Reading password file, printing output in ascending order of user id with user real name and home directory.

s17q02_solution.py

''' Reading password file, printing output in ascending order of user id with user real name and home directory '''

def reading_file():
    with open("C:\\Users\\Ojha\\Documents\\Python exercises\\Python Scripts\\password.txt", 'r+') as FH:
        text = FH.read()
    return text

def file_data_operation(text):
    lines = text.split('\n')
    users_data = dict()
    output_data = dict()
    for line in lines:
        data = line.split(':')
        user = dict()
        for idx in range(0,6):
            if idx == 0:
                user['username'] = data[idx]
            elif idx == 2:
                user['user_id'] = data[idx]
            elif idx == 4:
                user['user_realname'] = data[idx]
            elif idx == 5:
                user['home_directory'] = data[idx]
        users_data[data[2]] = user
    return users_data

def sorting_id(users_data):
    user_id = list(users_data.keys())
    user_id.sort()
    for id_num in user_id:
        for k,v in users_data.items():
            if id_num == k:
                print(v)

# main starts here
if __name__ = '__main__':
    text = reading_file()
    users_data = file_data_operation(text)
    sorting_id(users_data)