How do I print a specific string out of a dictionary element?

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SOLVED: Its a a key in a dictionary embedded as an element in a list

print(read[0]["Title"])

Heres a picture of the output I am trying to print the article titles (end of line 2) from this esummary request. However, I am unfamiliar with dictionary lists.

I have tried splitting and slicing but those are for elements and strings. I have also looked at Accessing elements of Python dictionary by index to no avail. Here's some code...

titles = Entrez.esummary(db="Pubmed", id= "31106594, 30889179")

read = Entrez.read(titles)

print(read["Title"])

I want it to print "Development of a Molecularly Stable Gene Therapy Vector for the Treatment of RPGR-associated X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa"

Instead it says "TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str"

The error says that your 'print(read["Title"])' should have an integer instead of the string 'Title' — Hari, Jun 12 '19 at 05:33
Thanks, when I've tried slicing, I can only do 0 and 1: one for each ID. Within each ID is a title, which is all I want. When I just print read it says DictElement at the beginning, which is why I thought it was a dictionary. — An amateur Programmer, Jun 12 '19 at 05:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '19 at 07:12

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Its a a key in a dictionary embedded as an element in a list

for i in range(len(read)):
    print(read[i]["Title"])

answered Jun 12 '19 at 07:12

Jainil Patel

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How do I print a specific string out of a dictionary element?

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