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Erik Embervine
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,442 Pointsquestion on best practice
my solution worked, but i'm not sure if it's "best practice". should i be passing the data as an argument into the function call and adding a parameter in the function definition instead? this was my solution:
from data import data
def splitNames():
for dic in data:
nameSplit = []
nameSplit = dic["name"].split()
dic["firstName"] = nameSplit[0]
dic["lastName"] = nameSplit[1]
del dic["name"]
return data
def adminBool():
for dic in data:
if dic["admin"] == 'False':
dic["admin"] = False
elif dic["admin"] == 'True':
dic["admin"] = True
return data
def idConversion():
for dic in data:
dic['id'] = int(dic['id'])
return data
dataMod = []
dataMod = splitNames()
dataMod = adminBool()
dataMod = idConversion()
print(dataMod)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsPassing data as an argument is probably more common, but if the function never needs to respond to different data it's not really an issue.
However, when an attribute name is known in advance, it's generally better to use membership notation (like dic.admin) instead of bracket notation(like dic["admin"]).
Erik Embervine
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,442 PointsErik Embervine
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,442 PointsOk, maybe I'll get into habit of passing argument. Good to know about membership notation too, I forgot or never knew that. Thanks!