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#Using loop to calculate the total sales for the week.
def calculatingsales():
    file = open('sale.txt','r')
    theweek = []
    numbers = []
    index = 0
    total = 0
# striping new characters and added acculumator
    for line in file:
        line.rstrip('\n')
        list = line.split(',')
        theweek.append(list)
        theweek[index][1] = float(theweek[index][1])
        numbers.append(theweek[index][1])
        total += theweek[index][1]
        index+=1     
       
    #print(total)
    print(theweek)
    print(numbers)                   
    print("The day with the lowest sales: ",theweek[numbers.index(min[numbers][1])
return calculatingsales (results) 


#splitting items into two dimensional list
'''
Sunday = ',10839.33'
Monday = ',8921.47'
Tuesday = ',15932.34'
Wednesday = ',7319.21'
Thursday = '11093.82'
Friday = '2304.90'
Saturday = ',9023.83'


Sunday_list = Sunday.split(',')
Monday_list = Monday.split(',')
Tuesday_list = Tuesday.split(',')
Wednesday_list = Wednesday.split(',')
Thursday_list = Thursday.split(',')
Friday_list = Friday.split(',')
Saturday_list = Saturday.split(',')

two_dim_list = [Sunday_list,
                Monday_list,
                Tuesday_list,
                Wednesday_list,
                Thursday_list,
                Friday_list,
                Saturday_list]

index1 = 0 # two d list
while index1 < len(two_dim_list):
    print('Total sales: ', two_dim_list[index1][0])
    print('Week days: ', two_dim_list[index1][1])

    index += 1
# slicing list
print(two_dim_list[sale:index1])'''


What I have tried:

Sunday,10839.33
Monday,8921.47
Tuesday,15932.34
Wednesday,7319.21
Thursday,11093.82
Friday,2304.90
Saturday,9023.83
Posted
Updated 9-May-19 20:20pm
Comments
Patrice T 8-May-19 13:16pm    
And the error is ?

1 solution

We have no idea what data you provide to get the error, what the error is, what teh answer should be, ... anything at all really!

So, it's going to be up to you.
Fortunately, you have a tool available to you which will help you find out what is going on: the debugger. How you use it depends on your compiler system, but a quick Google for the name of your IDE and "debugger" should give you the info you need.

Put a breakpoint on the first line in the function, and run your code through the debugger. Then look at your code, and at your data and work out what should happen manually. Then single step each line checking that what you expected to happen is exactly what did. When it isn't, that's when you have a problem, and you can back-track (or run it again and look more closely) to find out why.

Sorry, but we can't do that for you - time for you to learn a new (and very, very useful) skill: debugging!
 
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