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Reputation: 11

Using a dictionary with user input

I am fairly new to programming and I've been experimenting with dictionaries in Python. However, I just updated to Python 3.4 and code that was previously usable is not functioning properly after the update. I thought I had cleared most everything up, but now my dictionary seems to be broken.

The code runs fine until I try to call on the dictionary. Here is an example of code that previously worked correctly in Python 2.7:

userPrompt = input("Month: ")

months = {
        1: jan,
        2: feb,
        3: mar,
    }

months[userPrompt]()

It seems to have an issue with that final line. Do I need to write the dictionary differently, or address it differently?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1228

Answers (1)

JuniorCompressor
JuniorCompressor

Reputation: 20025

Use the following:

int(userPrompt)

to get the integer value of your input string. In python 3, the input function doesn't use the eval function. Instead, it returns the raw string, like python's 2 raw_input function. It's up to the programmer to convert it to an integer.

For example in python2:

>>> type(input())
42
<class 'int'>

In python3:

>>> type(input())
42
<class 'str'>

Upvotes: 1

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