Car Sales Application

Assignment:

This application is the final project for CIS 120

Description:

This project is a car sales application. A menu-driven application to select any amount of options (at least 2 sets of options, e.g. vehicle type and engine type, each option must be priced differently) and calculate the total price of the vehicle. Written in python3.

DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS:

Variables:

• type [string]:
  • Description: The type of vehicle.
  • Options: SUV, Sports, Compact.
  • Default: "N/A"
• color [string]:
  • Description: The color of the car.
  • Options: Green, Metallic Pink, 24k Gold
  • Default: "N/A"
• interiorFabric [string]:
  • Description: The material the interior is made from.
  • Options: Cloth, Leather
  • Default: "N/A"
• typeCost [int]:
  • Description: The additional cost for the type var above
  • Default: 0
• colorCost [int]:
  • Description: The additional cost for the color var above
  • Default: 0
• interiorFabricCost [int]:
  • Description: The additional cost for the interiorFabric var above
  • Default: 0
• basePrice [int]:
  • Description: The default price of the car. The total price for the car is basePrice+typeCost+colorCost+interiorFabricCost

Functions:

• choseType:
  • Description: Prompts the user for a type option. The option is validated. The chosen type is stored at type and the associated cost is stored as typeCost.
  • Parameters: none
  • Return: void
• chooseColor:
  • Description: Prompts the user for a color option. The option is validated. The chosen color is stored at color and the associated cost is stored as colorCost.
  • Parameters: none
  • Return: void
• chooseInteriorFabric:
  • Description: Prompts the user for a interior fabric material. The option is validated. The chosen material is stored at interiorFabric and the associated cost is stored as interiorFabricCost.
  • Parameters: none
  • Return: void
• calcPrice:
  • Description: This function adds the basePrice and additional costs associated with the options selected.
  • Parameters: none
  • Return: [int] Dollar value of the total price of the car with all additional costs added.
• saveResults:
  • Description: This function writes the provided dictonary to a file as a string. It can later be parsed back into a python dictonary
  • Parameters: dictonary as dict
  • Return: void