Python Exercise #24

#!/usr/bin/python      # exact position of python
#!/usr/bin/env python  # position of python in enviornment
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*- # coding
# Purpose: Functions Can Return Something

print "Let's practice everything."
print 'You\'d need to knwo \'bout escapes with \\ that do \n newlines and \t tabs.'

poem = """
\tThe lovely world
with logic so firmly planted
cannot discern \n the needs of love
nor comprehend passion from intuition
and requires an explanation
\n\t\twhere there is none.
"""

print "------------"
print poem
print "------------"

five = 10 - 2 + 3 - 6
print "This should be five: %s" % five

def secret_formula(started):
	jelly_beans = started * 500
	jars = jelly_beans / 1000
	crates = jars / 100
	return jelly_beans, jars, crates

start_point = 10000
beans, jars, crates = secret_formula(start_point)

print "With a starting point of: %d" % start_point
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % (beans, jars, crates)

start_point = start_point / 10

print "We can also do that this way:"
print "We'd have %d beans, %d jars, and %d crates." % secret_formula(start_point)