Question

Code is only reading the last line from the text files. How would I resolve? This is for the Name Search problem in Starting out with Python book. def main(): #open a file for reading infile = open('GirlNames.txt' , 'r') #Read the contents into a list Girls = infile.readlines() #open another file for reading infile = open('BoyNames.txt', 'r') #Read the contents into a lits Boys = infile.readlines() #Get a name to search for Name = input('Enter a name: ') #Determine if name is in list if Name in Girls or Name in Boys: print( Name, "is one of the popular names.") else: print(Name, "was not found in the list.") main()

Answer 1

Hello, here is the completed code you wanted. Every important statement is explained using comments. Please check and let me know if you have any doubts. Thanks.

CODE

def main():
   #open a file for reading
   infile = open('GirlNames.txt', 'r')
  
   #readlines will read all names into list with a newline character except last name
   #splitlines will read all names into list without newline character
  
   #Read the contents into a list
   Girls = infile.read().splitlines()
  
   #open another file for reading
   infile = open('BoyNames.txt', 'r')
  
   #Read the contents into a list
   Boys = infile.read().splitlines()
  
   #Get a name to search for
   Name = input('Enter a name: ')
  
   #Determine if name is in list
   if Name in Girls or Name in Boys:
       print( Name, "is one of the popular names.")
   else:
       print(Name, "was not found in the list.")
  
main()

OUTPUT

CODE SCREEN SHOT

TEXT FILE SCREEN SHOT