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# for read and write, use MyProject_v2
#3 alternative. # ***** Add . (period) to the header that will be automatically assigned or will not use the list to select (e.g. note)
print 'succeed'
print ''
import csv
read_file = open("today2.csv", "rU") # make this as a master csv file. overwrite each time. ***make a copy of final csv file as a log
read_table = csv.reader(read_file)

#*** store headers
column_headers = read_table.next()
#print column_headers #print list

column_header_list_dict = {}
column_header_list_count = 0
column_header_dict = {}
column_header_count = 0
for i in column_headers:
    #print i
    column_header_list_dict[i] = column_header_list_count
    column_header_list_count = column_header_list_count +1
    #print i #print individual header
    column_header_count = column_header_count +1
    column_header_dict[column_header_count] = i
print column_header_list_dict
print column_header_dict #print dictionary of headers
#print column_header_dict[1] #print 1st header
print ''
print ''
# list as a total spreadsheet
total_list = []
#list.append(column_headers)
# make a list of table *** fix later
#*** add list+[] when line8 is deleted
for row in read_table:
    #print row
    total_list.append(row)
print total_list
#print total_list[0][3]
print''
print ''
#4 read values in column and store as dictionary
#print column_header_dict
# make a copy of column header dictionary
row_dict_matrix = column_header_dict.copy()

#print total_list
for i in column_header_dict:
    #print i #>>> 1 2 3 4...
    header_number = column_header_list_dict[column_header_dict[i]]
    #print header_number
    row_count = 0
    row_dict_matrix[i] = {0: 'add new'}
    
    for column in total_list:
        row = column[header_number]
        #print row #>>> ibpA ibpB...
        #print row_dict_matrix[i]
        if row != '':
            if row not in row_dict_matrix[i].values():
                row_count = row_count +1
                row_dict_matrix[i] [row_count] = row

print row_dict_matrix
#print column_header_dict

#4 write new row by selecting from dictionaries
#print total_list
# count how big the list is but ID# should be +1 from previous number and not the size of the list +1.
#print total_list[-1][0] # ID number in the last entry.
print ''
print''
#total_list.append([])
new_entry_list = []
counter = 0

while counter < len(column_header_dict):
    counter = counter +1
    #print counter
    column_header_name = column_header_dict[counter]
    #print column_header_name
    if '.' not in column_header_name: # takes only the numbers
        print 'Type the number from the selection for ' + column_header_name + ': '
        print row_dict_matrix[counter]

select_number = input()
        if select_number == 0: # add new
            new_entry_list.append('')
            print new_entry_list
            
        elif 0 < select_number and select_number < len(row_dict_matrix[counter]): # if selected number is in dictionary, enter selected value
            new_entry_list.append(row_dict_matrix[counter][select_number])
            print new_entry_list
        else: # if entered number is not in the list (bigger number), skip entry
            print 'work?'
    else:
        new_entry_list.append('') # add empty string to the section for autofilling. modify this string later

#******** use str(number) to make numbers to strings. this way, you can use '0' and '00'
#******** a = [1,2,3,4,5]   print a[::-1] returns [5,4,3,2,1]

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