Files to dictionaries (answered)

Question

file = open ("pmoney.py","w")
file.write("TLTF /n $500 /n Sens /n $300 /n Rawk /n $900")
#example file created
try:
file = open("pmoney.py","r")
temp = 0
mykeys = []
myvals = []
money = {}
x = 0
#opened file and set a few variables for use later
for line in file:
if temp == 0:
mykeys.append(line)
temp =+ 1
elif temp == 1:
myvals.append(line)
temp =- 1
#takes each line of the file and appends it to #either a list for keys or a list for values, this goes #back and forth between them
for word in mykeys:
money[word] = myvals[x]
x =+ 1
#takes each item in the list of keys then pairs it #with the item in the values list. We use x to make #sure key 0 is with value 0, then we increase x to #move to the next value when keys automatically #moves forward.
finally:
file.close()

print(money)

I receive an index error when this is run, and I'm honestly not sure why, since mykeys and myvals should have...

Answer 1

You have a few basic errors in there. Your test data, if you want it to have the values in multiple lines, you have to use \n (backslash) as endline, instead of /n.
The increment and decrement operator is += and -= it won't work if you change the order.

Answer 2

The reason why you got the index error is because you only had a single line, nothing was ever appended to myvals so you were trying to index an empty array

Answer 3

With slight tweaking, that worked. Thanks

Answer 4

For long codes, please try to write them in the code playground so's easier to read and test.

Answer 5

I was missing the parentheses on the end of my file.read, my apologies for everyone I pinged

Answer 6

...the same amount of items in them, and it shouldn't increase x until after it's used it to declare the index

Answer 7

Also, the comments are post production, so they didn't transfer right. Here's the code without post comments:
file = open ("pmoney.py","w")
file.write("TLTF /n $500 /n Sens /n $300 /n Rawk /n $900")

try:
file = open("pmoney.py","r")
temp = 0
mykeys = []
myvals = []
money = {}
x = 0
for line in file:
if temp == 0:
mykeys.append(line)
temp =+ 1
elif temp == 1:
myvals.append(line)
temp =- 1
for word in mykeys:
money[word] = myvals[x]
x =+ 1
finally:
file.close()

print(money)

Answer 8

Normally I try not to post code if it's just me testing things, especially when you can push the three dots then copy text, then paste that in the playground with a line or two removed. Anyways, here
https://code.sololearn.com/c6VxMwtQ8U1V/?ref=app

Edit: I used to think the code had to be public to be shared prior to just doing that, so I guess disregard all that above, I'll use that from now on.

Answer 9

There's also this one where I try a while loop instead of a for loop

https://code.sololearn.com/c9GvGnRp8H6b/?ref=app

Answer 10

Ok, so with a few print commands I found out the error is the lines being appended to the lists, now I'm even more confused

Answer 11

https://code.sololearn.com/c9GvGnRp8H6b/?ref=app
Addition question for anyone still watching, I tried to get it to go back into the file afterwards and now at the very end it won't read the pmoney.py file. What did I mess up

Answer 12

It's at line 83, commenting it out makes the "error" go away. The "error" even though it doesn't look like a normal error, says,
"<built-in method read of
_io.TextIOWrapper object at 0x00A7AA30>"