Question

So, I could be going about this the wrong way and if so, I’d appreciate a different way at looking at solving the problem, but here is what I am trying to do, and how I’m attempting to do it.

I am making a simple address-book based on some beginner project suggestions I found and I’m slowly implementing it, but I cannot figure how to get it to search for a certain section of the file. I want it to print the name, address, phone and mobile. All of which are on a separate line, 4 lines total.

I’m using the following code to accomplish this:

def search_entries():
    found = 0
    search = raw_input("Please enter the person's name: ")
    for line in open('addbook.txt', 'r').readlines():
        if search in line:
            found = 1
        if found >= 1:
            print line
            if found == 4: break

However, instead of printing just printing those 4 lines from the person’s name it prints the rest of the file. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Answer 1

Realized that I forgot to add a counter to the code:

def search_entries():
    found = 0
    search = raw_input("Please enter the person's name: ")
    for line in open('addbook.txt', 'r').readlines():
        if search in line:
            found = 1
        if found >= 1:
            print line
            found = found + 1
            if found == 4: break