I have the following code
for index,(key,value) in enumerate(dict_var.items()):
sorted_dict[index] = (key, value)
print("The sorted list is:{}".format(sorted_dict))
where
can anybody explain why this code doesn't work?
I get this error:
sorted_dict[index] = (key, value)
IndexError: list assignment index out of range
sorted_dict = []
sorted_dict[0] = 1 #IndexError: list assignment index out of range
The index is specifically used to access an existing position in a python list, and does not silently create the list to accomodate out of range indexes. The issue has nothing to do with enumerate.
you can simply use a list's .append() to add items at the end. Example:
sorted_dict = []
for key,value in dict_var.items():
sorted_dict.append((key, value))
print("The sorted list is:{}".format(sorted_dict))
You're getting the index error because the len of the dict_var is larger than the len of the sorted_dict. To avoid this error, make certain that the size of the list is larger or the same size as the len of the sorted_dict. If you could show us what the sorted_dict looks like before you run the code that would also help. Also, it might not be a good idea to name a list sorted_dict. sorted_list would be better. You can also avoid this error with:
for key, value in dict_var.items():
sorted_dict.append((key, value))
sorted(dict_var.items()).