Area Calculator

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option = raw_input("Enter C for circle or T for Triangle: ")

if option == ‘C’ :
radius = float(raw_input (“Enter radius:”))
area = 3.14 * radius ** 2
print ‘The area of the circle with a radius of %s is %s’ %(radius, area)

elif option == ‘T’ :
base= float(raw_input(“Enter base:”))
height= float(raw_input(“Enter height:”))
area = 0.5baseheight
print ‘The are of a triangle with a base of %s and a height of %s is %s’ %(base, height, area)

The error that comes up:: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “AreaCalculator.py”, line 9 in
if option == ‘C’ :
NameError: name ‘option’ is not defined

I have made line 9 bold in this question. Please help.

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Whenever you post code you should format it as code. This is especially helpful with Python since indentation is extremely important. To format code, my preferred method is to type 3 back tics, skip a line, type 3 more back tics then paste your code on the line between them:

```
Paste code here
```

I ran your code, and once I fixed this line, it worked as expected:

area = 0.5baseheight  # should be: 0.5 * base * height

If you’re still having problems after correcting this line, please re-post your code.
Hope this helps!

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