# L-37 MCS 275 Wed 14 Apr 2010 : tempdbadd.py

# This script collects data for a database to record temperatures.
# The data is stored in a file "temperatures.txt".  Every line in
# this file represents a dictionary with fields place, data, time,
# and temperature.  Only the temperature is held as a number, all
# other fields in the dictionary are of type string.
# The script opens the file in the append mode and in a loop the user
# is asked if more data will be added.  After the user answers with 'y',
# the user is prompted to provide data for the fields.
# The data is appended as one string to the file.

file = open('temperatures.txt','a')
data = {'place':'','date':'','time':'','temp':0}
while True:
   c = raw_input('Add more data ? (y/n) ')
   if c != 'y' : break
   data['place'] = raw_input('give place : ')
   data['date'] = raw_input('give date : ')
   data['time'] = raw_input('give time : ')
   data['temp'] = input('give temperature : ')
   file.write(str(data) + '\n')
file.close()