Read a data from text file (Notepad)

[Leonzxd]

data = f.readlines() countries = [] # this is the storage list for the countries. An empty list capitals = [] # this one is for the capitals for line in data: line = line.rstrip('\n') country, capital = line.split(',') countries.append(country) # append 'country' to 'countries'. capitals.append(capital) # append 'capital' to 'capitals'

Now in the second part of the script, you can't use '==' operator to check if an object is in the list. Line 23. They are different types. One is a string and another list of strings. The way you do it is to use 'in'. Almost plain English.

elif line in countries:

It stored. But it doesn't come out the output as I thought.
It only pops "The capital of Russia is Moscow" whenever I typed any other countries.

This is the code:

print("No.\tCountries\t\t\t   Capitals\n ")
f = open(r'C:\Users\USER\Desktop\Notepad_Read\countries.txt')
count = 0

data = f.readlines()

countries = [] #Empty list
capitals = []  #Empty list

for line in data:
    
    line = line.rstrip('\n')
    country, capital = line.split(',')
    countries.append(country) #Country are stored in countries list
    capitals.append(capital)  #Capital are stored in capitals list
    count = count + 1   
    
    print("{0:1}\t{1:26}\t {2:24}".format(count,country,capital))
    
    
while True:
    line = str(input("Enter a country name (x to Exit): "))
    if line == 'x':
        break
    elif line in countries: 
        print ("The capital of {0} is{1}".format(country,capital))
        
    else:
        print("The country is not in the list. Please try again.")
    
f.close()

Output:
Enter a country name (x to Exit): Malaysia
The capital of Russia is Moscow