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Daniel Martinez Villa
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,848 PointsI think there is an error with this exercise
Intructions:
Create a dictionary with the following key value pairs: 1) key: 'name', value: '', 2) key: 'topic', value: 'python'. Assign this dictionary to a variable called student.
Answer I tried: dictonary = {"key": "Python", "value": "Python", "key": "Python", "value": "Python"} student = dictonary
dictonary = {"key": "Python", "value": "Python", "key": "Python", "value": "Python"}
student = dictonary
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,248 PointsThe instructions ask you to create a dictionary with " 1) key: 'name', value: '', 2) key: 'topic', value: 'python'"
But the sample above shows a dictionary with keys named "key" and "value", and the value for every key is "Python". It also has more than one of the same key, which is not allowed in a dictionary.
When constructing your solution, you won't need the words "key" or "value". The "key" is what comes in front of the colon (:), and the "value" is what comes after it.
Also, it doesn't affect passing the challenge, but you don't need the intermediate variable "dictonary". You can assign directly to "student" on one line.