operators=["+","-", "*", "/"] #list of operators operatorNames=["add","subtract","multiply","divide"] def addNums(num1, num2): """Function to return to sum of the parameters""" answer = num1+num2 return answer def subNums(num1,num2): answer = num1-num2 return answer def multiplyNums(num1,num2): answer = num1*num2 return answer def divideNums(num1,num2): answer = num1/num2 return answer def checkChoice(): global operators choice = (input("Enter the operator")) if choice in operators: return choice else: print("Error!") return "" #end of choice check def menu(): """Subroutine to run the menu""" global operators # global variable to access the list of operators global operatorNames # global variable to access the list of operator names choice = "" #declare an empty string variable to hold the user's choice of operator answer = 0 #declare an integer variable to hold the result number1 = int(input("Enter Number 1")) number2 = int(input("Enter Number 2")) #-----------------print the accepted operators-------------------- print ("Select the operator:") for i in range(0,len(operators)): print(operators[i]," ", operatorNames[i]) #-----------------call the checkChoice function-------------------- while choice=="": choice = checkChoice() #-----------------call the correct operator function-------------------- if choice == "+": answer = addNums(number1,number2) elif choice =="-": answer = subNums(number1,number2) elif choice == "*": answer = multiplyNums(number1,number2) elif choice == "/": if number2 == 0: print('You can not divide by zero!') menu() else: answer = divideNums(number1,number2) else: print("sorry something went wrong!") #-----------------output-------------------- print(number1, choice, number2, "=", answer) return menu()