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Telephone Directory

The document describes functions for a phonebook program that allows users to: 1) Initialize contacts and add new contacts with inputted details like name, number, email etc. 2) Display a menu to add, remove, delete all, search or display contacts. 3) Add new contacts by appending their details to the contacts list. 4) Remove contacts by searching for their name and using the list pop method. 5) Search contacts by criteria like name, number, email etc and return matching contacts.

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Telephone Directory

The document describes functions for a phonebook program that allows users to: 1) Initialize contacts and add new contacts with inputted details like name, number, email etc. 2) Display a menu to add, remove, delete all, search or display contacts. 3) Add new contacts by appending their details to the contacts list. 4) Remove contacts by searching for their name and using the list pop method. 5) Search contacts by criteria like name, number, email etc and return matching contacts.

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# importing the module

import sys

# this function will be the first to run as soon as the main function executes

def initial_phonebook():

rows, cols = int(input("Please enter initial number of contacts: ")), 5

# We are collecting the initial number of contacts the user wants to have in the

# phonebook already. User may also enter 0 if he doesn't wish to enter any.

phone_book = []

print(phone_book)

for i in range(rows):

print("\nEnter contact %d details in the following order (ONLY):" % (i+1))

print("NOTE: * indicates mandatory fields")

print("....................................................................")

temp = []

for j in range(cols):

# We have taken the conditions for values of j only for the personalized fields

# such as name, number, e-mail id, dob, category etc

if j == 0:

temp.append(str(input("Enter name*: ")))

# We need to check if the user has left the name empty as its
mentioned that

# name & number are mandatory fields.

# So implement a condition to check as below.

if temp[j] == '' or temp[j] == ' ':

sys.exit(

"Name is a mandatory field. Process exiting due to


blank field...")

# This will exit the process if a blank field is encountered.


if j == 1:

temp.append(int(input("Enter number*: ")))

# We do not need to check if user has entered the number because


int automatically

# takes care of it. Int value cannot accept a blank as that counts as a
string.

# So process automatically exits without us using the sys package.

if j == 2:

temp.append(str(input("Enter e-mail address: ")))

# Even if this field is left as blank, None will take the blank's place

if temp[j] == '' or temp[j] == ' ':

temp[j] = None

if j == 3:

temp.append(str(input("Enter date of birth(dd/mm/yy): ")))

# Whatever format the user enters dob in, it won't make a


difference to the compiler

# Only while searching the user will have to enter query exactly the
same way as

# he entered during the input so as to ensure accurate searches

if temp[j] == '' or temp[j] == ' ':

# Even if this field is left as blank, None will take the blank's place

temp[j] = None

if j == 4:

temp.append(

str(input("Enter category(Family/Friends/Work/Others): ")))

# Even if this field is left as blank, None will take the blank's place

if temp[j] == "" or temp[j] == ' ':

temp[j] = None
phone_book.append(temp)

# By this step we are appending a list temp into a list phone_book

# That means phone_book is a 2-D array and temp is a 1-D array

print(phone_book)

return phone_book

def menu():

# We created this simple menu function for

# code reusability & also for an interactive console

# Menu func will only execute when called

print("********************************************************************")

print("\t\t\tSMARTPHONE DIRECTORY", flush=False)

print("********************************************************************")

print("\tYou can now perform the following operations on this phonebook\n")

print("1. Add a new contact")

print("2. Remove an existing contact")

print("3. Delete all contacts")

print("4. Search for a contact")

print("5. Display all contacts")

print("6. Exit phonebook")

# Out of the provided 6 choices, user needs to enter any 1 choice among the 6

# We return the entered choice to the calling function wiz main in our case

choice = int(input("Please enter your choice: "))

return choice

def add_contact(pb):

# Adding a contact is the easiest because all you need to do is:


# append another list of details into the already existing list

dip = []

for i in range(len(pb[0])):

if i == 0:

dip.append(str(input("Enter name: ")))

if i == 1:

dip.append(int(input("Enter number: ")))

if i == 2:

dip.append(str(input("Enter e-mail address: ")))

if i == 3:

dip.append(str(input("Enter date of birth(dd/mm/yy): ")))

if i == 4:

dip.append(

str(input("Enter category(Family/Friends/Work/Others): ")))

pb.append(dip)

# And once you modify the list, you return it to the calling function wiz main, here.

return pb

def remove_existing(pb):

# This function is to remove a contact's details from existing phonebook

query = str(

input("Please enter the name of the contact you wish to remove: "))

# We'll collect name of the contact and search if it exists in our phonebook

temp = 0

# temp is a checking variable here. We assigned a value 0 to temp.

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][0]:

temp += 1

# Temp will be incremented & it won't be 0 anymore in this function's scope


print(pb.pop(i))

# The pop function removes entry at index i

print("This query has now been removed")

# printing a confirmation message after removal.

# This ensures that removal was successful.

# After removal we will return the modified phonebook to the calling


function

# which is main in our program

return pb

if temp == 0:

# Now if at all any case matches temp should've incremented but if otherwise,

# temp will remain 0 and that means the query does not exist in this phonebook

print("Sorry, you have entered an invalid query.\

Please recheck and try again later.")

return pb

def delete_all(pb):

# This function will simply delete all the entries in the phonebook pb

# It will return an empty phonebook after clearing

return pb.clear()

def search_existing(pb):

# This function searches for an existing contact and displays the result

choice = int(input("Enter search criteria\n\n\

1. Name\n2. Number\n3. Email-id\n4. DOB\n5. Category(Family/Friends/Work/Others)\

\nPlease enter: "))

# We're doing so just to ensure that the user experiences a customized search result
temp = []

check = -1

if choice == 1:

# This will execute for searches based on contact name

query = str(

input("Please enter the name of the contact you wish to search: "))

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][0]:

check = i

temp.append(pb[i])

elif choice == 2:

# This will execute for searches based on contact number

query = int(

input("Please enter the number of the contact you wish to search: "))

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][1]:

check = i

temp.append(pb[i])

elif choice == 3:

# This will execute for searches based on contact's e-mail address

query = str(input("Please enter the e-mail ID\

of the contact you wish to search: "))

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][2]:

check = i

temp.append(pb[i])
elif choice == 4:

# This will execute for searches based on contact''s date of birth

query = str(input("Please enter the DOB (in dd/mm/yyyy format ONLY)\

of the contact you wish to search: "))

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][3]:

check = i

temp.append(pb[i])

elif choice == 5:

# This will execute for searches based on contact category

query = str(

input("Please enter the category of the contact you wish to search: "))

for i in range(len(pb)):

if query == pb[i][4]:

check = i

temp.append(pb[i])

# All contacts under query category will be shown using this feature

else:

# If the user enters any other choice then the search will be unsuccessful

print("Invalid search criteria")

return -1

# returning -1 indicates that the search was unsuccessful

# all the searches are stored in temp and all the results will be displayed with

# the help of display function

if check == -1:

return -1

# returning -1 indicates that the query did not exist in the directory
else:

display_all(temp)

return check

# we're just returning a index value wiz not -1 to calling function just to notify

# that the search worked successfully

# this function displays all content of phonebook pb

def display_all(pb):

if not pb:

# if display function is called after deleting all contacts then the len will be 0

# And then without this condition it will throw an error

print("List is empty: []")

else:

for i in range(len(pb)):

print(pb[i])

def thanks():

# A simple gesture of courtesy towards the user to enhance user experience

print("********************************************************************")

print("Thank you for using our Smartphone directory system.")

print("Please visit again!")

print("********************************************************************")

sys.exit("Goodbye, have a nice day ahead!")

# Main function code

print("....................................................................")

print("Hello dear user, welcome to our smartphone directory system")

print("You may now proceed to explore this directory")

print("....................................................................")

# This is solely meant for decoration purpose only.

# You're free to modify your interface as per your will to make it look interactive

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