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Son-Hai Nguyen
2,481 PointsWhat 'item' in 'return self[item]' stands for?
In return self[item]
, what does the item
stand for? Is it stand for keys we put in our dictionary?
And I see this item
gave results which are pretty similar to:
for key, value in kwargs.items():
setattr(self, key, value)
Are they the same?
Thank you.
1 Answer

Josh Klink
2,330 Points.items() method is used to return the list with all dictionary keys with values.
Son-Hai Nguyen
2,481 PointsSon-Hai Nguyen
2,481 PointsSo
self[item]
has the same function hasnt it?