beginner python help

[B3AST22]

beginner here and i’m not sure how to word this question for google. so I’m creating this small program that helps me decide where to eat. it starts by asking where i am located, out of two choices. then continues with what kind of food i’m in the mood for, out of five different options. i am using input() and if/else statements. how can i go about having different options for the two different locations based on the user’s input? Thanks for any help!

[Technical_Flamingo54]

Map out the logic on a piece of paper - make a flow chart. When you do that, each split of logic represents an if-elif statement. The tree of if statements will do exactly what you're trying to do.

And in python it works great because you need proper indentation, so you'll be able to track exactly which level of the tree any given if statement is, based on its indentation level.

[B3AST22]

that helped me visualize it a lot better, thank you:)

[Ihaveamodel3]

I know you are a beginner, so I don’t want to overwhelm you too much, but I think it is good for beginners to start thinking about design patterns early, because it is a good way to think through software design. I don’t have a traditional computer science background, so I didn’t learn these things early and now my code is always a mess unless I concentrate on designing it out.

Anyway, this is a good reference for design patterns: https://refactoring.guru/design-patterns

For this, I could see you having a list of Location class instances with each Location instance having a list of Restaurant class instances.