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List index giving wrong value?

import stockquotes
 

symbol_name = ['SPY', 'XOM', 'GLD']
for x in symbol_name:
    ticker = stockquotes.Stock(x)
    today_price = ticker.current_price
    print(x, 'Quote: ',today_price)

Output:

SPY Quote:  337.13
XOM Quote:  41.96
GLD Quote:  182.24

But when I try to get XOM's quote through the list's index I get GLD's quote instead.

print(symbol_name[1], today_price)

Output:

XOM 182.24

Any thoughts on how I can access each quote manually?

Solution

  • Keep the prices in a dictionary. Then access by the symbol name.

    import stockquotes
 

symbol_name = ['SPY', 'XOM', 'GLD']
data = {}
for x in symbol_name:
    ticker = stockquotes.Stock(x)
    today_price = ticker.current_price
    data[x] = today_price

print(data['XOM'])

    Output:

    41.96