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user10945853

Reputation:

Python Dict Key/ Value Grabbing

I am currently new to Python.

I am making a dictionary app to learn.

However, I am having trouble getting the right output in one of my functions.

I want the user to input a word and get the word (key) and the definition (value) back in return.

The JSON file I am pulling from can be found here: https://github.com/prestonjohnson17/Dictionary

import json

data = json.load(open("data.json"))

type(data)

def finding_def():                       
    user_word = data[input(str())]       
    if data.keys() == user_word:         
        print(user_word)                 
    else:                                
        print ("not a real word")

finding_def()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (3)

James Powis
James Powis

Reputation: 659

This is cleaver but loses some of the readability in the process.

import json

data = json.load(open("data.json"))
print(data.get(input(), "not a real word"))

Upvotes: 1

Underoos
Underoos

Reputation: 5200

Try this.

import json

data = json.load(open("data.json"))

def finding_def():                       
    user_word = input("Enter word: ")
    value = data.get(user_word, "not a real word")
    print(value)

finding_def()

Upvotes: 0

HosseyNJF
HosseyNJF

Reputation: 512

You should check if the key is present in the dictionary, and then get the value for that key (Although as I saw the JSON file, the value itself is an array; You should handle printing all entries of the array).

def finding_def():                       
    user_word = input()    
    if user_word in data:
        print("Entries:")
        for entry in data[user_word]:     
            print(entry)                 
    else:                                
        print("not a real word")

finding_def()

Upvotes: 1

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