this is python 2.7

from random import randint print "An easy stock exchange game" print "Remember, the more you spend, the more you can lose" stocks = { "bacon" : 10, "coffee" : 9, "cheese" : 7, "cereal" : 5, "tofu" : 2 } for x in stocks: # this will print out all of the stocks with their costs print "%s stocks cost $%s" % (x, str(stocks[x])) total_spent = 0 spending = { "bacon" : 0, "coffee" : 0, "cheese" : 0, "cereal" : 0, "tofu" : 0 } stocking = { "bacon" : 0, "coffee" : 0, "cheese" : 0, "cereal" : 0, "tofu" : 0 } for i in stocks: num_stocks = raw_input("How many %s stocks will you be investing in today?" % (i)) total_spent += (num_stocks * stocks[i]) num_spent = (num_stocks * stocks[i]) print "%s %s stocks cost $%s" % (num_stocks, i, num_spent) print "total you have spent $%s" % (total_spent) spending[i] += num_spent for t in spending: stocking[t] += (spending[t] * ((randint(1, 100) / 100) + .5)) # this will multiply the amount spent on each stock by a number between .5 and 1.5, causing it to drop or rise up to 50% stocking_total = 0 for v in stocking: stocking total += stocking[v] change = total_spent - stocking_total if change < 0: print "Congrats, you lost $%s" % (change) elif change == 0: print "You didn't lose or make any money" elif change > 0: print "Great job, you made $%s" % (change)