How to add user input to a nested dictionary?

I would like to show the edited code that still doesn't work, I tried to do as advised by first converting numbers into integers and then converting the list to a set. But it keeps throwing the same error from the console: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1 3 5 6 7'

Here is the entire code:


lottery_numbers = [6, 7, 17, 5, 11, 25]
players = [
    {"name": "Connor", "numbers": {6, 7, 17, 34, 11, 25}},
    {"name": "Dave", "numbers": {3, 7, 35, 21, 5, 16}},
    {"name": "Emily", "numbers": {12, 28, 4, 16, 17, 5}},
    {"name": "Chris", "numbers": {34, 21, 3, 6, 13, 5}},
]
your_name = input("What is your name?")
given_numbers = input("Type any 6 numbers from 1 to 40: ")
your_numbers = [int(num) for num in given_numbers.split(',')]
your_combination = set(your_numbers)
players.append({"name": your_name, "numbers": your_combination})
print(your_combination)

numbers_matched = {}
prize_1 = 1000
prize_2 = 10000
prize_3 = 1000000

for player in players:

  numbers_matched = player["numbers"].intersection(lottery_numbers)
  print(f"{player['name']} has these numbers matched: {numbers_matched}")

  if len(numbers_matched) > 5:
    print(f"{player['name']} has won {prize_3} $")
  elif len(numbers_matched) > 4:
    print(f"{player['name']} has won {prize_2} $")
  elif len(numbers_matched) > 3:
    print(f"{player['name']} has won {prize_1} $")
  enter code here

Solution

First off, there is no nested dictionary here. players is a list. Specifically, a list of dictionaries. The numbers key in each of these dictionaries is a set.

So, to add another dictionary to the list, you use .append. Then to turn the list returned from .split into a set, you use a set cast.

Also, do not cast the comma separated number input to an int

int(input("Type any 6 numbers from 1 to 40: "))

How do you expect python to turn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 to an int? it wouldn't work. You can split this by , and cast each element to an int

We can do that using a comprehension

[int(x.strip()) for x in given_numbers.split(',')]

(Note, I'm using .strip to get rid of any extra whitespace)

Or just directly turn that into a set

set(int(x.strip()) for x in given_numbers.split(','))

So this is how your full code could look-

your_name = input("What is your name?")
given_numbers = input("Type any 6 numbers from 1 to 40: ")
your_numbers = set(int(x.strip()) for x in given_numbers.split(','))
players.append({"name": your_name, "numbers": your_numbers})