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Fred Huelsbeck
1,344 PointsTest fails for second task.
The task states: "On an empty line beneath the existing code, create a variable called topic and assign to this variable the value of the topic key in the student dictionary."
My code is: student = {'name':'2', 'topic':'Python'} topic = (student['topic'])
When I check the code I get: Bummer: Whoops, looks like the topic variable is assigned to the wrong value. Check that the topic key has the correct value in the student dictionary, and check that you're accessing this value correctly.
I created a script, but changed the code a bit as a test: student = {'name':'2', 'topic':'Python'} the_topic = (student['topic']) print(the_topic)
When I run this script, it returns "Python", which I believe is the correct result. What am I missing?
student = {'name':'2', 'topic':'Python'}
topic = (student['topic'])
2 Answers
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,905 PointsHi Fred Huelsbeck . Notice in the instructions for task 1, python is not capitalized.
"Create a dictionary with the following key value pairs: 1) key: 'name', value: '', 2) key: 'topic', value: 'python'. Assign this dictionary to a variable called student."
Hope this helps :)
Fred Huelsbeck
1,344 PointsThat was the problem. With that said, the first task passes if the p in python is upper or lower. The two tasks should be consistent.