# simple BMI calculator
#
# note how we wrote this program by looking at input
#   first, then process (algorithm), and then output.
#   also, we wrote the major steps of the program first
#   as comments, and only then filled in the actual missing
#   Python code - thereby automagically documenting our
#   program in the process!
#
# other noteworthy items:
#  - we state units of input
#  - deal with potential truncation!
#  - format the output
#
# written by e.bonakdarian  oct 2010
#


# ask user for height and weight
height = input('Please enter your height in inches: ')
weight = input('Please enter your weight in pounds: ')

# compute bmi
bmi = (weight * 703.0) / (height ** 2)

# display bmi
print 'The bmi is: %.1f' % bmi