Adding multiple items to dictionary

October 25, 2022

def AddStudent():

    #Variable to control the loop
    again = 'y'

    #While loop that gets user input to be added to dictionary
    while again.lower() == 'y':
        student_key = input("What's the name of the student? ")

        #Ask user for number of grades
        n = int(input('How many grades do you wish to input? '))

        #Empty list where grades will be saved
        grades = []

        #for loop to add as many grades as user wishes
        for i in range(0 ,n):
            grade = int(input(f'Grade {i + 1}: '))
            grades.append(grade)
        
        #Call StudentGradeBook and send values as parameters
        StudentGradeBook(student_key, grades)
        

        
        again = input('Do you wish to add another student? (y) ')
    
    

def StudentGradeBook(name, grade_value):
    #Dictionary of the grades
    grade_book = {'Tom':[90,85,82], 'Bob':[92,79,85]}

    #Add the key and value to the dict
    grade_book[name] = grade_value

    print(grade_book)

When I add more than one name and grade list to the dict, it just replaces the third one instead of adding a 4th, 5th, etc.

This is the output:

What's the name of the student? Bill
How many grades do you wish to input? 3
Grade 1: 88
Grade 2: 88
Grade 3: 88
{'Tom': [90, 85, 82], 'Bob': [92, 79, 85], 'Bill': [88, 88, 88]}
Do you wish to add another student? (y) y
What's the name of the student? Thomas
How many grades do you wish to input? 3
Grade 1: 87
Grade 2: 88
Grade 3: 88
{'Tom': [90, 85, 82], 'Bob': [92, 79, 85], 'Thomas': [87, 88, 88]}
Do you wish to add another student? (y) n

>Solution :

I suggest that you save all the inputs in a list, then you pass the list to StudentGradeBook() :

def AddStudent():
    # Variable to control the loop
    again = 'y'
    
    # Keep track of your inputs
    inputs_list = []

    # While loop that gets user input to be added to dictionary
    while again.lower() == 'y':
        student_key = input("What's the name of the student? ")

        # Ask user for number of grades
        n = int(input('How many grades do you wish to input? '))

        # Empty list where grades will be saved
        grades = []

        # for loop to add as many grades as user wishes
        for i in range(0, n):
            grade = int(input(f'Grade {i + 1}: '))
            grades.append(grade)

        # Save the inputs before calling StudentGradeBook
        inputs_list.append([student_key, grades])

        again = input('Do you wish to add another student? (y) ')

    # Call StudentGradeBook and pass the inputs as a list
    StudentGradeBook(inputs_list)


def StudentGradeBook(grades):
    grade_book = {'Tom': [90, 85, 82], 'Bob': [92, 79, 85]}
    
    grade_book.update(grades)
    
    print(grade_book)