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The document outlines the design and functionality of a Library Management System that allows users to view, lend, return, and add books. It includes a main menu with options for reading the catalog, checking book availability, issuing and returning books, and donating new books. The system stores book details in a text file and provides user feedback for various actions taken within the system.

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Mini Project

The document outlines the design and functionality of a Library Management System that allows users to view, lend, return, and add books. It includes a main menu with options for reading the catalog, checking book availability, issuing and returning books, and donating new books. The system stores book details in a text file and provides user feedback for various actions taken within the system.

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LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Objective
The objective of the document is to create a Library management
system which will allow users to view all the books in a library,
Check for a particular available book, Lend Books , return books,
add new books.

Designing the Main Menu

Store the book details in a Text file in the following format :-


1,A,B,IN
2,C,D,OUT

Option 1 :- Read entire catalog


 Read the Available books from a Flat File.
 Write down in a list.
 Read from the list

Prinout the Entire Catalogue in the following format :

ID|BOOK NAME|AUTHOR NAME|STATUS


1|A|B|IN
2|C|D|OUT

The above data is just for example only


Option 2 :- Check for an available book
 User will have option to enter the Book name/Author/Book ID
and search for the book.
 In this project we will expect the User to enter the exact
Bookname/Author, eventually we will expand it to regex to
match patterns.
 Search for the parameters 2(Book Name) and 3(Author) of
the flat file values.
 If no match comes, print a exception message, saying”Sorry,
book doesn’t exist”.
 Return to Main Menu

Option 3 :- Issue a book


 User selects option to rent a book.
 Check if the book is actually checked out using the
Catalogue ID.
 If book doesn’t exist, print a Sorry message saying, “Sorry,
book not found”.
 If its checked out, say, “Sorry, book is already checked out”.
 Else, issue the book to user , print a message saying, “The
book , <<Book Name>> is issued to you. Please return the
book on or before <<System Date + 7>> Days.
 Change the status to “OUT”.
 Return to Main Menu

Option 4 :- Return a book


 User selects option to return a book.
 User is asked to key in the Catalogue ID of the Book he is
trying to return.

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 Check if the book is actually checked out using the
Catalogue ID.
 If its checked out, an user is returning, Update the status of
the book to “IN”, and print a Thank You message to user.
 If the Status is already IN, and the user is trying to return
the book, tell the user that he is trying to return a book
which is already Checked In.
 If the Book doesn’t exist only, print a message to the user
saying that he is trying to return a wrong book.
 Return to Main Menu

Option 5 :- Donate/Add a new book


 Ask the user to Enter how many books he wishes to donate.
 As the user to enter the book Names and Author Names.
 Now, Auto increment the catalogue ID of the last book which
is in Catalogue to generate a new catalogue id, and go on
inserting the Books in the Flat file, based on the newly
generated catalogue ID, Book Name and author name
sequentially. The Status of the books should be ‘IN’
 Once the process is done, enter a Thank you message to the
user for his donation.
 Return to main menu

Option 6 :-Exit
 Print a bye message and exit the system.

Hint : You can currently do this project using a txt file which will
have the Entries as per the attached text file

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