Beginner Python Homework Question (Calculate Gross Pay)

[matchamochi7]

I am supposed to make a code that using the function computepay() in order to calculate gross pay including time-and-a-half. In my online homework checker, it says it works fine, but whenever I try to open this .py file, it immediately terminates/closes itself. Something must be wrong, but I have no idea what. Help would be sooo appreciated!

prompt = input('Enter number of hours:\n')
hours = float(prompt)
prompt = input('Enter hourly rate:\n')
rate = float(prompt)
def computepay(hours,rate):
    if 0 <= hours <= 40:
        pay = hours * rate
    elif 40 < hours:
        pay = ((hours - 40) * rate * 1.5) + (40 * rate)
    return pay
pay = computepay(hours,rate)
print(pay)
pay = input('Press enter to exit')

[Larz60+]

but whenever I try to open this .py file

What exactly do you mean by open?
It should 'run' just fine. From command line:

python progname.py

[buran]

The code looks OK. It should run. Probably you make some mistake when trying to run it. Check this tutorial

https://python-forum.io/Thread-How-to-Ex...ython-code

[matchamochi7]

So it turns out, whenever I rewrote the first line in a certain order it liked it better and ran. I had to erase the first line, write prompt = ('Enter Number of Hours:\n') and then after that add input in front of that, prompt = input('Enter Number of Hours:\n'). So weird! It had been doing that everywhere

[buran]

prompt = input('Enter number of hours:\n')

prompt = input('Enter Number of Hours:\n')

any difference except in Number and Hours?