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Mistaking Dictionary Syntax
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Mistaking Dictionary Syntax. You saw earlier that you could get a SyntaxError if you leave the comma off of a dictionary element. Another form of invalid syntax with Python dictionaries is use of the equals sign to separate keys and values, instead of the colon.
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This type of issue is common if you confuse Python syntax with that of other programming languages. You’ll also see this if you confuse the act of defining a dictionary with a dict() call.
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To fix this, you could replace the equal sign with a colon, or you can switch to using dict(), as seen here.
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You can always use dict() to define the dictionary if that syntax is more helpful.
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