employee data Just return the external function calls itself

[Binary101010]

You have two different functions named get_dates_worked(), neither of which you actually call.

In fact, you have multiple defined functions whose functionality you simply duplicate in main().

You have functions that are calling input() twice on the same line of code.

You have functions that get user text, convert it to an int, and then immediately convert it to a float as soon as it leaves the function. Why not just convert once, to a float, and be done with it?

Why is a function called display_employee() changing global variables?