#©OmegaXYZ
import shelve
def store_person(db):
"Query user for data and store it in the shelf object"
pid = input("Enter unique ID number: ")
person = {}
person['name'] = input("input your name: ")
person['age'] = input("input your age: ")
person['phone'] = input("Enter your phone number: ")
db[pid] = person
def lookup_person(db):
"Query user for ID and desired field. and fetch the corresponding data from the shelf object"
pid = input("Enter ID number")
field = input("What would you like to know? (name, age, phone)")
field = field.strip().lower()
print(field.capitalize() + ':' + db[pid][field])
def print_help():
print("The available commands are: ")
print("store : Stores information about a person")
print("lookup : Look up a person from ID number")
print("quit : Save changes and exit")
print("? : Print this message")
def enter_command():
cmd = input("Enter command (? for help): ")
cmd = cmd.strip().lower()
return cmd
def main():
database = shelve.open('E:\\Temporary\\database.dat')# You may want to change this name
try:
while True:
cmd = enter_command()
if cmd == 'store':
store_person(database)
elif cmd == 'lookup':
lookup_person(database)
elif cmd == '?':
print_help()
elif cmd == 'quit':
return
finally:
database.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':main()
