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Python

Posted by chon
chon
75,145 Points

Python - Build a Social Network -- Macros

Hey guys,

I'm trying to build this application on my local machine & when I run the 'python app.py' command, I get

KeyError: ' '

Does anyone know what this KeyError mean?

Thanks, Chris

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

Python's built-in exception KeyError is thrown when you try to access something on a dictionary with a key that doesn't exist.

For example, if you ran the following in the python interactive shell, you would come across the KeyError exceptions as shown below:

>>> my_dict = {'val1': 'one', 'val2': 'two'}
>>> my_dict['val1']
'one'
>>> my_dict['val2']
'two'
>>> my_dict['val3']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'val3'
>>> my_dict[' ']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: ' '