search keys in dictionary

Question

Trying to figure out what to change to get this to work. I want to print out the value of 'homework' Thanks!

dic1 = dict(tyler = {
    "name": "Tyler",
    "homework": [0.0, 87.0, 75.0, 22.0],
    "quizzes": [0.0, 75.0, 78.0],
    "tests": [100.0, 100.0]
})
number = ['0','1','2']
def foo(dict_search):
    for key, value in dict_search.items() :
        if key == "homework":
            print ('homework',value)
    #dict_search[:] = dic1  # swap the slice around here

foo(dic1)

Why the `dict(tyler=`? Are you sure you know what that does? It looks like you just wanted the part in the braces. — user2357112, Dec 06 '13 at 02:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 01:34

The easiest way to do what you're asking for is:

value = dic1["tyler"]["homework"]
print(value)

No need for your complicated function -- that use case is exactly what dicts are made for.

(for more info about how dictionaries work and what they're used for, please refer to the documentation: http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#dict)

search keys in dictionary

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