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[inner forum]

alright so

name = name.strip()
id_num = id_num.rstrip()

is .rstrip() misspelled?

are the subsequent .strip() meant to be spelt like that?

This is just lecture code I'm using as reference for my assignment

[blazing ferry]

It's not a misspelling .rstrip and .lstrip are valid methods in Python. They stand for right strip and left strip meaning. rstrip will remove trailing characters, while lstrip removes leading characers. and strip removing left and right characters.

[loud garden]

'characters' in this case meaning space-like, invisible characters, like spaces, tab spaces and line breaks - that's what stripping without arguments will take care of

[inner forum]

`def main():
f = open('records.txt', 'r')

search_name = input('Enter the name of the person whose record you want to delete: ')

name = f.readline()
found = False
while name!='':
    age = f.readline()
    dept = f.readline()
    
    name = name.strip()
    age = age.strip()
    dept = dept.strip()
    
    if name == search_name:
        found = True
        del name
        del age
        del dept
        print('Records for ', name ,'deleted succesfully.')
        print(f.readlines())
        break
    name = f.readline()
f.close()
if not found:
    print('Not found.')

main()`

The records file:
Bob 25 Software
Charlie 40 Trade
Dennis 19 Business
Ashley 39 HR

Why isnt it working?

I input Bob

and get "Not found"

[deep jungle]

Why are you using del?

[inner forum]

This should be output

[inner forum]

Delete the record

[deep jungle]

That's not how it works...

del with a variable name deletes the variable name

[inner forum]

wait

I only opened it to read

I wouldnt be able to modify it anyway

Should I try making a temp file then

uh

`y = {}

eliminate the unrequired element

for key, value in test_dict.items():
if key != 'Arushi':
y[key] = value
print(y)`

This works for a dictionary

can I do something similar for a record?

[inner forum]

inputfile = 'records.txt' with open(inputfile, 'r') as file: inputfilelines = file.readlines() lineindex = 1 deleteline = input('Enter the name of the person whose record you want to delete: ') with open(inputfile, 'w') as file: for textline in inputfilelines: if lineindex != deleteline: file.write(textline) lineindex += 1 print('Record for ',deleteline,'deleted successfully.') print('Remaining records:') givenfile = open(inputfile, 'r') for line in givenfile: print(line) file.close()

It doesnt work

because permission denied

sorry i was gonna close this

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