stuff.py

from collections import defaultdict
import re

order = 'ID', 'GE', 'FN', 'LN','MN', 'EM', 'ST'
MAX_NUM = int(input ("Please enter the number of records: "))

records = []
while len(records) < MAX_NUM:
    new_records = input("Please enter some records separated by ';' or '!': ")
    for record in re.split('[!;]', new_records):
        records.append(record)

for i, record in enumerate(records, start=1):
    parsed = defaultdict(list)
    for pair in record.split():
        key, value = pair.split(':')
        parsed[key].append(value)
    ordered = []
    for key in order:
       for value in parsed[key]:
         ordered.append(key+':'+value)
    print(' '.join(ordered))
    if i>MAX_NUM:
      break