Is there a function to get specific number values associated with the names in my list?-CodePudding

birthdays = [
    ('Bobby White', '08/06/2003'),
    ('George Washington', '02/22/1732'),
    ('Kim Kardashian', '10/21/1980')

def age():
    global birthdays
    name = birthdays[0]
    dateList = (name[1].split("/"))         
    aDay = int(dateList[0])
    aMonth = int(dateList[1])
    aYear = int(dateList[2])
    print(birthdays)
    Person = input("Who's age do you want to find?(Input their exact name)")
    for item in birthdays:
        if item == Person:
            aYear
            AgeCalc = 2022 - aYear
            print(Person, "is/will be", AgeCalc, "this year.")

I want to pull the year located in my list for any item in it so i can subtract the year by the current year to find their age. I'm somewhat new to using Python and couldn't find a function to do this. Any help is appreciated!

CodePudding user response：

You need to get the year of the person that matches Person, not the first person in the birthdays list.

def age():
    Person = input("Who's age do you want to find?(Input their exact name)")
    for name, birthday in birthdays:
        if name == Person:
            aDay, aMonth, aYear = map(int, birthday.split('/'))
            AgeCalc = 2022 - aYear
            print(Person, "is/will be", AgeCalc, "this year.")

CodePudding user response：

Perhaps use a Dictionary instead of going over a list? It's much more "pythonic" and efficient.

something like:

birthdays = 
    { 'Bobby White': '08/06/2003',
    'George Washington': '02/22/1732',
    'Kim Kardashian': '10/21/1980' }

Person = input("Who's age do you want to find?(Input their exact name)")

print (birthdays[Person])