Understanding Dictionaries

Question

I'm not quite understanding where dict_items is coming from. I don't see a variable for it

Answer 1

The dictionary is a standard built-in type. It has its own predefined methods. When you create a dictionary and assign it to a variable, you can invoke the dict methods on the variable using the dot notation, like:
var.keys()
var.values()
var.items()
var.get()
And so on.
You can find the complete list of these methods and other features, in the documentation.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#typesmapping

Answer 2

Tibor Santa thank you

Answer 3

{'name': 'Nicole'}

This is a declaration of a dictionary object.

student = {'name': 'Nicole'}

This is assigning the dictionary to a variable called student. From this point, you can refer to this data using the variable name, like:

student.items()

or:

student['name']

It does not matter for Python, what is the name of your variable. As long as it does not clash with a keyword or a built-in function, so you should NOT use 'dict' as variable name.
Picking the best name is important for YOU, the programmer, and whoever else is going to read your code. Good names give a good idea about what is hiding behind the name. They almost document your code on their own.

Answer 4

Tibor Santa okay, that makes more sense. Thank you

Answer 5

Code for reference: https://sololearn.com/compiler-playground/cM16GcP5rRdr/?ref=app

Answer 6

Tibor Santa can it be anything you want or does it have to be dict or var?