PYTHON - Dictionaries get print(pairs.get(1)) why = True, but 1,2 and 3 not??? Why not output = "apple"

Question

pairs = {1: "apple",
2: "pear",
3: "apricot",
True: "True",
4: "potatoe"
}
print(pairs.get(1))
print(pairs.get(2))
print(pairs.get(3))
print(pairs.get(4))

print("\n")

Why is print(pairs.get(1)) Output= True and not apple

2,3,4 are rational outputs but the first output totally confused?

Pls reply, Regards,

Philip

Answer 1

Because 1 and True mean the same thing......keys must be unique and as True is later on in the dict...the 1 is removed...print out the dict to see what I mean.

just do add..... dictionary can be used to remove duplicate elements in the list and is faster than set(). and (I think) the ordering is kept.

Answer 2

@rodwynnejones thanks for the info, I've written new code to explain it to myself