Python Mini Encyclopedia of Countries and Capitals

This is a small python project that creates a mini encyclopedia of countries and their capitals. When an user inputs the name of a country the capital is received as an output.

Setup

Create a text file with the names of countries and capitals. Place it inside a folder together with the python file.

Usage

emptyDict ={} 

#reading a text file from a folder that consists of a list of countries and their capitals.

def dict_engine():
    with open('E:/python/country_capitals/lst.txt','r') as src:
        file = src.readlines()
        # newFile = file.split('\t')

    for items in file:
        keyVal = items.strip('\n').split('\t')
        emptyDict[keyVal[0]] =keyVal[1]

#main part of the encyclopedia that takes the country name as user input and returns the capital

def main():

    while True:
        ask = input("Enter a country: ").upper()

        if ask not in emptyDict.keys():
            print("Please check your spelling")
            ask = input("Enter a country: ").upper()
        else:
            ans = (f'The capital of {ask} is {emptyDict.get(ask)}')
            print(ans)
            
            
dict_engine()
main()
    
    

Contributing

I am a beginner and I would like suggestions regarding any changes to my code. Do let me know if the code can be modified in any other way.

Licencing & Copyright

MIT License

Copyright (c) [2020] [Swastik Sarkar]

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