Simple question - stock market simulation

[cptn.spoon]

On Feb 10, 3:29 am, Anthra Norell <anthra.nor... at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> cptn.spoon wrote:
> > I'm trying to create an incredibly simple stock market simulator to be
> > used in a childrens classroom and I'm wondering whether someone can
> > point me in the right direction.
>
> > I basically want to be able to have a stock struct as follows:
>
> > StockName = "Test"
> > StockPriceList = (12,13,12,10,10,8,10)
> > StockRisk = 0.15
> > StockQty = 2000
>
> > And then have a StockMarket struct that can contain 1 to many Stocks.
> > I then want to be able to iterate through the stocks to perform
> > operations as such:
>
> > for Stock in StockMarket:
>
> > I'm not asking for tips on the program itself, I just can't figure out
> > how to get the data structures in place. Would I use Classes or would
> > I use dictionaries? Am I completely off the mark with this?
>
> > Apologies for such a rudimentary question...I'm very new to all this.
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> If the subject is investment performance, surely your best bet is to
> hand out piggy banks.
>
> Frederic

Thank you all for your advice. It's been most helpful!

Frederic: Haha, it's more to encourage behaviour and risk management
but I agree with your sentiment!