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BEGINNER: My calculator doesnt work
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Hi everyone,

I recently started learning how Python works and thought I would set up a simple calculator which asks for three inputs:

1. The first number
2. Operator
3. The second number

This is my code:

num1 = float(input ("Insert number: "))
operator = input ("What operation do you want to do: ")
num2 = float(input ("And the second number: "))

if operator == "+" or "Plus" or "plus":
    print(num1 + num2)
elif operator == "minus" or "Minus" or "-":
    print(num1 - num2)
elif operator == "Multiplication" or "multiplication" or "*":
    print(num1 * num2)
elif operator == "/" or "divide" or "Divide":
    print(num1 / num2)
else:
    print("Sorry, operator not identified, please try again: ")
It does not give a Syntax Error, but whenever I insert the two numbers along with an operator it only adds up the numbers. Example:

5
*
5
= 10.0

What am I doing wrong?

I really hope I am not filling up the forum with too simple stuff seeing what others are discussing in these forums. If that is the case please feel free to delete. I am just here to learn!

Kind regards
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Messages In This Thread
BEGINNER: My calculator doesnt work - by iskov - Oct-09-2019, 06:12 AM
RE: BEGINNER: My calculator doesnt work - by buran - Oct-09-2019, 06:16 AM
RE: BEGINNER: My calculator doesnt work - by iskov - Oct-09-2019, 07:02 AM
RE: BEGINNER: My calculator doesnt work - by buran - Oct-09-2019, 07:45 AM

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