Working with dictionaries more pythonically

So far, you've worked a lot with the keys of a dictionary to access data, but in Python, the preferred manner for iterating over items in a dictionary is with the .items() method.

This returns each key and value from the dictionary as a tuple, which you can unpack in a for loop. You'll now get practice doing this.

We've loaded a squirrels_by_park dictionary, and the Madison Square Park key contains a list of dictionaries.

This exercise is part of the course

Data Types in Python

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Exercise instructions

Iterate over the first record in squirrels_by_park["Madison Square Park"], unpacking its items into field and value.
- Print each field and value.
Repeat the process for the second record in squirrels_by_park["Union Square Park"].

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Iterate over the first squirrel entry in the Madison Square Park list
for ____, ____ in ____["____"][____].____():
    # Print field and value
    print(____, ____)

print('-' * 13)

# Iterate over the second squirrel entry in the Union Square Park list
____
    # Print field and value
    ____

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