Question

So, for an assignment I would have to take user input such as 1146 and then get python to convert it to “one one four six”

So far I start with the dictionary

dict = { 1:"one", 2:"two", 3:"three", 4:"four", 5:"five",
     6:"six", 7:"seven", 8:"eight", 9:"nine"};

then ask for inout

x = raw_input(("enter number: "))
y = x.split

I want to know how or if dict[y] could take a variable such as when y is split after user inputs it. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

You can’t index into a dict using a list, but you could use a loop, list comprehension or generator expression. Something like this:

digits = {'1':'one', '2':'two', ...}
x = raw_input("enter number: ")
y = ' '.join(digits[number] for number in x)