Update app.py

app.py

@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ class AttendanceTracker:
             header = next(reader)
             for row in reader:
                 if row:
-                    name = row[0].lower()  # Convert to lower case for case-insensitive matching
+                    name = row[0]  # Preserve original case
                     existing_data[name] = row[1:]  # Store all existing columns for this name
 
         # Read the new attendance file
         new_attendance_list = []
         with open(attendance_file.name, "r") as f:
             reader = csv.reader(f)
-            new_attendance_list = [row[0].lower() for row in reader if row]
+            new_attendance_list = [row[0] for row in reader if row]
 
         # Get current date and prepare the new column name
         current_date = date.today().strftime("%d-%m-%Y")
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@ class AttendanceTracker:
 
         for name, statuses in existing_data.items():
             # Append new status for the new column
-            if name in new_attendance_list:
-                statuses.append("Present")
-            else:
-                statuses.append("Absent")
+            status = "Present" if name in new_attendance_list else "Absent"
+            statuses.append(status)
             updated_rows.append([name] + statuses)
 
         # Save the updated attendance list locally