► Python program to calculate perimeter of a rectangle


Steps followed:
1. take length and breadth of a rectangle as input from user
2. validate user input by converting to float
3. calculate perimeter of rectangle using formula 2 * (l + b)
4. print perimeter of rectangle


Program

#python program to calculate perimeter of a rectangle

#take length and breadth of a rectangle as input from user
length=input("Enter length of rectangle: ")
breadth=input("Enter length of rectangle: ")

try:
    length=float(length)
    breadth=float(breadth)

    #calculate perimeter of rectangle
    perimeter = 2 * (length + breadth)

    #print perimeter of rectangle
    print("---output---")
    print("perimeter of rectangle with length %0.2f and breadth %0.2f is %0.2f"%(length,breadth,perimeter))

except:
    print("---error---")
    print("please enter a valid length")


Output

Enter length of rectange: 4
Enter length of breadth: 2
---output---
perimeter of rectange with length 4.00 and breadth 2.00 is 12.00

 

Enter length of rectange: l
Enter length of breadth: b
---error---
please enter a valid length





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