"""Name: Prof. Xiannong Meng
	Course: CSCI 204
	Lecture: 00 in-class coding template
    Based on the work by Professor Dancy
"""

def generate_names():
    """Read user input for nick names and full names (separated by commas),
    store all of these names to a dictionary, and return this dictionary.
    Example sequence below:
    $python 00_dictionary_student.py
    >>Enter nicknames separated by commas:'bb, cc, dd'
    >>Enter full names separated by commas:'bob barker,chris christie, donny darko'
    >>bob barker or bb for short.
    >>chris christie or cc for short.
    >>donny darko or dd for short.
    """

    # 1. read names
    # 2. generate dictionary
    # 3. return the dictionay
    pass

def generate_dictionary(nick_names, full_names):
    """Generate a dictionary from the given strings of nick_names and 
    full_names. Each name in the string is separated by a comma.
    Inputs:
        nick_names: A string of comma separated nicknames
        full_names: A string of comma separated full names that relate to
                    the nicknames
    Output:
        a dictionary with the nicknames as keys and full names as values
    """
    pass

def print_names(name_list):
    """Take the name_list as a dictionary, print its contents.
    Make use of the fact that name_list is a dictionary.
    Inputs:
        name_list: a dictionary 'key' is nick name, 'value' is full name
    Output:
        print the (nick name, full name) pair on the screen.
    """
    pass

name_list = generate_names()
print_names(name_list)