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Python Introducing Dictionaries Introducing Dictionaries Creating a Dictionary

Posted by CHAD Harper
CHAD Harper
145 Points

i am lost

please give me an example of what I need to create

creating_dictionaries.py 
student = {'name':'"','topic':'python'}
topic = {'topic'}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,810 Points

It looks like you're working on task 2, and you're pretty close but to access a value from a dictionary, you must first name the dictionary, then enclose the key in square brackets:

topic = student['topic']