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peter keves
6,854 Pointsare keyword arguments basically key value pairs ?
are keyword arguments basically key value pairs ?
1 Answer
David McCarty
5,214 PointsNot exactly.
A key value pair would be something like a list, you have a key (index) and a value at that key. Or a dictionary, you have key's and each key holds certain values.
Strings, on the other hand, don't work exactly the same way. You could definitely think of it was a key value pair, since you can call an index of the string, but it's not like a string is just a list of characters. A string is it's own specific data type. Sure, you can slice and read out letters at an index, but it's not like each index holds it's own specific object like in lists or dictionaries.
Or at least, that's how I understand it.
Hope that helps!