"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
Thanks Alan, also your tutorial/book is a big help. I think I got it
:)
Close but not quite there yet.
choice = 0
while choice != '-1':
if choice == '':
print "You must enter Lary or Joan to continue! (-1 to quit):
"
choice = raw_input(
"Who's age do want to know, Lary or Joan? (-1 to quit):
")
if choice == 'Lary':
print "Lary's age is:", person.get('Lary')
elif choice == 'Joan':
print "Joan's age is:", person.get('Joan')
else:
print "Goodbye!"
Consider what happens if I enter a blank name.
You print Goodbye but then go round the loop again prompting
for another choice. You probably want the Goodbye to only
be printed if choice == '-1'?
And the test for the empty string should ptrobably be after
you ask for the input?
Also the normal way to access a dictionary value is to
use square brackets:
person['Lary']
get() does have the advantage that you can add a default
value that is returned if the key doesn't exist. But that's
not relevant in this case.
HTH,
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
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