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Loop through nested Python 3.7 dictionaries and format output with f-strings.
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# Create a generic products dictionary to contain multiple product dictionaries. | |
products = { | |
'RB00111': {'name': 'Rayban Sunglasses', 'price': 112.98, 'models': ['black', 'tortoise']}, | |
'DWC0317': {'name': 'Drone with Camera', 'price': 72.95, 'models': ['white', 'black']}, | |
'MTS0540': {'name': 'T-Shirt', 'price': 2.95, 'models': ['small', 'medium', 'large']}, | |
'ECD2989': {'name': 'Echo Dot', 'price': 29.99, 'models': []} | |
} | |
# This header shows above the output. | |
print(f"{'ID':<6} {' Name':<17} {'Price':>8} {' Models'}") | |
print('-' * 60) # Prints 60 hyphens. | |
# Loop through each dictionary in the products dictionary | |
for oneproduct in products.keys(): | |
# Get the id of one product. | |
id = oneproduct | |
# Get the name of one product. | |
name = products[oneproduct]['name'] | |
# Get the unit price of one product and format with $ | |
unit_price = '$' + f"{products[oneproduct]['price']:,.2f}" | |
# Create and empty string variable named models | |
models = '' | |
# Loop through the models list and tack onto models | |
# one item from the list followed by a comma and a space. | |
for m in products[oneproduct]['models']: | |
models += m + ', ' | |
# If the models variable is more than two characters in length, | |
# Peel off the last two characters (last comma and space). | |
if len(models) > 2: | |
models = models[:-2] | |
else: | |
# Otherwise, if no models, show <none>. | |
models = "<none>" | |
# Print all the variables with a neat f-string. | |
print(f"{id:<6} {name:<17} {unit_price:>8} {models}") | |
# Any unidented code down here executed after the loop completes. |
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