Why isn't this code working how I want it to?

[Mark Lawrence]

On 12/10/2013 12:03, reubennottage at gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, October 12, 2013 10:20:24 AM UTC+1, Peter Otten wrote:
>> reubennottage at gmail.com wrote:
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>>> I've been working on a program and have had to halt it due a slight
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>>> problem. Here's a basic version of the code:
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>>>
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>>> a = 'filled'
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>>> b = 'filled'
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>>> c = 'empty'
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>>> d = 'empty'
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>>> e = 'filled'
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>>> f = 'empty'
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>>> g = 'filled'
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>>>
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>>> testdict = {a : 'apple' , b : 'banana' , c : 'cake' , d : 'damson' , e :
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>>> 'eggs' , f : 'fish' , g : 'glue'}
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>> You have duplicate keys here, which becomes obvious when you spell out the
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>> values
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>> testdict = {"filled": "apple", "filled": "banana", ...}
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>> When you do that, the last value ("banana") wins, all others (e. g. "apple")
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>> are dropped.
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>>> Now what I want to do, is if a variable is filled, print it out. This
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>>> however isn't working how I planned. The following doesn't work.
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>>>
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>>> for fillempt in testdict:
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>>>      if fillempt == 'filled':
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>>>          print(testdict[fillempt])
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>>>
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>>> All this does though, is print glue, where I'd want it to print:
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>>>
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>>> apple
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>>> banana
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>>> eggs
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>>> glue
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>>>
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>>> Perhaps a dictionary isn't the best way to do this.. I wonder what else I
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>>> can do...
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>> A dictionary is spot-on, but you have to use the unique "apple",
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>> "banana",... as keys:
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>>>>> status = {"apple": "filled", "banana": "filled", "cake": "empty"}
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>>>>> for item in status:
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>> ...     if status[item] == "filled":
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>> ...             print(item)
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>> ...
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>> apple
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>> banana
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>> Could it be that you just confused dict keys with dict values?
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> This fixed it, thank you! I did think a dictionary was right; I never considered swapping the keys with the values, though. A simple 'fix, but it worked. You've been a great help.
>

That's good to hear.

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