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Python Introducing Dictionaries Introducing Dictionaries Creating a Dictionary

Chai Chong Teh
Chai Chong Teh
25,709 Points
Posted by Chai Chong Teh
Chai Chong Teh
25,709 Points

Can somebody tell me whether I misinterpret the challenge? I don't understand what went wrong here.

I am interpreting this as:

  1. create a variable "topic"
  2. assign the value of student's topic -> python to "topic"

Am I interpreting it wrongly?

creating_dictionaries.py 
student = {'name':2, 'topic':'python'}
topic = student['topic']
James Longoria
James Longoria
2,425 Points

I just had the same issue, it gets frustrating being new to coding and googling all types of information when you know the answer but the module is not accepting it!

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

There is an issue with the challenge, the topic needs to be 'Python' with a capital P to pass in the second part of the challenge.

Chai Chong Teh
Chai Chong Teh
25,709 Points
Chai Chong Teh
Chai Chong Teh
25,709 Points

Thank you, that was unexpected.

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

Don't stress man, your code was perfect, believe in yourself cos you got this!