I have a homework assignment that I can't seem to figure out. The problem is: Given a set of text files containing synonyms for different words, complete the main program to output the synonyms for a specific word. Each text file contains synonyms for the word specified in the file’s name, and each row within the file lists the word’s synonyms that begin with the same letter, separated by a space. The program reads a word and a letter from the user and opens the text file associated with the input word. The program then stores the contents of the text file into a dictionary predefined in the program. Finally the program searches the dictionary and outputs all the synonyms that begin with the input letter, one synonym per line, or a message if no synonyms that begin with the input letter are found. Hints: Use the first letter of a synonym as the key when storing the synonym into the dictionary. Assume all letters are in lowercase. Ex: If the input of the program is: educate c the program opens the file educate.txt, which contains: brainwash brief civilize coach cultivate develop discipline drill edify enlighten exercise explain foster improve indoctrinate inform instruct mature nurture rear school train tutor then the program outputs: civilize coach cultivate Ex: If the input of the program is: educate a then the program outputs: No synonyms for educate begin with a. I currently have this with only one file being focused right now: synonyms = {} # Define dictionary initial_input = input() start_letter = input() if initial_input == 'Educate' or 'educate': with open('educate.txt', 'r') as e: lines = e.readlines() for word in lines: if ord(str(word[0])) == ord(str(start_letter)): key = start_letter split = word.split(' ') synonyms[key] = split print(synonyms) if ord(str(start_letter)) != ord(str(word[0])): print(f'No synonyms for educate begin with {start_letter}.') elif initial_input == 'Happy' or 'happy': with open('happy.txt', 'r') as h: lines = h.readlines() elif initial_input == 'Goal' or 'goal': with open('goal.txt', 'r') as e: lines = e.readlines() and when inputting: educate b I get: {'b': ['brainwash', 'brief\n']} No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. No synonyms for educate begin with b. I know I can get the values individually but cannot seem to new line each entry by replacing print(synonyms) with print(word), but currently I am at a loss. Edit: I have modified the code a little bit and came up with: if initial_input.lower() == 'educate': with open('educate.txt', 'r') as e: lines = e.readlines() for word in lines: if word[0] == start_letter: split = word.split(' ') synonyms[start_letter] = split for x in synonyms[start_letter]: print(x) break else: print(f'No synonyms for educate begin with {start_letter}.') but see that since it reads the lines top to bottom, when changing the starting letter to 'c' for example, it outputs: No synonyms for educate begin with c. civilize coach cultivate How would you make it not look at the letters above? Continue reading...
