FAQ: Function Arguments: *args and **kwargs - Variable number of arguments: **kwargs

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[nmilenina]

Hello! While going through this the **kwargs exercise I got a bit confused about how we need the quotes when we call the .get() function to retrieve the values of a keyword argument. It was my understanding that this is just following the dictionary syntax, however what if our **kwargs are numbers? Would we still need to use quotes when using functions to get them? This is what I mean:

def arbitrary_keyword_args(**kwargs): print(kwargs.get('1')) #or would it be print(kwargs.get(1)) arbitrary_keyword_args(1='wowzers', 2=101)

Thanks a lot!

[polymathic]

There seems to be a mismatch between the instructions and the output required to pass.

#4 Instructs you to print() the food variable and print() the drinks variable but it doesn’t say to print() the order_items. See the following image with the required output from the “HInt”.

This is what is necessary to get the code to pass.

tables = { 1: { 'name': 'Chioma', 'vip_status': False, 'order': { 'drinks': 'Orange Juice, Apple Juice', 'food_items': 'Pancakes' } }, 2: {}, 3: {}, 4: {}, 5: {}, 6: {}, 7: {}, } # print(tables) # Write your code below: def assign_food_items(**order_items): food = order_items.get('food') drinks = order_items.get('drinks') #This it the line that need to be added print(order_items) #This it the line that need to be added print(food) print(drinks) # Example Call assign_food_items(food='Pancakes, Poached Egg', drinks='Water')