As it is in Python

Question

"the database " looks like this. (/t. = Tab key)

12335 /t. Chevy /t. 10000
.
.
.txt

Now I want my program to get a 5 digit input from a user. How do I make the program read the first five digits on the .txt file and output a found and not found output?

Answer 1

Dear Ace Brown
Which programming language are you using?
for example, in python you can use this code:

number = input('Please enter 5 digit number: ').strip()
fileName = input('Please enter file path: ')
found = False
with open(fileName, 'r') as f:
for l in f.readlines():
w = l.split('\t')
if w[0].strip()==number:
found = True
break
print("found" if found else "not found")

Answer 2

Ace Brown
Something like this?

txt = "3623457985"

user = (input() or "3623486421")[:5]

print(user in txt)