[SOLVED] Dictionary key of type STRING not working

Question

I'm tripping... but I don't understand why .has() isn't detecting a Dictionary key.

Here's my code:

print(dict.keys())
# ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15"]

print(typeof(dict.keys()[10]))
# 4
print(typeof(str(10)))
# 4
print(typeof("10"))
# 4

# https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/[email protected]
# TYPE_STRING = 4

THIS WORKS:

if dict.has(dict.keys()[10]):
    # YES FOUND!

NONE OF THESE WORK:

if dict.has(str(10)):
if dict.has("10"):
if dict.has('10'):
if dict.has(10):
    # All 4 evaluate to boolean FALSE

If I do this

var x = dict['10']
# I get this error: Invalid get index '10' (on base: 'Dictionary')

What could possibly be going wrong?

There should be a string index "10" but it doesn't work unless I reference it with .keys()[10]

Comments

That seems to work for me

How are you declaring your keys?
I notice in my output my keys (which are strings) don't have quotes around them...

Crazy question, do your keys include quotes INSIDE the string?

var dict = {}
for i in range(0,20):
    var j = str(i)
    dict[j] = i
dict["test string"] = 100

print(dict)
print(dict.keys())
print(typeof(dict.keys()[10]))
print(typeof(str(10)))
print(typeof("10"))

print(dict.has(str(10)))    # Should be True if key is a string
print(dict.has("10"))       # Should be True if key is a string
print(dict.has('10'))       # Should be True if key is a string
print(dict.has(10))         # Should be False if key is a string

Returns this
{0:0, 1:1, 10:10, 11:11, 12:12, 13:13, 14:14, 15:15, 16:16, 17:17, 18:18, 19:19, 2:2, 3:3, 4:4, 5:5, 6:6, 7:7, 8:8, 9:9, test string:100}
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, test string]
4
4
4
True
True
True
False

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DUDE! That's it!

I had to force quotes in an array to use within a Dictionary for JSON reasons (long story) and forgot that's how it was stored.

Once I changed it to the below it worked:
if dict.has('"'+str(10)+'"'):

Thanks Andy!

BTW, if you want to add your quotes comment as an answer I can accept it so others in the future are more likely in the future to view.

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Super!
I will add a quick Answer.
Thanks

Answer 1

Do your Dictionary keys include quotes INSIDE the string?

It looks like your keys are strings, but probably do not match your .has() method calls because they include extra quotes within the actual string.