commit a373440311ad4b9d45e4f5e47ddd171cdf1366ee
Author: Mikayla Dobson <93477693+innocuous-symmetry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 6 11:12:40 2022 -0500

    init commit

diff --git a/data.db b/data.db
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diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
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+import sqlite3
+from user_input import *
+
+# establish a connection to a .db file and create a cursor object
+con = sqlite3.connect('data.db')
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+# create initial tables
+cur.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TIMESTAMPS (session_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, time_in STRING, time_out STRING, name STRING, purpose STRING);")
+cur.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS USERS (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name STRING, cumulative_hours INTEGER);")
+
+# declare and insert some initial values
+timestamp_list = [
+    (1, '1pm', 'null', 'Mikayla', 'work on project'),
+    (2, '9pm', '11pm', 'not Mikayla', 'work on project'),
+    (3, '8am', '5pm', 'someone else', 'debugging')
+]
+
+cur.executemany("INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPS VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", timestamp_list)
+
+
+"""
+
+# The below logic for testing initial values are inserted,
+# are able to be queried,
+# and are accurately represented in the table.
+
+# query table below:
+table_rows = []
+for row in cur.execute("SELECT * FROM TIMESTAMPS;"):
+    # print each result
+    print(row)
+    # store each result individually in the list above
+    table_rows.append(row)
+
+# find COUNT(*) for the table
+print(len(table_rows))
+
+"""
+
+parse_input()
diff --git a/user_input.py b/user_input.py
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+user_prompt = """
+Welcome to the personal time stamp program.
+This program is intended to help you keep track of your work hours on personal projects.
+
+Please choose from the following options:
+1) Select all timestamps
+2) Find a timestamp by date range
+3) Calculate total hours for the week
+4) Calculate complete sum of hours
+"""
+
+def parse_input():
+    print(user_prompt)
+    response = input("Enter your selection: ")
+
+    print()
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