{"id":70,"date":"2026-03-06T15:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theroyalscode.com\/students\/r_najim\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:01:15","slug":"friday-march-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theroyalscode.com\/students\/r_najim\/2026\/03\/06\/friday-march-6-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, March 6, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">  <strong>Today This Free Friday I am working on a project on YouTube a Personal Finance Tracker part 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dn1EjhcQk64&amp;t=212s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dn1EjhcQk64&amp;t=212s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>from datetime import datetime\n\ndate_format = \"%d-%m-%Y\"\nCATEGORIES = {\"I\": \"Income\", \"E\": \"EXpense\"}\n\ndef get_date(prompt, allow_default=False):\n    date_str = input(prompt)\n    if allow_default and not date_str:\n        return datetime.today().strtime(date_format)\n    \n    try:\n        valid_date = datetime.strftime(date_str, date_format)\n        return valid_date.strftime(date_format)\n    except ValueError:\n        print(\"Invalid date format. 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Please enter 'I' for Income or 'E' for Expense.\")\n    return get_category()\n    \n\ndef get_descriptipn():\n    return input(\"Enter a description (optional): \")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>This part of the code is so that I have a place where I can write all of the functions related to getting information from the user.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>date_format = \"%d-%m-%Y\"\n\ndef get_date(prompt, allow_default=False):\n    date_str = input(prompt)\n    if allow_default and not date_str:\n        return datetime.today().strtime(date_format)\n    \n    try:\n        valid_date = datetime.strftime(date_str, date_format)\n        return valid_date.strftime(date_format)\n    except ValueError:\n        print(\"Invalid date format. Please enter the date in dd-mm-yyyy format\")\n        return get_date(prompt, allow_default)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>This part of the code is to cleans up the Date that the user type in and gives it to the user in the format that user needs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>def add():\n    CSV.initializes_csv()\n    date = get_date(\"Enter the date of the transaction (dd-mm-yyyy) or enter for today's date: \", allow_default=True)\n    amount = get_amount()\n    category = get_category()\n    description = get_descriptipn()\n    CSV.add_entry(date, amount, category, description)\n\nadd()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>This part of the code is to write a function that will call these Functions in the order that the user wants<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today This Free Friday I am working on a project on YouTube a Personal 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