I made my code like below....
But as i input the data such as spam & number, previous data is deleted.
So i'd like to make multiple value in one key...
(i think using list is kinda good method)
For example,
Key: spam - Value: 01012341111, 01099991234,
Key: spam - Value: 01032938962, 01023421232, 01023124242
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In summary, I want to get this print (attached Picture)
this is my code:
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phonebook = dict()
ntype = ['spam', 'friend', 'family', 'etc']
trash =[]
spam = []
friend = []
family = []
etc = []
while True:a = input("Input your number and ntype : ")b = a.split()i = 0j = 0if a == 'exit':print("end program")breakexit()elif a == "print spam":print("*** spam numbers: ")print('*', phonebook['spam'])elif a == "print numbers":print("*** numbers:")for t in ntype:try:print("**", t)print('*',phonebook[t])except KeyError:continueprint("** trash")print("*", phonebook['trash'])
else:while True:try:if ntype[j] in b:for k in b:if list(k)[0] == '0' and len(k) >= 10 and len(k) <= 11:if k in phonebook.values():print("Already Registered")else:phonebook[ntype[j]] = kprint(phonebook)breakelse:j+=1except IndexError:if list(b[i])[0] == '0' and len(b[i]) >= 10 and len(b[i]) <= 11:if b[i] in phonebook.values():print("Already Registered")else:phonebook['trash'] = b[i]print(phonebook)breakelse:break
You should use list for that. The problem is that you cannot append to a value that has not yet been set.
>>> d = {}
>>> d['a'].append('value')
Traceback (most recent call last):File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'a'
And, as you saw, assigning multiple times to the same key won't do the trick.
>>> d = {}
>>> d['a'] = 'value1'
>>> d['a'] = 'value2'
>>> d
{'a': 'value2'}
So, in order to make it work you could initialize all your possible keys with an empty list:
>>> d = {}
>>> possible_keys = ['a', 'b']
>>> for k in possible_keys:
... d[k] = []
...
>>> d['a'].append('value1')
>>> d['a'].append('value2')
>>> d['b'].append('value3')
>>> d['b'].append('value4')
>>> d
{'b': ['value3', 'value4'], 'a': ['value1', 'value2']}
This works but it's just tiring. Initializing dicts is a very common use case, so a method was added to dict
to add a default value if it has not yet been set:
>>> d = {}
>>> d.setdefault('a', []).append('value1')
>>> d.setdefault('a', []).append('value2')
>>> d.setdefault('b', []).append('value3')
>>> d.setdefault('b', []).append('value4')
>>> d
{'b': ['value3', 'value4'], 'a': ['value1', 'value2']}
But then again you would have to remember to call setdefault
every time. To solve this the default library offers defaultdict
.
>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> d = defaultdict(list)
>>> d['a'].append('value1')
>>> d['a'].append('value2')
>>> d['b'].append('value3')
>>> d['b'].append('value4')
>>> d['a']
['value1', 'value2']
>>> d['b']
['value3', 'value4']
Which may just be what you need.
Hope I could help. ;)