python!TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'

[shaywune]

I am new to programming. learning python by watching online videos and doing exercises so i guess i qualify as a student.

my exercise is this:

Calculate the total to charge for an order from an online store in Canada
•      Ask user what country they are from and their order total
•      If the user is from Canada, ask which province
•      If the order is from outside Canada do not charge any taxes
•      If the order was placed in Canada calculate tax based on the province
–     Alberta charge .05% General sales Tax (GST)
–     Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia charge .13% Harmonized sales tax
–     All other provinces charge .06% provincial sales tax + .05% GST tax
•      Tell the user the total with taxes for their order

Here is the code i wrote to solve the exercise:

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country = "" province ="" gst=0.5 hst=0.13 #0.6%taxes for other provinces otp=0.6 tax=0 tax1=0 tax2=0 orderTotal=0   country=input('what country are you from?') if country.upper() == 'CANADA':     province=input("what province of CANADA are you from?:")     if province.upper() =='ALBERTA':         orderTotal =input('what is your order total?:')         tax=(orderTotal*gst)         orderTotal=(orderTotal+tax)         print ('your General sales tax based on your chosen province of %s is %.2f and total order is %.2f' %(province,tax,orderTotal))     if province.upper()=='ONTARIO' or province.upper()== 'NEW BRUNSWICK' or province.upper()=='NOVA SCOTIA':         orderTotal =('what is your order total?:')         tax=(orderTotal *hst)         orderTotal=(ordertotal+tax)         print ('your harmonized sales tax based on your chosen province of %s is %.2f and total order is %.2f' %(province,tax,orderTotal))     elif country.upper=='CANADA' and (province.upper()!='ALBERTA' or province.upper()!= 'ONTARIO' or province.upper()!='NEW BRUNSWICK' or province.upper()!= 'NOVA SCOTIA'):         province=input('what province of CANADA are you from?: ')         orderTotal =('what is your order total?:')         tax1=(orderTotal*otp)         tax2=(orderTotal *hst)         orderTotal=(orderTotal+tax1+tax2)         print ('your provincial sales tax %.2f and GST tax %.2f based on your chosen province of %s is %.2f and total order is %.2f' %(tax1,tax2,province,tax,orderTotal)) else:     orderTotal =('what is your order total?: ')     #orderTotal=float(orderTotal)     print ('your order total is $%.2f' %(orderTotal))       Please i need assistance,not only to find out but to understand what exactly i am doing wrong. I have gone through several variations and while some code compile,they fail the testing phase when i run it.   hope to hear from somebody soon   Thank you so much for your help.

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[Yoriz]

Input returns string values to do any maths with the users input they must be converted into a number using float or int.

[shaywune]

Input returns string values to do any maths with the users input they must be converted into a number using float or int.

Hello yoriz,

thank you Yoriz,

Thank you so much.

its like your answer opened my eyes and not only did i see where i was goi9ng wrong but i also saw how to make the code even better.

bless you my friend