Hurricane analysis step 9

[angelsalbiol205]

names = ['Cuba I', 'San Felipe II Okeechobee', 'Bahamas', 'Cuba II', 'CubaBrownsville', 'Tampico', 'Labor Day', 'New England', 'Carol', 'Janet', 'Carla',  'Hattie', 'Beulah', 'Camille', 'Edith', 'Anita', 'David', 'Allen', 'Gilbert', 'Hugo', 'Andrew', 'Mitch', 'Isabel', 'Ivan', 'Emily', 'Katrina', 'Rita', 'Wilma', 'Dean', 'Felix', 'Matthew', 'Irma', 'Maria', 'Michael']

record_damages = ['Damages not recorded', 100000000.0, 'Damages not recorded', 40000000.0, 27900000.0, 5000000.0, 'Damages not recorded', 306000000.0, 2000000.0, 65800000.0, 326000000.0, 60300000.0, 208000000.0, 1420000000.0, 25400000.0, 'Damages not recorded', 1540000000.0, 1240000000.0, 7100000000.0, 10000000000.0, 26500000000.0, 6200000000.0, 5370000000.0, 23300000000.0, 1010000000.0, 125000000000.0, 12000000000.0, 29400000000.0, 1760000000.0, 720000000.0, 15100000000.0, 64800000000.0, 91600000000.0, 25100000000.0]

def greatest_damage(record_damages, names):
    names_damages = dict(zip(record_damages, names))
    greatest_damage = {}
    for damage, name in names_damages.items():
        if damage != "Damages not recorded":
            greatest_damage.update({name: damage})
        else:
            continue 
    
    return greatest_damage

greatest_damage = greatest_damage(names, record_damages)
print(greatest_damage)

This is the list I get:
{‘Damages not recorded’: ‘Anita’, 100000000.0: ‘San Felipe II Okeechobee’, 40000000.0: ‘Cuba II’, 27900000.0: ‘CubaBrownsville’, 5000000.0: ‘Tampico’, 306000000.0: ‘New England’, 2000000.0: ‘Carol’, 65800000.0: ‘Janet’, 326000000.0: ‘Carla’, 60300000.0: ‘Hattie’, 208000000.0: ‘Beulah’, 1420000000.0: ‘Camille’, 25400000.0: ‘Edith’, 1540000000.0: ‘David’, 1240000000.0: ‘Allen’, 7100000000.0: ‘Gilbert’, 10000000000.0: ‘Hugo’, 26500000000.0: ‘Andrew’, 6200000000.0: ‘Mitch’, 5370000000.0: ‘Isabel’, 23300000000.0: ‘Ivan’, 1010000000.0: ‘Emily’, 125000000000.0: ‘Katrina’, 12000000000.0: ‘Rita’, 29400000000.0: ‘Wilma’, 1760000000.0: ‘Dean’, 720000000.0: ‘Felix’, 15100000000.0: ‘Matthew’, 64800000000.0: ‘Irma’, 91600000000.0: ‘Maria’, 25100000000.0: ‘Michael’}

I know it’s not the final solution for the exercise, but I do not why the functions works to eliminate all the “Damages not recorded” but the one for the Anita hurricane

[toastedpitabread]

Is your question about how the update() method is being used?

[angelsalbiol205]

Not excatly. I am trying to add to the list only the keys with a number. The hurricanes that have “Damages not recorded” as key don’t get added to the dictionary,and it works for all but one, ‘Damages not recorded’: ‘Anita’, and I do not why.

[tgrtim]

I think you’re getting caught out in the way dictionary keys work-

example = {}
example['key'] = 1
example['key'] = 2
print(example)
Out: {'key': 2}

May need to consider a little restructuring of the code to get what you’re after.