View All Expenses

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's Ruby journey — lesson 82 of 88.

Challenge

Easy

Build upon your expense tracker by adding the "View Expenses" functionality.

Your program should:

Initialize an empty array called expenses
Create a loop do that displays the menu and reads user input
When the user enters "1", prompt for the expense name and amount, create a hash with :name and :amount keys, add it to the expenses array, and print Expense added!
When the user enters "2", display all expenses or a message if none exist
When the user enters "5", print Goodbye! and exit the loop

The menu should display exactly as before:


--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option:

When option "2" is selected:

If there are no expenses, print: No expenses recorded yet.
If there are expenses, first print a blank line followed by --- Your Expenses ---, then print each expense in the format: Name: $Amount

For example, if the inputs are 2, then 5 (viewing when empty), the output should be:


--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: No expenses recorded yet.

--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: Goodbye!

If the inputs are 1, Coffee, 4.5, 1, Lunch, 12.0, 2, then 5, the output should be:


--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: Expense name: Amount: Expense added!

--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: Expense name: Amount: Expense added!

--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: 
--- Your Expenses ---
Coffee: $4.5
Lunch: $12.0

--- Expense Tracker ---
1. Add Expense
2. View Expenses
3. Total & Average
4. Clear All
5. Exit
Choose an option: Goodbye!

Try it yourself

expenses = []

loop do
  puts "--- Expense Tracker ---"
  puts "1. Add Expense"
  puts "2. View Expenses"
  puts "3. Total & Average"
  puts "4. Clear All"
  puts "5. Exit"
  print "Choose an option: "
  
  choice = gets.chomp
  
  if choice == "1"
    print "Expense name: "
    name = gets.chomp
    print "Amount: "
    amount = gets.chomp.to_f
    expenses.push({name: name, amount: amount})
    puts "Expense added!"
    puts ""
  elsif choice == "5"
    puts "Goodbye!"
    break
  end
end