How to decrease input

[Yankees1111]

I'm very new to coding so my apologies if I'm saying any of this wrong. I am trying to write a code for this prompt:

A company has 3 divisions. After inputing the sales for each division across 4 quarters, I want to print the average sales for each division. Below is the code:

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divisions = 3 while divisions > 0:     total = 0     quarters = 4     while quarters > 0:         sales = float(input("Enter sales: "))         total += sales         quarters -= 1     average = total / 4     divisions -= 1     print("The average for division", divisions + 1, "is $", format(average, '.2f'))

Here is my problem. When I run the code, it prompts me to "Enter sales". And then after I do it four times, it tells me the average. How can I write this code so that it will ask me to enter the sales for Division 1 Quarter 1, Division 1 Quarter 2, Division 2 Quarter 2 etc. and then it will print "The average sales for Division 1 were...", "The average sales for Division 2 were..."

THANK YOU

buran write Apr-14-2021, 03:16 PM:
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[ibreeden]

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The answer to your question:

1	sales = float(input(f"Enter sales for division {divisions} in quarter {quarters}: "))

[BashBedlam]

This is how I would accomplish that goal:

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overall_sales = [[0, 0]]   def average (sales_list: list) -> float :     return sum (sales_list) / len (sales_list)   def input_quartly_sales (divition_number: int) -> list :     quarterly_sales = []     for quarter_number in range (1, 5) :         prompt = f'Enter sales for division {division_number} for the'         prompt += f' quarter number {quarter_number} : '         quarterly_sales.append (float (input (prompt)))     return quarterly_sales   for division_number in range (1, 4) :     print (f'\nSales for division {division_number}.')     overall_sales.append (input_quartly_sales  (division_number))   print () for division_number in range (1, 4) :     print (f'The average sales for division {division_number}', end = '')     print (f' is ${average (overall_sales [division_number]):,.2f}')