People and Dictionaries

Finding things in Python using dictionaries and lists

# Find people in dictionaries
# Working with lists and dictionaries
people list = [
    {"name": "John", "age": 30, "occupation": "Engineer", "city": None },
    {"name": "Alice", "age": 25, "occupation": "Teacher", "city": "Los Angeles"},
    {"name": "Bob", "age": 35, "occupation": None, "city": "Chicago"},
    {"name": "Eva", "age": 28, "occupation": "Artist", "city": "San Francisco"},
    {"name": "David", "age": 40, "occupation": "Lawyer", "city": "Boston"},
    {"name": "Sophie", "age": 22, "occupation": "Software Developer", "city": "Seattle"},
    {"name": "Michael", "age": 45, "occupation": "Business Analyst", "city": "Dallas"},
    {"name": "Olivia", "age": 32, "occupation": "Marketing Specialist", "city": "Miami"},
    {"name": "Chris", "age": 38, "occupation": "Architect", "city": "Denver"},
    {"name": "Emily", "age": 27, "occupation": "Graphic Designer", "city": "Portland"},
    {"name": "Daniel", "age": 33, "occupation": "Chef", "city": "New Orleans"},
    {"name": "Megan", "age": 29, "occupation": "Financial Analyst", "city": "Phoenix"},
    {"name": "Ryan", "age": 36, "occupation": "Journalist", "city": "Atlanta"},
    {"name": "Hannah", "age": 31, "occupation": "Event Planner", "city": "Las Vegas"},
]


while True:
    search = input("What is the name of the person you are looking for? ").capitalize()

    for person in people list:
        if search == person["name"]:
            # print("We found" , search + "!" , "AGE:" , person["age"],  "," , "OCCUPATION:" , person["occupation"],  ",", "CITY:" , person["city"],) # also able to print all in one line like this
            print("We found", person["name"] + "!")
            print("AGE:" , person["age"])
            print("OCCUPATION:" , person["occupation"])
            print("CITY:", person["city"])
            break
    else:
        print(f"{search} not found in the list.")
        continue
    break # continue # find one person or repeat after finding