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Python

Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points
Posted by Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points

what is the difference?

what is the difference between 

values_list = []
teachers_course = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],'KennethLove': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
for teachers in teachers_course:
    for courses in teachers_course[teachers]:
        values_list.append(courses)
    print(values_list)

and

values_list = []
teachers_course = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],'KennethLove': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
for teachers in teachers_course:
    for courses in teachers_course.values():
        values_list.append(courses)
    print(values_list)

Why when I do it like this:

for courses in teachers_course.values():

its giving me the values in so many lists, but when i do this:

for courses in teachers_course[teachers]:

its giving me all the values in one list?

hope you will answer, and thank you.

Idan.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,013 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,013 Points

Each of the values in the dictionary is a list of courses, so teachers_course.values() will be a list of all the values, and in this case that will be a list of lists.

On the other hand, inside a loop where "teachers" represents only one dictionary entry (one teacher), teachers_course[teachers] will be the single list of courses associated with that one teacher.