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Interactive Dictionary/main.py

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+#import necessary libraries
+import json
+from difflib import get_close_matches 
+
+#load json file
+data = json.load(open('data.json'))
+
+
+# Creating a function to get meaning of the given word from our dictionary
+def get_meaning(word):
+	# Scenario 1: word is in our dictionary
+	if word in data:
+		return data[word]
+	# Scenario 2: There is typo in users input, check for closest matching word
+	elif len(get_close_matches(word, data.keys(), cutoff=.8)) > 0:
+		match = get_close_matches(word, data.keys(), cutoff=.8)[0]
+		check = input("Did you mean %s, instead? Enter Y if yes, otherwise N: " %match)
+		if check.lower() == 'y':
+			return data[match]
+		elif check.lower() == 'n':
+			return "Word doesn't exist"
+		else:
+			return "Invalid choice"
+	# if word is not not at all available in our vocabulary
+	else:
+		return "The Word Doesn't exist in the dictionary, sorry!"
+
+while True:
+	#get a word from user
+	word = input('Enter a word you want to know the meaning of: ')
+	if word == "quit":
+		break
+	#print the output
+	output = get_meaning(word.lower())
+
+	# If certain word has more than one meaning then iterate over them
+	if type(output) == list:
+		for item in output:
+			print(item)
+	else:
+		print(output)
+