dolla maker

PaperIsFourCoins.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""currency project"""

billNames = {
    0: "hundred",
    1: "fifty",
    2: "twenty",
    3: "ten",
    4: "five",
    5: "one",
    10: "hundreds",
    12: "twenties",
    15: "ones",
}
coinNames = {
    0: "quarter",
    1: "dime",
    2: "nickel",
    3: "penny",
    10: "quarters",
    11: "dimes",
    13: "pennies",
}


# scrapes the input for just int values
def Scrape(inputString):
    tempString = "0"
    # ^ adding as a failsafe
    for char in inputString:
        if char in ("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "."):
            tempString += char
    return tempString


money = float(Scrape(input()))
cash = int(money)
coins = int(round((money - cash) * 100))
# storing as an int to avoid floating point errors.

billsCounter = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
_TempBills = cash % 100
billsCounter[0] = (cash - _TempBills) / 100
billsCounter[1] = (_TempBills - (_TempBills % 50)) / 50
_TempBills = _TempBills % 50
billsCounter[2] = (_TempBills - (_TempBills % 20)) / 20
_TempBills = _TempBills % 20
billsCounter[3] = (_TempBills - (_TempBills % 10)) / 10
_TempBills = _TempBills % 10
billsCounter[4] = (_TempBills - (_TempBills % 5)) / 5
_TempBills = _TempBills % 5
billsCounter[5] = _TempBills

coinsCounter = [0, 0, 0, 0]
_TempCoins = coins % 25
coinsCounter[0] = (coins - _TempCoins) / 25
coinsCounter[1] = (_TempCoins - (_TempCoins % 10)) / 10
_TempCoins = _TempCoins % 10
coinsCounter[2] = (_TempCoins - (_TempCoins % 5)) / 5
_TempCoins = _TempCoins % 5
coinsCounter[3] = _TempCoins
# the above fills coinCounter with the optimial denominations of coins.
# boilerplate could be reduced with a recursive function; I'm too lazy to write one at the moment

# would be nice if Python had an equivalent to a standard for loop instead of having to enumerate
for i, item in enumerate(billsCounter):
    if item > 0:
        if item > 1:
            i += 10
        print(f"{int(item)} {billNames[i]}")
        i -= 10

for i, item in enumerate(coinsCounter):
    if item > 0:
        if item > 1:
            i += 10
        print(f"{int(item)} {coinNames[i]}")
        i -= 10