def yourCityPopulation(file): name = input('Enter the city name:') try: with open(file, 'r') as f: data = {} content = f.readlines() for i in range(len(content)): city = content[i].split(':') city = [x.replace('\n', "") for x in city] data[city[0]] = city[1] print(name+' '+data[name]) except KeyError: print('City not exists') yourCityPopulation('City.txt')