Major code commit, functionality for searching names and date is in place

ralllyparser.py

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+import csv
+import sys
+
+def find_common_dates(dicts, names):
+    # Strip whitespace from names in the provided list
+    stripped_names = [name.strip() for name in names]
+    
+    # Filter dictionaries based on the stripped names
+    filtered_dicts = [d for d in dicts if d['Name'].strip() in stripped_names]
+    
+    # Check for names not found in the dictionaries
+    dict_names = {d['Name'].strip() for d in dicts}
+    not_found_names = set(stripped_names) - dict_names
+    
+    # Print warning for names not found
+    if not_found_names:
+        print(f"Warning: The following names were not found in the dictionaries: {', '.join(not_found_names)}")
+    
+    # If no dictionaries match the provided names, return an empty list
+    if not filtered_dicts:
+        return []
+
+    # Extract all dates from the first dictionary (assuming all dictionaries have the same dates)
+    dates = set(filtered_dicts[0].keys()) - {'Name'}
+    
+    # Initialize a set with all dates
+    common_dates = dates.copy()
+
+    # Iterate through each filtered dictionary
+    for d in filtered_dicts:
+        # Find dates where the value is either 'Yes' or 'If need be'
+        available_dates = {date for date in dates if d[date] in {'Yes', 'If need be'}}
+        # Intersect with common_dates to keep only the common ones
+        common_dates &= available_dates
+
+    return list(common_dates)
+
+while True:
+    
+    print("\nWould you like to search by name or date, or would you like to quit?")
+    pathswitch=input("?:")
+    print("\n")
+
+    if pathswitch.lower() == "date":
+        desiredate=input("Please enter the date (format EG Sun 21 Jul 2024):")
+
+
+        with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as datesheet:
+            reader = csv.DictReader(datesheet)
+            for row in reader:
+                if desiredate not in row.keys():
+                    print("Date not found, please check that the date entered matches the format and is in the date range")
+                    continue
+                if row[desiredate] == "Yes" or row[desiredate] == "If need be":
+                    print(row['Name'])
+    elif pathswitch.lower() == "name": 
+        #print("Not yet implemented")
+        desirenames=input("Please enter full names as found in calendar separated by comma:\n?:").split(',')
+        with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as datesheet:
+            reader = csv.DictReader(datesheet)
+            listconv=list(reader)
+            dates = find_common_dates(listconv,desirenames)
+            for date in dates:
+                print(date)
+
+    elif pathswitch.lower() == "quit":
+        break
+    else:
+        print("Please enter either the word 'name', 'date', or quit")