def updateDB():
## this function updates the database with the latest from isis.jhu.edu for each term and each focus area
for term in ["Fall 2015"]:
print("");
print(term);
for focusA in ["instrumentation","celltissue","systems","imaging","computational"]:
print("");
print(focusA);
file = open("input/"+focusA+".txt");
for classNumber in file:
sec = section(classNumber.strip(),term,focusA);
## print(classNumber.strip());
scrap(sec);
## this function scraps isis for data and updates the database
file.close();
