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Python

Posted by John Judge
John Judge
3,527 Points

Dictionaries in Python

I've been struggling with this course for a few days now. I've completed it using the forum mostly, with a (very small) few of the answers to the challenges actually being supplied from my own knowledge base.

Needless to say, I'm frustrated!

I'm wondering if anyone has found another resource that has helped them practice their comprehension on this subject. I'm still a noob, so the more simple it is the better.

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

I struggled with dictionaries at first, here's how I got around it.

Firstly, watch every video at least twice, once to follow along with what Kenneth does and the second time to watch him do it and understand what he is doing.

Secondly, knowing that every answer to all quizzes and challenges is found in the previous video (or two). This helps you know where to look and make sure to come back and do them again!

For a bit more information check out these links!

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_dictionary.htm

http://www.python-course.eu/python3_dictionaries.php

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html

The last one is the best (in my opinion) as it is from the official Python docs and has information about lists and other data structures including dictionaries!