On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
> Stephanie Quiles wrote:
>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> As you may have noticed i am really struggling with functions and
>> dictionaries. I need to figure out why this program is allowing me to
>> continue entering incorrect data instead of telling me my answer is
>> incorrect. also at the end it’s not tallying the incorrect/correct
>> responses properly. please any help would be appreciated.
>
>> for k in capitals.keys():
>> state = input('Enter the capital of '+k+' :')
The above statement won't print the name of the capital. try something
like this:
state = input('Enter the capital of' + k + ':')
>> if state.upper() == capitals[k].upper():
>> right += 1
>> print('Correct')
>> else:
>> wrong += 1
>> print('Incorrect')
>
> When and how often is the line
>
> if state.upper() == capitals[k].upper():
>
> executed?
>
> Hint: look at the indentation in the quoted code.
>
> PS:
>
>> capitals = {'Alabama': 'Montgomery', 'Alaska': 'Juneau', \
>> \
>> "Arizona": 'Phoenix', \
>> \
>> 'Arkansas': 'Little Rock', 'California': 'Sacramento', \
>
> You don't need these backslashes as long as you're inside parens, brackets
> or braces. Python will happily accept dicts, lists etc. that spread over
> multiple lines.
>
>
>
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