On 04/08/15 23:09, Quiles, Stephanie wrote:
def main():
found = False
search = input("Enter a name in the file for info: ")
infile = open("emails.dat", "r")
name = infile.readline()
while name != '':
email1, email2, phone, phone2 = (infile.readline())
name = name.rstrip("\n")
You should probably do this immediately after reading the name
if name == search:
print("name: ", name)
print("Email1, alternate email, phone, alternate phone", email1,
email2, phone, phone2)
print()
found = True
Note that if name does not equal search you will go round this loop
forever (or at least until you finish reading the file) because you
don't change the name.
name = infile.readline()
I suspect this line was supposed to be inside the while loop?
See if that helps?
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