Beginning Python

dict.py
sounds = {"cat": "meow", "dog": "woof", "horse": "neigh"}

dog_sound = sounds["dog"]
horse_sound = sounds["horse"]

print("Dog goes", dog_sound)
print("Horse goes", horse_sound)
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python dict.py

Dog goes woof
Horse goes neigh

If we edit our script so that it asks for a key that doesn't exist, we will see an error being produced:

dict.py
sounds = {"cat": "meow", "dog": "woof", "horse": "neigh"}

fish_sound = sounds["fish"]

print(fish_sound)
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python dict.py

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KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)
~/courses/beginning_python/dict.py in <module>
      2 sounds = {"cat": "meow", "dog": "woof", "horse": "neigh"}
      3 
----> 4 fish_sound = sounds["fish"]
      5 
      6 print(fish_sound)

KeyError: 'fish'