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  • horus93
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    Curious about why using len to count keys vs values in a dict requires a different approach.

    Posted on Dec 6, 2018 by horus93
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  • leonard jurado
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    .get(word,0)+1

    Posted on Jun 19, 2018 by leonard jurado
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  • Hussein Amr
    Hussein Amr
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    Didn't get how printing the minutes of the courses works

    Posted on Jul 21, 2017 by Hussein Amr
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  • Evan Huddleson
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    How was 'course' defined as a key?

    Posted on Apr 5, 2017 by Evan Huddleson
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  • Stephen Cole
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    Is it possible to extract the key from a dict that has only one key/value pair without looping over it?

    Posted on Jan 24, 2017 by Stephen Cole
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