PrintInventoryTotalValue.py

# Print the total value of the fruit inventory
# A Codecademy Python (Something of Value) assignment
# Dr. Steven B. Combs, coding novice

total = 0                           # Initialize variable to 0, required if code run more than once

for x in prices:                    # Step through each definintion in the prices and stock dictionaries
    subtotal = prices[x] * stock[x] # Compute value of number of stock times individual cost
    total += subtotal               # Add the subtotal of each pair to the total (same as total=total+subtotal)

print total                         # Print the total

prices = {
    "banana": 4,
    "apple": 2,
    "orange": 1.5,
    "pear": 3
}
    
stock = {
    "banana": 6,
    "apple": 0,
    "orange": 32,
    "pear": 15
}