gistfile1.txt

from json import dump, load
import os

price = 10  #ticket price

PATH = "C:/Users/anaki/OneDrive/TY musical/ticketSales.json"
PATH = "./data.json"
#load

try:
   with open( PATH, "r") as file:
       names = load(file)
except:
   names = [
         [ { "name": "Sample Name 1", "email": "name@sample1" } ],
         [ { "name": "Sample Name 2", "email": "name@sample1" } ],
         [ { "name": "Sample Name 3", "email": "name@sample1" } ],
         ]

while True:
    run = input("what would you like to do? ") #user chooses action

    #sell tickets
    if run == "sell":

        name = input("name? ") #name of buyer
        email = input("email? ") #name of buyer
        night = int(input("night? "))-1 #night of the musical, 3rd dec = night1 ...etc
        entry = { "name": name, "email": email }
        names[night].append( entry ) #adds name to list
        print("ticket number:",len(names[night])) #ticket number is just where you are on the list

        try:
           os.rename(PATH, PATH + ".backup" )
        except:
           pass
        with open(PATH, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
            dump(names, file, indent=1) #saves to json file


#shows list of who has what ticket and how much money there should be
    if run == "check":

        for j in range (3):

            print("night:",j+1)
            print(f"{'name':25}{'email':25}{'ticket num':<25}")
            print(f"{'====':25}{'=====':25}{'==========':<25}")

            for i in range (len(names[j])):
                #print(names[j][i]["name"],"\t",i)
                print( f'{names[j][i]["name"]:25}{names[j][i]["email"]:25}{i:<25}')

#                      names[j][i]["name"],"\t",i)

            print("€",(len(names[j])-1)*price) #money from one night
            print()


        print("€",(len(names[0]+names[1]+names[2])-3)*price," total") #money from all nights

    print() #blank line for neater output