Adding user input names to dictionary in Python

Question

I want to ask the user for 2 inputs, first name and last name, return a greeting and store the names in a Dictionary with the Keys being 'FName' and 'LName'

The following stores the greeting fine....

def name():
    d = {}
    x = input('Please enter your first name: ')
    y = input('Please enter your last name: ')
    d = {}
    d[x] = y

    print("Hello", x, y)
    print(d)

name()

but I am not sure how to get the key/values in the dictionary properly. Right now it stores the equivalent of:

{'Joe': 'Smith'}

I know I need to reformat the following line different I am just not sure how to approach it...

d[x] = y

Now you are storing the key first name with value last name. — Anton vBR
– Anton vBR, Commented Jan 2, 2018 at 23:22

SCB · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02 23:23:46Z

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You'll want to manually set the keys you are storing against

d['FName'] = x
d['LName'] = y

Or more simply

d = {
    'FName': x,
    'LName': y
}

answered Jan 2, 2018 at 23:23

SCB

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Joran Beasley Over a year ago

ahh I see now what he is trying to do

Anton vBR · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02 23:38:25Z

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Here is another example:

def name():
    d = {}
    qs = dict(Fname='first name', Lname='last name')
    for k,v in qs.items():
        d[k] = input('Please enter your {}: '.format(v))
    return d

name()

answered Jan 2, 2018 at 23:38

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JD2775 Over a year ago

Thanks that is a cool way to set it up. Dumb question, how can I print/see the dictionary results after it runs? I tried adding print(qs) and print(d). Neither of them worked...

Anton vBR Over a year ago

@JD2775 those are local variables, you would need to return them. Try printing inside the function

JD2775 Over a year ago

ah, got it. Thanks again!

JD2775 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-02 23:23:50Z

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Nevermind, I figured it out. Sorry.

d['Fname'] = x
d['Lname'] = y

answered Jan 2, 2018 at 23:23

JD2775

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chickity china chinese chicken Over a year ago

if this is truly your desired solution, you can either accept this answer or delete the question. Good job figuring it out, by the way :)

JD2775 Over a year ago

Thanks, how do you delete a question? I think I may have others going forward that I realize are easy right after I ask them :)

chickity china chinese chicken Over a year ago

Hey that's good too, whatever works :) Feel free to keep them, or meta.stackexchange.com/a/42297/376870. Ah my mistake, you may not be able to delete it now "You can only delete it if you have non upvoted answers."

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