Create Files.py

Author: IrronWilliams

code/IWilliams/Python/Files.py

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+# with open('example.txt', 'a') as file:
+#     text = file.write('\nHappy birthday')
+# print(text)
+
+
+#older approach
+# file = open('example2.txt', 'w')
+# text = file.write('Legacy Method')
+# print(text)
+# file.close()
+
+# with open('colors.txt') as file:
+#     # colors= file.read()
+    
+#     # chaining the split(), returns list
+#     colors = file.read().split() #['red', 'blue]
+    
+#     for color in colors:
+#         print(color)
+
+
+
+
+
+#identify colors that have more than 4 chars
+# with open('colors.txt') as file:
+#     colors = file.read().split(', ')
+    
+# with open('colors4.txt', 'w') as file4:
+#     for color in colors:
+#         if len(color)>4:
+#             file4.write(color + '\n') 
+
+# import datetime 
+
+# #Read file
+# start = datetime.datetime.now()
+# with open('phonebook.txt') as file:
+#     phone_book = file.read()
+# end = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+# print(f'Your file loaded in {end-start}')
+
+with open('phonebook.txt') as file:
+    phone_book = file.read()
+
+    phone_book = phone_book.split('\n')
+    name = input('Lookup name: ')
+    
+    found_entry = False
+    for entry in phone_book:
+        # if name in entry: #Tomas --> Tom
+        if name.lower() in entry.lower():
+            print(entry)
+            found_entry = True
+    
+    if not found_entry:
+        print('Contact not found')  
+        name = input('Enter new contact name: ')
+        phone_number = input(f'Enter the number for:  {name}')
+        
+        phone_book.append(name + " " + phone_number)
+        
+        phone_book.sort()
+        with open('phonebook2.txt', 'w') as file2:
+            file2.write('\n'.join(phone_book))
+        
+# print(type(phone_book))
+# print(phone_book)