Basic Calculator Program

Author: Godwin Kipkoech

Objective: Practice variables, user input, arithmetic operations, and strings.

Ask the user to input two numbers

num1 = float(input("Enter the first number: ")) num2 = float(input("Enter the second number: "))

Ask the user to choose a mathematical operation

operation = input("Choose an operation (+, -, *, /): ")

Perform the calculation based on the chosen operation

if operation == "+": result = num1 + num2 print(f"{num1} + {num2} = {result}")

elif operation == "-": result = num1 - num2 print(f"{num1} - {num2} = {result}")

elif operation == "*": result = num1 * num2 print(f"{num1} * {num2} = {result}")

elif operation == "/": if num2 != 0: # Prevent division by zero result = num1 / num2 print(f"{num1} / {num2} = {result}") else: print("Error: Division by zero is not allowed.")

else: print("Invalid operation! Please choose +, -, * or /.")