Python 3.4.2, reading from text file and printing accordingly

Question

i have a computer science project and i can't find anywhere how to figure this out. I need python to ask for input and if input is equal to a text file then it moves onto next input if it's the same. If not it repeats the question: “please enter your name” so far I've got:

Player_1 = input(“please enter your name”)

Then need what I've said above. The text file only needs to contain two names. I am relatively new to python, hope someone can help.

Answer 1

Your text file "filename.txt" should use a symbol to separate names.

Let's say a comma, so your file should look like this:

filename.txt: Name1,Name2

You could use:

txt=open("filename.txt",'r').read() 

to get your file content as string.

namesList=txt.split(',') 

to get a list of the names in the file:

["Name1","Name2"]

then a loop to check inputs of the user:

userEntry=''
while userEntry not in namesList:
    userEntry=input("please enter your name")

At the end, userEntry is equal to one of the two names in your file.