LPTHW - Second bracket '[' to create dictionary not working, even though Zed Shaw is using it

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I'm going through Zed Shaw's Learn Python The Hard Way textbook (LPTHW).

When Zed creates dictionaries he is using second bracket to create them. Such as:

# Creating an empty dictionary
dict = []

Here is a picture example where he used a dictionary to create a setup file for a project, using second brackets to create a dictionary called 'config':

link : implementation of dictionary from his workbook

But this is giving me an error. How do I solve it?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 28 '18 at 08:14

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I've figured it out. For some weird reason, Zed uses second brackets to create dictionaries BUT you should be using curly brackets. Hope this helps everyone else!

# Creating an empty dictionary
config = {}

edited Mar 28 '18 at 08:14

Jean-François Fabre

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answered Mar 28 '18 at 07:40

azizbro

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don't use `dict`. Since the other alternative is `d = dict()` – Jean-François Fabre Mar 28 '18 at 07:45
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and I think you misread the book. those `[]` are creating an empty `list` – Jean-François Fabre Mar 28 '18 at 07:46
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I'm pretty sure he's talking about dictionaries. Please check the link with the image I have attached to the question. Thanks ! – azizbro Mar 28 '18 at 08:09
yeah, the book is very wrong !! Maybe the author wants you to learn python the hard way by feeding you bulls**t :) – Jean-François Fabre Mar 28 '18 at 08:10

LPTHW - Second bracket '[' to create dictionary not working, even though Zed Shaw is using it

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