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The document describes a simple expense tracker application built with Python and Tkinter, allowing users to log, view, and manage expenses. Key features include adding, viewing, deleting, and sorting expenses, with a graphical user interface that utilizes entry fields and a treeview table. The application handles common errors and ensures data persistence through file handling with expenses.txt.

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The document describes a simple expense tracker application built with Python and Tkinter, allowing users to log, view, and manage expenses. Key features include adding, viewing, deleting, and sorting expenses, with a graphical user interface that utilizes entry fields and a treeview table. The application handles common errors and ensures data persistence through file handling with expenses.txt.

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Introduction

Objective:

• A simple expense tracker application built using


Python and Tkinter.

• Helps users log, view, and manage expenses.


Key
Features
Add Expense: Allows users to input a date,
category, and amount.

View Expenses: Displays a list of expenses


with the total expense calculated.

Delete Expense: Removes an expense from the


list based on selection.

Expense Sorting: Automatically sorts expenses


by amount in ascending order.
Core Modules Used

tkinter: Used for building the graphical user interface (GUI).

datetime: Used for date validation (format checking).

OS: Used to interact with the file system (checking if files


exist).
GUI Components
Entry Fields:

• Date Entry (DD-MM-YYYY format)


• Amount Entry
• Category Selection (Dropdown)

Treeview Table:
• Displays expenses (date, category, and amount).

• Sorted by amount.

Buttons:

Add Expense: To add new expense entries.

View Expenses: To refresh and display the updated list.

Delete Expense: To remove selected expense.


Add Expense Functionality

Code Explanation:

• User inputs date, category, and amount.

• The program validates the date and amount.

• If valid, it writes the expense to expenses.txt.

• Status messages are displayed (e.g., success, invalid input).

def add_expense():
# Code explanation here
View and Delete Expenses

View Expenses:

• Reads and displays all expenses from the file.

• Calculates total expense and sorts the records

Delete Expense:

• Removes an entry from the file based on user selection in the table.

def view_expenses():
# Code explanation here
File Handling and Storage

expenses.txt:

• The program reads and writes expense data from this


file.

• The file is created if it doesn't exist, ensuring data


persistence.
Error Handling

Common Errors Handled:

• Invalid date format (e.g., wrong format like MM-DD-YYYY).

• Invalid amount (non-numeric input).

• File access errors (e.g., issues with reading/writing the file).


Conclusion

• This expense tracker offers basic functionality for managing daily expenses.

• It’s an example of how Tkinter can be used to build interactive desktop applications with
Python.

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