title: More efficient code (Seemingly too many if statements)
body: <p>I've looked into this but I couldn't find anything that helped me (Apologies if the answer to something similar is out there that could have helped me). I'm writing a currency converter that suffers from tons of <code>if</code>'s that just doesn't seem efficient nor can I imagine very nicely readable, so I'd like to know how I can write more efficient code in this case:</p>
  
  <pre><code>prompt = input("Input") #For currency, inputs should be written like "C(NUMBER)(CURRENCY TO CONVERT FROM)(CURRENCY TO CONVERT TO)" example "C1CPSP"
  
  if prompt[0] == "C": #Looks at first letter and sees if it's "C". C = Currency Conversion
      #CP = Copper Piece, SP = Silver Piece, EP = Electrum Piece, GP = Gold Piece, PP = Platinum Piece
      ccint = int(''.join(list(filter(str.isdigit, prompt)))) # Converts Prompt to integer(Return string joined by str.(Filters out parameter(Gets digits (?), from prompt))))
      ccalpha = str(''.join(list(filter(str.isalpha, prompt)))) #Does the same thing as above expect with letters
  
      if ccalpha[1] == "C": #C as in start of CP
          acp = [ccint, ccint/10, ccint/50, ccint/100, ccint/1000] #Array of conversions. CP, SP, EP, GP, PP
          if ccalpha[3] == "C": #C as in start of CP
              print(acp[0]) #Prints out corresponding array conversion
          if ccalpha[3] == "S": #S as in start of SP, ETC. ETC.
              print(acp[1])
          if ccalpha[3] == "E":
              print(acp[2])
          if ccalpha[3] == "G":
              print(acp[3])
          if ccalpha[3] == "P":
              print(acp[4])
      if ccalpha[1] == "S":
          asp = [ccint*10, ccint, ccint/10, ccint/10, ccint/100]
          if ccalpha[3] == "C":
              print(asp[0])
          if ccalpha[3] == "S":
              print(asp[1])
          if ccalpha[3] == "E":
              print(asp[2])
          if ccalpha[3] == "G":
              print(asp[3])
          if ccalpha[3] == "P":
              print(asp[4])
      if ccalpha[1] == "E":
          aep = [ccint*50, ccint*5 ,ccint , ccint/2, ccint/20]
          if ccalpha[3] == "C":
              print(aep[0])
          if ccalpha[3] == "S":
              print(aep[1])
          if ccalpha[3] == "E":
              print(aep[2])
          if ccalpha[3] == "G":
              print(aep[3])
          if ccalpha[3] == "P":
              print(aep[4])
      if ccalpha[1] == "G":
          agp = [ccint*100, ccint*10, ccint*2, ccint, ccint/10]
          if ccalpha[3] == "C":
              print(agp[0])
          if ccalpha[3] == "S":
              print(agp[1])
          if ccalpha[3] == "E":
              print(agp[2])
          if ccalpha[3] == "G":
              print(agp[3])
          if ccalpha[3] == "P":
              print(agp[4])
      if ccalpha[1] == "P":
          app = [ccint*1000, ccint*100, ccint*20, ccint*10, ccint]
          if ccalpha[3] == "C":
              print(app[0])
          if ccalpha[3] == "S":
              print(app[1])
          if ccalpha[3] == "E":
              print(app[2])
          if ccalpha[3] == "G":
              print(app[3])
          if ccalpha[3] == "P":
              print(app[4])
  </code></pre>