Day 31 - Employee Database with Dictionaries & Custom Functions, Part 1

Finished Code

dEmp = {
    "emp1": {
        "fname" : "Bill",
        "lname" : "Moseley",
        "age" : 49,
        "email" : "bill@bmoseley.com",
        "salary" : 98753.27
    },
    "emp2": {
        "fname" : "Dave",
        "lname" : "Smith",
        "age" : 25,
        "email" : "dsmith@bmoseley.com",
        "salary" : 45753.27
    }
}

def showMenu():
    print("""
    1. Add an Employee
    2. Terminate an Employee
    """)

def getID(emp_data):
    if not emp_data:
        return "emp1"

    emp_numbers = [int(key[3:]) for key in emp_data.keys() if key.startswith("emp")]
    next_id = max(emp_numbers, default=0) + 1
    return f"emp{next_id}"

def addEmployee(emp_data):
    strFName = input("What is the first name? ")
    strLName = input("What is the last name? ")
    intAge = int(input("What is the age? "))
    strEmail = input("What is the email? ")
    flSalary = float(input("What is the salary? "))

    dInner = {"fname":strFName, "lname":strLName, "age":intAge, "email":strEmail, "salary": flSalary}

    strID = getID(emp_data)

    emp_data[strID] = dInner

    print(f"New Employee Added: {strFName} {strLName}, ID: {strID}")

    return emp_data




print("*"*60)
print("*"+"Employee Database".center(58)+"*")
print("*"*60)
print("")

showMenu()

strMenu = input("What would you like to do? (Choose 1-2): ")

if strMenu == "1":
    addEmployee(dEmp)

elif strMenu == "2":
    pass
else:
    print("You need to enter a number for the menu choice.\n")