Program5B1.py

# Program5B1
# Matthew Ancelin
# this program will create a dictionary from a file
def make_dictionary(filename):
    dict = {}
    with open(filename, 'r') as file:
        for line in file:
            key, value = line.split()
            dict[key] = value
    return dict
filename = 'LAB5B1.txt'
dictionary = make_dictionary(filename)
print(dictionary)
namecheck = input("Enter a name to search for: ")
if namecheck in dictionary:
    print ("Yes, that name is in there")
else:
    print ("Sorry, did not find that name")
age = input("Enter an age to count ")
agecount = 0
v = list(dictionary.values())
for i in range(len(dictionary)):
    if age == v[i]:
        agecount += 1
print ("that age appears ", agecount, " times in this dictionary")
print ("The oldest person is ", max(v), " years old.")