[Tutor] WindowsSE/Python User Need Help With Dictionaries
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
ignacio@openservices.net
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:51:26 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, 2Canadians wrote:
> I am working on a type of menu program using Python. I have created a menu and want a user to be able to input names which would go into a dictionary. I have created a dictionary and can't get the input to add another unit to the dictionary. It will only take the last entered value. If you have a hard time understanding this, here is a sample(not verbatum):
>
> import blah
>
> def menu1():
> getConstantValue1=raw_input("BLAHBLAH")
> getConstantValue2=raw_input("BLAHBLAH")
> GetAmount=input("BLAHBLAH")
> while GetAmount>0:
> getNameList=raw_input("BLAH")
> dictionary={"A":getConstantValue1 "B":getConstantValue2, "List":getNameList} #THIS IS PART OF THE DICTIONARY NOT A NEW LINE!!
> GetAmount=GetAmount - 1
> print dictionary{}
> print menu1()
>
> Thanks,
> Specs
The problem is that you're overwriting the dicitonary through each loop:
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def menu1():
v1=raw_input('...')
v2=raw_input('...')
c=raw_input('...')
l=[]
while c>0:
n=raw_input('...')
d={'a':v1, 'b':v2, 'c':n}
c=c-1
l.append(d)
return d
print menu1()
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>