Printing singular/plural depending on dictionary value

Question

favorite_languages = {'jen': ['python', 'ruby'], 'sarah': ['c'], 'edward': ['ruby', 'go'],
                  'phil': ['python', 'haskell'],}


for name, languages in favorite_languages.items():

   print("\n" + name.title() + "'s favorite languages are:")
   for language in languages:print("\t" + language.title())

output:Jen's favorite languages are:
Python
Ruby

Sarah's favorite languages are:
C
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Edward's favorite languages are:
Ruby
Go

Phil's favorite languages are:
Python
Haskell

i want to display "Sarah's favorite language is" instead of are. can not figure it out how to write the if statement to do this.

Answer 1

Try the following:

print("\n" + name.title() + "'s favorite language" + 
      ("s are:" if len(languages) > 1 else " is:"))

It should then print:

Jen's favorite languages are:
    Python
    Ruby

Sarah's favorite language is:
    C

Edward's favorite languages are:
    Ruby
    Go

Phil's favorite languages are:
    Python
    Haskell

Not directly related to your question, but using + to concatenate strings is frowned upon. See this question for best practices.

Answer 2

Current/Best way

for name, languages in favorite_languages.items():
  print()
  if len(languages) > 1:
    print(f"{name}'s favoutire language are")

else:
    print(f'{name} language is')


for language in languages:
     print(language)