db ={} def newuser(): prompt = \'login desired:\' while True: name = raw_input(prompt) if db.has_key(name): prompt = \'name taken,try another.\' continue else: break pwd = raw_input(\'passwd:\') db[name] = pwd def olduser(): name = raw_input(\'login\') pwd = raw_input(\'passwd\') passwd = db.get(name) i = 0 while i <3: if passwd == pwd: print \'welcome back\',name break else: print \'passwd wrong ,try again.\' i = i + 1 def showmenu(): prompt = \'\'\' (N)ew User (E)xiting User Login (Q)quit enter choice \'\'\' done = False while not done : chose = False while not chose: try: choice = raw_input(prompt).strip()[0].lower() except (EOFError,KeyboardInterrupt): choice = \'q\' print \'\nYou picked"[%s]\' % choice if choice not in \'neq\': print \'invalid option, try again.\' elif choice == \'n\': newuser() chosen = True done = True elif choice == \'e\': olduser() chosen = True done = True else : break if __name__ == \'__main__\': showmenu()