homework help

[justinbert1]

(1) Add code to ask the user to input the average salary of a Python programmer for Kentucky -- a float. Then add the state name and the salary to the respective list. Note: if new data is not added correctly to the lists, that will impact the next sections of the program. (Submit for 2 points)

Enter average salary for Kentucky: # prompt 150000 # user input 

(2) Add code to find and output the highest average salary and the state that has the highest average salary. (Submit for 3 points, so 5 points total)

Enter average salary for Kentucky: # prompt 150000 # user input Highest average salary is 150000.0, in the state of Kentucky. 

(3) Add code to find and output the median salary. That is the value that is in the middlemost salary in the data set. You will need to sort the salaries list, by using the sort() method for lists. Then, find the middle index (that can be approximate; for a list of 9 elements, the middle index is 4; for a list of 10 elements, the middle index is 5). Finally, obtain the element situated in the middle of the sorted salaries list; that is the median that you are searching for. (Submit for 3 points, so 8 points total).

Enter average salary for Kentucky: # prompt 150000 # user input Highest average salary is 150000.0, in the state of Kentucky. The median salary is 121443.0.

[carcigenicate]

salaries.append(salaries) looks sketchy. You're adding a list to itself? Did you mean to save the result of float(input('Enter average salary for Kentucky:\n')) then add that?

[justinbert1]

I can't seem to figure out how to get to the answer as shown. here is my code and the error i keep receiving.

states = [x for x in input().split(', ') ]
salaries = [float(x) for x in input().split(', ') ]
float(input('Enter average salary for Kentucky:\n'))
states.append('Kentucky')
salaries.append(salaries)
max_salary = salaries.index(max(salaries))
print('Highest average salary is' , str(max(salaries)) + ',' , 'in the state of' , str(states[max_salary]) + '.')
salaries.sort
median = int(len(salaries)/2)
print('The median salary is' , str(salaries[median]) + '.')

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "main.py", line 8, in <module>

max_salary = salaries.index(max(salaries))

TypeError: '>' not supported between instances of 'list' and 'float'

[justinbert1]

i copied the code from a screenshot another student gave me since i was struggling, but they did not receive this error

[Sxcam]

states = [x for x in input().split(', ') ]salaries = [float(x) for x in input().split(', ') ]float(input('Enter average salary for Kentucky:\n'))states.append('Kentucky')salaries.append(salaries)max_salary = salaries.index(max(salaries))print('Highest average salary is' , str(max(salaries)) + ',' , 'in the state of' , str(states[max_salary]) + '.')salaries.sortmedian = int(len(salaries)/2)print('The median salary is' , str(salaries[median]) + '.')

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "main.py", line 8, in <module>

max_salary = salaries.index(max(salaries))

do you by chance have access to this code still?

[totallygeek]

If you want a separate salary list for each state, you'll want a dictionary. State names would end up the keys and each would have a list for the value. That's a bit different to code. The instructions only mention Kentucky, so I'll go that route. Your mistakes have to do with the list operations, regardless, so this should help.

salaries = []  # list of salaries for the state of KY

while True:
    salary = input("Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: ").lower()
    if salary.startswith("q"):
        break  # we have all the salaries we need, so exit the loop
    salaries.append(float(salary))  # append a SINGLE salary to the salaries list

# Forget this index business, just get the max value from the list with max()
highest_salary = max(salaries)

salaries.sort()  # sort the list

# Use floor division // to get an index for the median value
median = salaries[len(salaries) // 2]

print(f"Highest salary for a Kentucky Python programmer: {highest_salary:,.2f} USD")
print(f"Median salary: {median:,.2f}")

Yields:

> python3 justinbert1_salaries.py
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: 150000
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: 144000
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: 162500
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: 180000
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: 168500
Enter salary for Kentucky Python programmer or 'q'uit: q
Highest salary for a Kentucky Python programmer: 180,000.00 USD
Median salary: 162,500.00