Creating a function for this script?

Question

purchasing_item = input("Welcome to the $5 store what can I get for you? ")
if purchasing_item == "alcohol":
    age = int(input("How old are you? "))
    if age >= 21:
        print("Great that would be $5")
    else:
        print("You need to be 21 or older to buy alchohol")
elif purchasing_item == "cigarettes":
    age = int(input("How old are you? "))
    if age >= 18:
        print("Great that would be $5")
    else:
        print("You need to be 18 or older to buy cigarettes")
else:
    print("Great that would be $5")
I'm trying to turn this into a function so adding items to the list is easier than copy pasta but I'm getting thrown off by having multiple variables and inputs!
edit: I don't know how to attached a workspace so my code is formatted correctly

ivanbark · Accepted Answer

purchasing_item = input("Welcome to the $5 store what can I get for you? ")
def functionName(item, minAge):
    if purchasing_item == item:
        if minAge > 0:
            age = int(input("How old are you? ")) 
            if age >= minAge:
                print("Great that would be $5") 
            else:
                print("You need to be {} or older to buy {}".format(minAge, item))
        else:
            print("Great that would be $5")
functionName("alcohol", 21)
functionName("ciggerettes", 18)
functionName("milk", 0)
Look at the code above. You can make a function out of the code you made for the products. You can just add multiple variables within the brackets as shown above. I hope this helps. Good luck!

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Creating a function for this script?

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