dict.get to pull list item from dict value

Question

Hello! I'm trying to write a dict.get statement that will pull a single element from a dict value that is in the form of a list. If the value were a broken out list, I'd be trying to get

list[1]

but as an element of a list inside a dict value, I have no idea how to access it with dict.get.

This is where I've gotten so far with it:

sampleDict = {
"name0" : ["phone0", "email0"],
"name1" : ["phone1", "email1"],
"name2" : ["phone2", "email2"],
"name3" : ["phone3", "email3"]}

searchQuery = input()
print(sampleDict.get(searchQuery, "Not found"))

This doesn't return any errors, but it gives the entire list within the value, which isn't what I'm after. I only want the email address.

This is what I wrote to solve the exercise and keep going. It works, but it isn't what the lesson really wants to teach.

sampleDict = {
"name0" : ["phone0", "email0"],
"name1" : ["phone1", "email1"],
"name2" : ["phone2", "email2"],
"name3" : ["phone3", "email3"]}

searchQuery = input()
if searchQuery in sampleDict:
print(sampleDict[searchQuery][1])
else:
print("Not found")

I don't want to keep using if/else blocks to bypass new material, so I have to figure out the proper syntax for the dict.get statement in this case. I'm puzzled why the syntax that worked in the print statement, didn't work using dict.get.

Answer 1

Jimmy Tyrrell ,

please link your complete code here, we also need to see the dictionary

if this is a sololearn exercise we need to know the tutorial name and / or exercise name / number

Answer 2

Jimmy Tyrrell ,

using your first code sample, we can do it like this:

...
searchQuery = input()
#print(sampleDict.get(searchQuery, "Not found")[1])
#(1) this version works well if key is found, but returns only "o" if key is not found
print(sampleDict.get(searchQuery, ["","Not found"])[1])
#(2) modifying the output if key is not found should do the job

Answer 3

I was under the impression that would infringe on sololearn's intellectual property, so was generalizing to my specific question without specifying which course or exercise it's from.

I've added a sample dictionary in the same format as the one in the exercise.

Answer 4

Lothar , thanks for the help! I'll check it as soon as I get back to my laptop.

Answer 5

Lothar, thanks for the solutions!

I have detailed the saga of this exercise in the following code bit:
https://code.sololearn.com/cfDjPV3z546t

The code is there, but the majority is commentary explaining how I waded through. There's a twist ending for the patient reader :)