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CHAD Harper
145 Pointsi am lost
please give me an example of what I need to create
student = {'name':'"','topic':'python'}
topic = {'topic'}
1 Answer

Steven Parker
216,810 PointsIt 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']