Question

I have a main function that contains two dictionaries that I would like to output. I have omitted how the dictionaries were created.

here’s my function:

def main()
    dict1 = {'a1':{'b1':1,'c1':2},'a2':{'b2':1,'c2':2}}
    dict2 = {'cat':0,'dog':2}
    return dict1, dict2
if __main__ == '__main__':
>...main()

here’s how I’m calling it in the python prompt:

>>from filename import *
>>x,y=main()

More or less this is what I’m getting

>>print x
'a1'
>>print y
'a2'

But this is what I want:

>>print x
{'a1':{'b1':1,'c1':2},'a2':{'b2':1,'c2':2}}
>>print y
{'cat':0,'dog':2}

What am I not doing right?

Answer 1

The code already does exactly what you expect it to:

In [4]: def main():
   ...:     dict1 = {'a1':{'b1':1,'c1':2},'a2':{'b2':1,'c2':2}}
   ...:     dict2 = {'cat':0,'dog':2}
   ...:     return dict1, dict2
   ...: 

In [5]: x, y = main()

In [6]: x
Out[6]: {'a1': {'b1': 1, 'c1': 2}, 'a2': {'b2': 1, 'c2': 2}}

In [7]: y
Out[7]: {'cat': 0, 'dog': 2}

Perhaps you’re accidentally calling a different main() function (e.g. one that has a different return statement)?