Ex 12: Menu Price Lookup

Problem​

We’re creating a menu price lookup system for a food ordering app. We need to use the match-case statement to handle multiple menu items.

Rules​

• Define get_item_price(item: str) -> str.
• Normalize the input by using .lower().strip().
• Return "Price: 15 bucks" for a "burger".
• Use case _ to return "Item not available" for anything else.

Boilerplate​

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# Write our code inside this function
def get_item_price(item: str) -> str:
    pass # remove this

# Call with test data
print(get_item_price("burger"))
print(get_item_price("taco"))

Expected Output​

Price: 15 bucks
Item not available

Solution​

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def get_item_price(item: str) -> str:
    match item.lower().strip():
        case "pizza":
            return "Price: 30 bucks"
        case "burger":
            return "Price: 15 bucks"
        case "pasta":
            return "Price: 20 bucks"
        case "salad":
            return "Price: 10 bucks"
        case _:
            return "Item not available"

# Test calls
print(get_item_price("burger"))
print(get_item_price("taco"))