Dictionary Issue in Python

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First of all, sorry for the vague title as I wasn't sure what to call it.

Here is the issue I'm having, I'm creating a dict structure like so:

requestDict["001"]["request"] = "GET / HTTP..."

requestDict["001"]["response"] = "HTTP 1.1 OK..."

etc.

But this isn't working

def fiddler_convert(filename):
archive = zipfile.ZipFile(filename, "r")

requestDict = {}

for name in archive.namelist():
    if name.find(".txt") != -1: 
        requestNum = (name.split("_")[0]).split("/")[1]
        requestDict[requestNum] = {}

        if name.find("_c.txt"):
            requestDict[requestNum]["request"] = archive.read(name)
        elif name.find("_s.txt"):
            requestDict[requestNum]["response"] = archive.read(name)
        else:
            print "wat"

for key, value in requestDict:
    print key + ":" + value

archive.close()

I get an error of for key, value in requestDict: ValueError: too many values to unpack

Why is this? The type of each value is just a string ie "001", "002", etc.

Wondering if anyone has any ideas? The input is all good (ie. requestNum variable is set correct to "001" and archive.read(name) is good).

Maciej Gol · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25 16:52:54Z

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The values returned by a dictionary iterator are keys, not tuples (key, value). Consider using items(), or iteritems() instead.

answered Nov 25, 2013 at 16:52

Maciej Gol

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Matthew 'mandatory' Bryant Over a year ago

Huh, yea that worked - I think I need too read a bit more into python. Thanks, will mark as answer when I can.

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