[Tutor] Can't be that difficult

[Mats Wichmann]

On 3/19/20 2:17 PM, Curt Hamblin wrote:
> I have two dictionaries:
> 
> inv (partNbr(key):qtyOnHand(value),  #inventory
> 
> need (partNbr(key):qtyNeeded(value)  # parts needed for job
> 
> the question to answer is :  what's in inventory, what has to be ordered
> 
> For code :
> 
> for partNbr,qtyNeeded in need.items():
> 
>      print(partNbr, qtyNeeded, inv.get(partNbr,'Not in inventory'))

There's nothing visually wrong with your two-line snip here.

We can't see what else could be wrong, because you only excerpted your
program.

> 
> 
> 
> desired output :
> 
>  12345 4  8
> 
> 23456  3   2
> 
> 34567 2  'Not in Inventory'
> 
> this code ALWAYS returns 'Not in Inventory'
> 
> 
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