Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'argument': 0.05; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'planned.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'red,': 0.16; 'slight': 0.16; 'do,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'help.': 0.21; 'print': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "i've": 0.25; 'code:': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'leave': 0.29; 'wonder': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; 'gives': 0.31; 'keys': 0.31; 'run': 0.32; "i'd": 0.34; 'basic': 0.35; 'problem.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'apple': 0.38; 'filled': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'though,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'skip:p 20': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; "you've": 0.63; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.63; 'name': 0.63; 'refer': 0.63; 'effectively': 0.66; 'due': 0.66; 'subject:this': 0.83; 'fish': 0.84; 'lazy': 0.91; 'subject:want': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Why isn't this code working how I want it to? Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:39:48 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-147-178-154.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 55 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1381570800 news.xs4all.nl 15936 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47784 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:56737 On 12/10/2013 09:56, reubennottage@gmail.com wrote: > I've been working on a program and have had to halt it due a slight problem. Here's a basic version of the code: > > a = 'filled' > b = 'filled' > c = 'empty' > d = 'empty' > e = 'filled' > f = 'empty' > g = 'filled' > > testdict = {a : 'apple' , b : 'banana' , c : 'cake' , d : 'damson' , e : 'eggs' , f : 'fish' , g : 'glue'} > > Now what I want to do, is if a variable is filled, print it out. This however isn't working how I planned. The following doesn't work. > > for fillempt in testdict: > if fillempt == 'filled': > print(testdict[fillempt]) > > All this does though, is print glue, where I'd want it to print: > > apple > banana > eggs > glue > > Perhaps a dictionary isn't the best way to do this.. I wonder what else I can do... > > Thanks for any help. > You've effectively set up a dictionary with keys 'filled' and 'entries' which you can see if you run this loop for key, value in testdict.items(): print(key, value) which gives me this empty fish filled glue I'm too lazy to type anything else so please refer to this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/843277/how-do-i-check-if-a-variable-exists-in-python. I'll also leave the argument over whether it's a variable or a name to others :) -- Roses are red, Violets are blue, Most poems rhyme, But this one doesn't. Mark Lawrence