Dictionary in python will not print completely (is versus ==)

Question

I am having issues printing out the following dict in my python code.

status = {"1.1.1":"FAIL","1.1.1.1":"FAIL","1.1.1.2":"FAIL","1.1.1.3":"FAIL","1.1.1.4":"FAIL","1.1.1.5":"FAIL","1.1.1.6":"FAIL","1.1.1.7":"FAIL","1.1.1.8":"FAIL","1.1.10":"FAIL","1.1.11":"FAIL","1.1.12":"FAIL","1.1.13":"FAIL","1.1.14":"FAIL","1.1.15":"FAIL","1.1.16":"FAIL","1.1.17":"FAIL","1.1.18":"FAIL","1.1.19":"FAIL","1.1.2":"FAIL","1.1.20":"FAIL","1.1.21":"FAIL","1.1.3":"FAIL","1.1.4":"FAIL","1.1.5":"FAIL","1.1.6":"FAIL","1.1.7":"FAIL","1.1.8":"FAIL","1.1.9":"FAIL","1.2.1":"FAIL","1.2.2":"FAIL","1.3.1":"FAIL","1.3.2":"FAIL","1.4.1":"FAIL","1.4.2":"FAIL","1.4.3":"FAIL","1.5.1":"FAIL","1.5.2":"FAIL","1.5.3":"FAIL","1.5.4":"FAIL","1.6.1":"FAIL","1.6.1.1":"FAIL","1.6.1.2":"FAIL","1.6.1.3":"FAIL","1.6.1.4":"FAIL","1.6.2":"FAIL","1.6.2.1":"FAIL","1.6.2.2":"FAIL","1.6.3":"FAIL","1.7.1":"FAIL","1.7.1.1":"FAIL","1.7.1.2":"FAIL","1.7.1.3":"FAIL","1.7.1.4":"FAIL","1.7.1.5":"FAIL","1.7.1.6":"FAIL","1.7.2":"FAIL","2.1.1":"FAIL","2.1.10":"FAIL","2.1.2":"FAIL","2.1.3":"FAIL","2.1.4":"FAIL","2.1.5":"FAIL","2.1.6":"FAIL","2.1.7":"FAIL","2.1.8":"FAIL","2.1.9":"FAIL","2.2.1.1":"FAIL","2.2.1.2":"FAIL","2.2.1.3":"FAIL","2.2.10":"FAIL","2.2.11":"FAIL","2.2.12":"FAIL","2.2.13":"FAIL","2.2.14":"FAIL","2.2.15":"FAIL","2.2.16":"FAIL","2.2.17":"FAIL","2.2.2":"FAIL","2.2.3":"FAIL","2.2.4":"FAIL","2.2.5":"FAIL","2.2.6":"FAIL","2.2.7":"FAIL","2.2.8":"FAIL","3.1.1":"FAIL","2.3.1":"FAIL","2.3.2":"FAIL","2.3.3":"FAIL","2.3.4":"FAIL","2.3.5":"FAIL","3.1.1":"FAIL","3.1.2":"FAIL","3.2.1":"FAIL","3.2.2":"FAIL","3.2.3":"FAIL","3.2.4":"FAIL","3.2.5":"FAIL","3.2.6":"FAIL","3.2.7":"FAIL","3.2.8":"FAIL","3.3.1":"FAIL","3.3.2":"FAIL","3.3.3":"FAIL","3.4.1":"FAIL","3.4.2":"FAIL","3.4.3":"FAIL","3.4.4":"FAIL","3.4.5":"FAIL","3.5.1":"FAIL","3.5.2":"FAIL","3.5.3":"FAIL","3.5.4":"FAIL","3.6.1":"FAIL","3.6.2":"FAIL","3.6.3":"FAIL","3.6.4":"FAIL","3.6.5":"FAIL","4.1.1.1":"FAIL","4.1.1.2":"FAIL","4.1.1.3":"FAIL","4.1.10":"FAIL","4.1.11":"FAIL","4.1.12":"FAIL","4.1.13":"FAIL","4.1.14":"FAIL","4.1.15":"FAIL","4.1.16":"FAIL","4.1.17":"FAIL","4.1.18":"FAIL","4.1.2":"FAIL","4.1.3":"FAIL","4.1.4":"FAIL","4.1.5":"FAIL","4.1.6":"FAIL","4.1.7":"FAIL","4.1.8":"FAIL","4.1.9":"FAIL","4.2.1.1":"FAIL","4.2.1.2":"FAIL","4.2.1.3":"FAIL","4.2.1.4":"FAIL","4.2.1.5":"FAIL","4.2.2.1":"FAIL","4.2.2.2":"FAIL","4.2.2.3":"FAIL","4.2.2.4":"FAIL","4.2.2.5":"FAIL","4.2.3":"FAIL","4.2.4":"FAIL","5.1.1":"FAIL","5.1.2":"FAIL","5.1.3":"FAIL","5.1.4":"FAIL","5.1.5":"FAIL","5.1.6":"FAIL","5.1.7":"FAIL","5.1.8":"FAIL","5.2.1":"FAIL","5.2.10":"FAIL","5.2.11":"FAIL","5.2.12":"FAIL","5.2.13":"FAIL","5.2.14":"FAIL","5.2.15":"FAIL","5.2.2":"FAIL","5.2.3":"FAIL","5.2.4":"FAIL","5.2.5":"FAIL","5.2.6":"FAIL","5.2.7":"FAIL","5.2.8":"FAIL","5.2.9":"FAIL","5.3.1":"FAIL","5.3.2":"FAIL","5.3.3":"FAIL","5.3.4":"FAIL","5.4.1.1":"FAIL","5.4.1.2":"FAIL","5.4.1.3":"FAIL","5.4.1.4":"FAIL","5.4.2":"FAIL","5.4.3":"FAIL","5.4.4":"FAIL","6.1.1":"FAIL","6.1.10":"FAIL","6.1.11":"FAIL","6.1.12":"FAIL","6.1.13":"FAIL","6.1.14":"FAIL","6.1.2":"FAIL","6.1.3":"FAIL","6.1.4":"FAIL","6.1.5":"FAIL","6.1.6":"FAIL","6.1.7":"FAIL","6.1.8":"FAIL","6.1.9":"FAIL","6.2.1":"FAIL","6.2.10":"FAIL","6.2.11":"FAIL","6.2.12":"FAIL","6.2.13":"FAIL","6.2.14":"FAIL","6.2.15":"FAIL","6.2.16":"FAIL","6.2.17":"FAIL","6.2.18":"FAIL","6.2.19":"FAIL","6.2.2":"FAIL","6.2.20":"FAIL","6.2.3":"FAIL","6.2.4":"FAIL","6.2.5":"FAIL","6.2.6":"FAIL","6.2.7":"FAIL","6.2.8":"FAIL","6.2.9":"FAIL"}

Backstory: I am writing an audit script that creates this dict at the beginning of the script and then updates the values with something like this:

status.get('6.2.4') and status.update({'6.2.4': 'FAIL'})  # # Change value to FAIL

or this one:

status.get('2.2.6') and status.update({'2.2.6': 'PASS'})  # # Change value to PASS

The problem occurs when I try to print out the same dictionary at the end using the following function:

def results():
global failcount
global errcount
for (keys, values) in sorted(status.items()):
    print keys + ' ' + values
    if values is 'FAIL':
        failcount = failcount + 1
    if values is 'ERR':
        errcount = errcount + 1
print 'IF MORE THAN 3 FAULTS are FOUND please run the script a second time'

The output from running this in my script ends up being:

2.2.11 PASS
5.1.5 PASS
5.2.12 PASS
5.2.13 PASS
5.2.14 PASS
5.2.15 PASS
5.2.2 PASS
5.2.3 PASS
5.2.4 PASS
5.2.5 PASS
5.2.6 PASS
5.2.7 PASS
5.2.8 PASS
5.2.9 PASS
5.3.1 PASS
5.3.2 PASS
5.3.3 PASS
5.3.4 PASS
5.4.1.1 PASS
5.4.1.2 PASS
5.4.1.3 PASS
5.4.1.4 PASS
5.4.2 PASS
5.4.3 PASS
5.4.4 PASS
6.1.1 N/A
6.1.10 PASS
6.1.11 PASS
6.1.12 PASS
6.1.13 PASS
6.1.14 PASS
6.1.2 PASS
6.1.3 PASS
6.1.4 PASS
6.1.5 PASS
6.1.6 PASS
6.1.7 PASS
6.1.8 PASS
6.1.9 PASS
6.2.1 CHK
6.2.10 CHK
6.2.11 PASS
6.2.12 PASS
6.2.13 PASS
6.2.14 PASS
6.2.15 CHK
6.2.16 CHK
6.2.17 CHK
6.2.18 CHK
6.2.19 CHK
6.2.2 PASS
6.2.20 PASS
6.2.3 PASS
6.2.4 PASS
6.2.5 PASS
6.2.6 CHK
6.2.7 CHK
6.2.8 CHK
6.2.9 CHK
IF MORE THAN 3 FAULTS are FOUND please run the script a second time
Faults found: 3
Errors found: 0

Steps I have taken to resolve:

Ran through Atom python-debugger
Ran through https://pythoniter.appspot.com/ to verify formatting and spacing.
Jumped through a number of other questions on here such as How do I sort a list of dictionaries by values of the dictionary in Python? and Iterating over dictionaries using 'for' loops and more.
Ran through pdb line by line through the function and verified when ran line by line it functioned normally and printed out each value in order.
Used the interpreter to simple create the dictionary and then print it with:

for (keys, values) in sorted(status.items()): print keys + ' ' + values

Which returns this:

1.1.16 FAIL
3.2.6 FAIL
5.1.5 FAIL
5.1.6 FAIL
5.1.7 FAIL
5.1.8 FAIL
5.2.1 FAIL
5.2.10 FAIL
5.2.11 FAIL
5.2.12 FAIL
5.2.13 FAIL
5.2.14 FAIL
5.2.15 FAIL
5.2.2 FAIL
5.2.3 FAIL
5.2.4 FAIL
5.2.5 FAIL
5.2.6 FAIL
5.2.7 FAIL
5.2.8 FAIL
5.2.9 FAIL
5.3.1 FAIL
5.3.2 FAIL
5.3.3 FAIL
5.3.4 FAIL
5.4.1.1 FAIL
5.4.1.2 FAIL
5.4.1.3 FAIL
5.4.1.4 FAIL
5.4.2 FAIL
5.4.3 FAIL
5.4.4 FAIL
6.1.1 FAIL
6.1.10 FAIL
6.1.11 FAIL
6.1.12 FAIL
6.1.13 FAIL
6.1.14 FAIL
6.1.2 FAIL
6.1.3 FAIL
6.1.4 FAIL
6.1.5 FAIL
6.1.6 FAIL
6.1.7 FAIL
6.1.8 FAIL
6.1.9 FAIL
6.2.1 FAIL
6.2.10 FAIL
6.2.11 FAIL
6.2.12 FAIL
6.2.13 FAIL
6.2.14 FAIL
6.2.15 FAIL
6.2.16 FAIL
6.2.17 FAIL
6.2.18 FAIL
6.2.19 FAIL
6.2.2 FAIL
6.2.20 FAIL
6.2.3 FAIL
6.2.4 FAIL
6.2.5 FAIL
6.2.6 FAIL
6.2.7 FAIL
6.2.8 FAIL
6.2.9 FAIL

My next steps:

Commenting out functions and testing the script to see if a function is outputting incorrectly or if a local function variable is turning global.
Crying profusely.

My main question is what am I missing in creating the dict or did I loop through it incorrectly?

All of my research and symptoms point to the dict itself being formatted incorrectly, but I can't figure out where I went wrong.

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Example of the difference between is and == in python.

We don't have enough information to debug this problem. We're going to need a [mcve]. — user2357112, Dec 07 '17 at 17:31
Are you sure you don't have a typo in your dictionary definition? The dict you provided here looks fine (I'm able to print all keys and values), but maybe you made a typo in your original program. — Pulsar, Dec 07 '17 at 17:59
One place to look would be `failcount` if that is what you're saying your problem is. It's a global variable. Are you sure it's `0` when your function is called? — Brett Beatty, Dec 07 '17 at 18:15
I'll check the failcount and see if is versus == changes anything. I will also try to provide the examples. — Angrod Losshelin, Dec 07 '17 at 19:56
@user2357112 can you post that as an answer so I can post it as the correct one. I am sure I tested that previously, but it did resolve the issue. — Angrod Losshelin, Dec 11 '17 at 15:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '17 at 18:38

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Thank you for your answer. I can't promote your comment to an answer so here it is.

is is not the operator to compare strings for equality. – user2357112 Dec 7 at 17:28

Example of the difference between is and == in python.

answered Dec 12 '17 at 18:38

Angrod Losshelin

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Dictionary in python will not print completely (is versus ==)

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