Question

I’m relatively new to coding so please help me out here. The code will only run until the 5th line. This code may be a total babel, but please humor me.

EDIT: There is no exception, nothing happens. After asking me to choose between 1 and 2, the code just stops.

print('This program will tell you the area some shapes')
print('You can choose between...')
print('1. rectangle')
print('or')
print('2. triangle')

def shape():
    shape = int(input('What shape do you choose?'))

    if shape == 1: rectangle
    elif shape == 2: triangle
    else: print('ERROR: select either rectangle or triangle')

def rectangle():
    l = int(input('What is the length?'))
    w = int(input('What is the width?'))
    areaR=l*w
    print('The are is...')
    print(areaR)

def triangle():
    b = int(input('What is the base?'))
    h = int(input('What is the height?'))
    first=b*h
    areaT=.5*first
    print('The area is...')
    print(areaT)

Answer 1

A better coding style will be putting everything inside functions:

def display():
    print('This program will tell you the area some shapes')
    print('You can choose between...')
    print('1. rectangle')
    print('or')
    print('2. triangle')

def shape():
    shap = int(input('What shape do you choose?'))
    if shap == 1: rectangle()
    elif shap == 2: triangle()
    else:
        print('ERROR: select either rectangle or triangle')
        shape()


def rectangle():
    l = int(input('What is the length?'))
    w = int(input('What is the width?'))
    areaR=l*w
    print('The are is...')
    print(areaR)


def triangle():
    b = int(input('What is the base?'))
    h = int(input('What is the height?'))
    first=b*h
    areaT=.5*first
    print('The area is...')
    print(areaT)

if __name__=="__main__":
    display() #cal display to execute it 
    shape() #cal shape to execute it