I'm fairly new to python and would like some help on properly loading separate files. My codes purpose is to open a given file, search for customers of that file by the state or state abbreviation. However, i have a separate function to open a separate file where i have (name of state):(state abbreviation) Thanks.

    def file_state_search(fileid, state):
        z=0
        indx = 0
        while z<25:
            line=fileid.readline()
            data_list = ("Name:", "Address:", "City:", "State:", "Zipcode:")
            line_split = line.split(":")
            if state in line:
                while indx<5:
                    print data_list[indx], line_split[indx]
                    indx = indx + 1
            elif state not in line:
                z = z + 1
    def state_convert(fileid, state):
        line2=in_file2.readline()
        while state in line2:
                print line2



    x=1
    while x==1:
        print "Choose an option:"
        print
        print "Option '1': Search Record By State"
        print
        option = raw_input("Enter an option:")
        print
        if option == "1":
            state = raw_input("Enter A State:")
            in_file = open("AdrData.txt", 'r')
            line=in_file.readline()
            print     
            in_file2 = open("States.txt", 'r')
            line2=in_file2.readline()
            converted_state = state_convert(in_file2, state)
            print converted_state
            state_find = file_state_search(in_file, state)
            print state_find
        x=raw_input("Enter '1' to continue, Enter '2' to stop: ")
        x=int(x)

By the way, my first import statement works, for whatever reason my second one doesn't. Edit: My question is, what am i doing wrong in my state_convert function.