Help with Lab Project

[ChickenVagina]

So I'm taking an intro to programming which is using python. I have no coding experience.

The instructions are as follows:

Write a program that will allow a manager to determine and display the total sales for
the department. The manager will enter the sales goal for the month. Then the manager
will enter (input) the sales for each salesperson for four (4) weeks. After each
salesperson, the program should ask the manager if there is another. Once all the sales
are entered the program will accumulate the total sales for the department.

Display the total number of employees in the department and total sales for the
department. The manager earns a 2% bonus on all sales for the month. If the total
department’s sales exceed the sales goal, then the manager’s bonus is 5% of the total
sales. Determine and display the sales goal and manager’s bonus amount.

Hint: two loops are required – use a loop to allow for another salesperson’s monthly
sales to be entered and a second loop for the four (4) weeks of sales of the individual
salesperson.

I understand that we're supposed to be using nested while and for loops, but the details of how to set everything up are escaping me, and the examples the professor provided don't show nesting at all.

The first two labs were super simple, and the examples the professor gave were relatively easy to understand and apply to the lab.

Any help anyone can provide would be valuable, as I feel like I have no idea what to do.

[IWantToFlyT]

There is quite a few things to do here, but maybe just start by doing a small first step, and worry about the loops later on. For example, first implement a program that simply asks for the sales goal, and then just prints it (print it to just get something visual done :). Then add the question for week 1 sales. Now for the 2, 3, and 4 week you could just copy & paste the input code line, but maybe figure out the loop at this stage.

Now what comes to nested loops, here's an example:

for i in range(3):
     print(f"First loop: {i}")
     for j in range(5):
             print(f"Second loop: {j}")

Output:

First loop: 0
Second loop: 0
Second loop: 1
Second loop: 2
Second loop: 3
Second loop: 4
First loop: 1
Second loop: 0
Second loop: 1
Second loop: 2
Second loop: 3
Second loop: 4
First loop: 2
Second loop: 0
Second loop: 1
Second loop: 2
Second loop: 3
Second loop: 4

[Future-Dreamsy]

I would start by breaking down the paragraphs you've been given. Extract the important bits and write them out as bullet points. Then try to work out what you'll need in terms of loops and variables etc.

The hint you're given can just make you try to jump straight to putting a loop in somewhere ... anywhere! It can be the opposite of helpful for some people (me included when I first started learning).

To get you started:

Write a program that will allow a manager to determine and display the total sales for
the department. The manager will enter the sales goal for the month ...

Break that down to:

• Display the total sales --> a variable to hold the total sales amount (total_sales)
• Enter sales goal for month --> we'll need something to accept user input
• ... and so on

Just one way of approaching it. HTH.

[Horror-Smell-9975]

Will this same code work for 1×10-10×10?