#🔒 Just need help with functions
marsh urchin
first off, don't use list as the variable name
grave kettle
what's that
marsh urchin
Third, the identity function has a parameter fname but its not used in the function body
Fourth, use a code formatter available in Discord. Wrap your code in triple backticks followed by py after the first triple backticks
violet heath
Fifth, Matthew is in the list, but your function won't know who that is
daring niche
sixth, there's no : on the if statement
marsh urchin
I like how we're making a numbered list
grave kettle
mate im terrible at python
i was trying to make like a id list thing
where peoples names and age are stored, so if correct age and name + coloured entered they'd get greeted
marsh urchin
!code format looks like this btw
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marsh urchin
print('Hello world!')
grave kettle
"Matthew","73","red"]
def identity(name, age, colour):
if name ==
print("Hello", name, "you are", age, "years old")
print("And your favourite colour is ",colour)
else:
print("Who are you?")
name = str(input("what is your first name?"))
age = int(input("What is your age"))
colour = str(input("What is your favourite colour"))
identity(name, age, colour)```.pyok i just realised that the list shouldn't be called name
marsh urchin
ok i just realised that the list shouldn't be called name
referring back to the Second thing we mentioned, it looks like you might benefit with a dict. Could tackle that later.
daring niche
seventh, there's no comma between list items "blue" and "Matthew"
grave kettle
what's a dict
marsh urchin
!d dict
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marsh urchin
That's a dict ☝️
e.g. in your case
person = [
{
"name": "Joe",
"age": 21,
"color": "blue",
},
]
would i repeat that with Matthew
grave kettle
well cos ur abbreviating it
grave kettle
e.g. in your case
```py
person = [
{
"name": "Joe",
"age": 21,
"color": "b...
wait do i have to do it like this
marsh urchin
Its an example
But it looks like that
{
"key" : "value"
}
It has a key and if you access that dict's key, you get the value
grave kettle
do i need the indent?
marsh urchin
do i need the indent?
for readability, sure. Else, not really. You can put it all in one line if you want
grave kettle
ah ok
marsh urchin
{"key":"value"}
I might even recommend not doing that.
Rather something like:
people = {
"Matthew": [18, "blue"],
}
ok i've fixed the dict issue
marsh urchin
ok i've fixed the dict issue
show us
violet heath
Or
people = {
"Matthew": {
"age": 18,
"fav_color": "blue",
}
}
If i were using like 5 people, how would i like change the key, since everyone has an age
violet heath
If i were using like 5 people, how would i like change the key, since everyone h...
Well that inner dict is only assigned to Matthew
marsh urchin
Or
```py
people = {
"Matthew": {
"age": 18,
"fav_color": "bl...
I prefer this. And then to access, say, the age, you would do
print(people["Matthew"]["age"]) # Prints 18
so i make like person1, person2 kinda thing?
marsh urchin
no, just keep them all in one dict
grave kettle
so if i've done that, how do i make it so that it gets called in the list
violet heath
people = {
"Matthew": {
"age": 18,
"fav_color": "blue",
},
"Bradley": {
"age": 24,
"fav_color": "chartreuse",
}
}
to check that it is Matthew age 21
marsh urchin
!d dict.get to help check if the person and age exists
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grave kettle
how do i write that
marsh urchin
!e
people = {
"Matthew": {
"age": 18,
"fav_color": "blue",
},
"Bradley": {
"age": 24,
"fav_color": "chartreuse",
}
}
print(people.get("Matthew")["age"])
@marsh urchin :white_check_mark: Your 3.12 eval job has completed with return code 0.
18
I just found out that you can .get .get multiple nested dicts
rare lion
for fear of introducing complexity print(people.get("Matthew", {}).get("age") probably serves better
grave kettle
i'm so lost
smoky pulsar
Is this homework?
grave kettle
no i'm attempting to revise for a test
and i need to learn how to do subprograms
I think i'm just ganna close this
smoky pulsar
Do you just need to understand how to use functions in general or perform this specific task?
