#title: fence calculator
#Author: Hugo Hicks
#Date: 26 may 2025
#Version: V1 
#Purpose: calculate the cost of putting a fence around a paddock

print('Welcome to the fence calculator program')
print('To use this program you will enter the length and width of a paddock')
repeat = '' 

    
while repeat == "":
  
  # collect: length, width and cost
  length = float(input('what is the length? '))
  width = float(input ('what is the width? '))
  cost = float(input(' what is the price per meter? '))

  # calculate perimiter and total cost
  perimeter = (length * width) * 2

  #display results
  print(f'The perimeter is {perimeter} Meters')

  totalcost = (cost * perimeter)

  print (f'the total cost is $ {totalcost}')
  repeat = input('To calculate another area press enter or press any other key to exit the program')
  

print ('the program has ended')