Scientific Computing with Python Projects - Budget App

[esee2024]

Tell us what’s happening:

I dont get why my code fails the test the output matches completely
Printing a Category instance should give a different string representation of the object.
Heres what the output looks like

Your code so far

class Category:
    def __init__(self,name):
        self.ledger=[]
        self.name=name

    def __str__(self):
        length=len(str(self.name))
        start=(30-length)//2
        header= '*'*start+str(self.name)+'*'*start
        finals=""
        for record in self.ledger:
            if record['description']=="deposit":
                desc="initial deposit"
            else:
                desc=record['description']
            if len(desc)==23:
                desc=record['description']
            elif len(desc)>23:
                desc=record['description'][:23]
            else:
                desc=desc+' '*(23-len(desc))
            
            amts=(record['amount'])
            
            if type(record['amount']) is float:
                amt=(f" {amts}")
            else:
                amt=(f" {amts}.00")
            
            if len(amt)==7:
                amt=amt
            elif len(amt)>7:
                amt=amt[len(amt)-7:]
            else:
                amt=' '*(7-len(record['description']))+str(amt)
            
            spacing=30-len(amt)-len(desc)
        
            finals+= "\n"+ desc +" "*spacing+ amt

        fund=str(self.get_balance())
        if type(self.get_balance()) is float:
            total=(f"{fund}")
        else:
            total=(f"{fund}.00")
        total="\nTotal: " + total
            
        return header + finals + total



    def deposit(self,amount,description=''):
        newEntry={"amount": amount, "description": description}
        self.ledger.append(newEntry)

    def get_balance(self):
        balance=0
        for record in self.ledger:
            balance+=record["amount"]
        return balance

    def withdraw(self,amount,description=''):
        withdrawal=False
        newEntry={"amount": -amount, "description": description}
        if self.check_funds(amount):
            self.ledger.append(newEntry)
            return True

        else:
            return False
        
    def check_funds(self,amount):
        if amount>self.get_balance():
            return False
        else:
            return True

    def transfer(self,amount,budget):
        message1="Transfer to "+ budget.name
        if self.check_funds(amount):
            self.withdraw(amount,message1)
            message2="Transfer from "+ self.name
            budget.deposit(amount, message2)
            return True
        else:
            return False

food = Category("Food")
food.deposit(1000, "deposit")
food.withdraw(10.15, "groceries")
food.withdraw(15.89, "restaurant and more food for dessert")
clothing = Category("Clothing")
food.transfer(50, clothing)
print(food)

def create_spend_chart(categories=[]):
    pass

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Challenge Information:

Scientific Computing with Python Projects - Budget App
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/scientific-computing-with-python/scientific-computing-with-python-projects/budget-app

[pkdvalis]

Hi, welcome to the forum!

Use devtools (f12) and look in the console for a more verbose error:

AssertionError: 
'****[23 chars]***\ninitial deposit         900.00\nmilk, cer[64 chars]4.33' 
!= 
'****[23 chars]***\ndeposit                 900.00\nmilk, cer[64 chars]4.33'

[esee2024]

i dont get what the real error is tho can you help

[pkdvalis]

The first line there is your output, and the second line is the expected output.

Your output says “initial deposit” after the newline but the expected output is just “deposit”.

[esee2024]

thank you so much- are you able to help with the second part as well

[pkdvalis]

The second part?

Best to open a new thread, describe your problem and share your updated code.