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Software ==>	Python (34 exercises)
Topic ==>	Dictionaries (2 exercises)
Level ==>	Harder than average
Subject ==>	Python training

Read in lines from a CSV file into a dictionary and find an item by name if it exists

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file .

The CSV file in the above folder contains a list of the Formula 1 Grand Prix events for the 2023 season:

For those unfamiliar with the "sport", Formula 1 involves overpaid men driving noisily and pointlessly round a track burning up precious fossil fuels, while spectators pay to watch in the hope of seeing a crash. Or at least, that's one interpretation ...

Write a Python program called Race cards.py which reads the race event lines into a dictionary, using the event name as the key (one is shown highlighted in the screenshot), and storing the other information in a tuple or list. Test whether you've done this correctly by looping over the dictionary items showing their values using syntax like this:

for key, value in race_events.items():

This should give something like this:

Who knows what the weird opening character is!

Now create a variable to hold a test Grand Prix name and see if it's in your list (the code below is shown to start you off):

# test whether this has worked

input_name = "Australian GP"

if input_name in race_events:

If the item is in the dictionary you should show its details; otherwise, you should show a suitable message. Here's what you might see for the test input name shown above: