Today I was trying to figure out how to make a bill splitter, you know, for when you go out with friends and gotta split the check. I remember seeing something about this a while back, but I couldn’t recall the details, so I decided to give it a shot myself.
First, I thought, “Okay, I need to get the total amount of the bill.” So I wrote a bit of code to let the user input the bill amount. Pretty simple, just a prompt asking for the number and then storing it.
Next, I needed to know how many people were splitting the bill. I did something similar, just asked the user for the number of people and saved that too.
Then came the tricky part – how much should each person pay? I figured I’d just divide the total bill by the number of people. Easy peasy, right? I used some basic math operations for that.
But wait, there’s more! What about the tip? I decided to add an option to include a tip. I asked the user if they wanted to add a tip and, if so, how much percentage-wise. I had to do a bit more math here, calculating the tip amount based on the percentage and adding it to the total.
- Get the bill amount
- Get the number of people
- Divide the bill by the number of people
- Ask if they want to add a tip
- Calculate the tip if necessary
- Add the tip to the total
- Calculate the final amount per person
Finally, I had to show the results. I displayed the total amount, the tip amount (if any), and how much each person owed. I made sure to format it nicely so it was easy to read.
After a bit of trial and error, and a few “Aha!” moments, I finally got it working. It wasn’t perfect, but hey, it did the job. I even added some extra features, like rounding up the amount per person to avoid dealing with too many decimal places.
It was a fun little project, and I learned a lot in the process. Plus, now I have a handy tool for splitting bills with my friends. No more awkward calculations at the table!
The Result
In the end, I had this little program that could handle all the bill-splitting stuff. It took into account the total bill, the number of people, and even the tip. Not bad for a day’s work, right? It’s these kinds of small projects that keep me sharp and make me feel like I can really achieve something.
