strange dict issue

[Ferdinand Sousa]

James

First off, the computer is always right :-)

>  {'value': 'Route66', 'key': 'NAME'}
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> Yet when the second line of my code throws an error saying the key 'NAME'
> doesn't exist.
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If you look carefully the key NAME indeed does not exist. The dictionary
contains 2 key-value pairs.

This should clear things out:
*key   *                      *value
*'value'                       'Route66'
'key'                         'NAME'


Get it? NAME is a value, not a key. You have used the string 'key' itself as
a dictionary key. My advice would be to not use such conflicting names.

Regards,
Ferdi
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