Question

can you use the isspace() method in the code

what do i add to the code if i want to make sure that extra spaces dont affect the output of the code elect sumatra medium roast VS sumatra medium roast Det dat HETTI CV Surface Providesearch coffee record description to search for at that it was not found in the file the first on has another space in it

Answer 1

Please find the code below .

def main(): # Create a bool variable to use as a flag. found = False # Get the search value. search = input('Enter a description to search for: ') for i in search: if (i.isspace(): search = " ".join(search.split()); #Open the coffee.txt file. coffee file = open('coffee (1).txt', 'r') #Read the first record's description field. descr= coffee_file.readline , # Read the rest of the file. while descr !='': # Read the quantity field. qty = float(coffee_file.readline) # Strip the In from the description. descr=descr.rstrip ('\n') # Determine whether this record matches # the search value. if descr.upper() == search.upper(): # Display the record. print ('Description:', descr) print('Quantity:', qty) print () found=true descr=coffee file.readline (), #close the file. coffee_file.close() # If the search value was not found in the file display a message. if not found: print('That item was not found in the file.'), #Call the main function. main()

OUTPUT :

medium roast Enter a description to search for: sumatra Description: sumatra medium roast Quantity: 25.0

medium roast Enter a description to search for: sumatra Description: Sumatra medium roast Quantity: 25.0