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Kurt Ferrier
Kurt Ferrier

Reputation: 73

How to print the key of a dictionary but not it's value? [python]

I know this is probably extremely simple and I'm forgetting something, but I cannot remember how to print the key of a dictionary. The specific problem is I have a dictionary of parts of an animal that can attack, and the value is the verb used to attack, e.g: {'teeth': 'bites'}

It looks like this:

attack_part = random.choice(list(self.attacking_parts))

print('The', self.name, self.attacking_parts[attack_part], 'you with their', self.attacking_parts.keys() + '!')

But when I use this what happens is:

The bear scratches you with their scrathes!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 100

Answers (1)

Moinuddin Quadri
Moinuddin Quadri

Reputation: 48067

attack_part variable in you code is the key of your dict. When you are doing the self.attacking_parts[attack_part], you are fetching the value corresponding to attack_part key in you self.attacking_parts dict. Whereas doing self.attacking_parts.keys() returns the list of all the keys present in the dict.

Hence, instead you should be using your print statement like:

print('The', self.name, self.attacking_parts[attack_part], 'you with their', attack_part + '!')

Upvotes: 3

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