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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Shopping List Takeaways

joshthorn
joshthorn
30,751 Points

Added save and load functionality to shopping list.

shopping_list = []

def show_help():
    #print instructions
    print ("Welcome to UrList, please enter your food shopping list")
    print ("""
Enter 'DONE' to stop adding items.
Enter 'HELP' to show welcome message.
Enter 'SHOW' to see your current list.
Enter 'SAVE' to save your shopping list.
ENTER 'LOAD' to load a saved list.""")


def show_list():
  #print the list
  print ("Here's your shopping list: ")

  for item in shopping_list:
    print(item)

def append_to_list(new_item):
  # add new items to list
  shopping_list.append(new_item)
  print("Added {} List now has {} items.".format(new_item, len(shopping_list)))

def save(shopping_list):
  with open("saved_list.txt", 'w') as file_handler:
    for item in shopping_list:
        file_handler.write("{}\n".format(item))
    print("Shopping list saved")

def load():
  with open('saved_list.txt') as f:
    for line in f:
        shopping_list.append(line)

def main():
  show_help()

  while True:
    new_item = input(">  ")

    if new_item == 'DONE':
      break
    elif new_item == 'HELP':
      show_help()
      continue
    elif new_item == 'SHOW':
      show_list()
      continue
    elif new_item == 'SAVE':
      save(shopping_list)
      continue
    elif new_item == 'LOAD':
      load()
      continue
    append_to_list(new_item)
  show_list()  
main()

1 Answer

Fantastic! Your code looks very well organized and it seems to work very well. Congratulations on adding a new feature!

If you are looking for a greater challenge, you can also add something that says if an item is collected or not :)

~Alex