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Cloning and Modifying Mutable Objects in Python
The nature of how Python handles mutable and immutable data can make it easy to accidentally modify a different variable when passing mutable data structures into functions or methods as arguments. Being able to use a dictionary or list a variable's contents without changing the original can be very handy for creating a default configuration, or as a data template. In this hands-on lab, you'll be writing a small script that utilizes a data template to help generate information about a real estate transaction while ensuring that the original data isn't modified during the process. Completing this lab will demonstrate that you understand how data copying works within Python.
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Challenge
Parse the Template JSON File
There should always be a
template.jsonfile next to the script so that it can get an up-to-date picture of the values that don't change. When the script is initially run, this should be parsed and stored as thetemplatevariable. -
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Prompt for the Values That Need to Be Changed
When the tool is run, it should present the user with a series of prompts like this:
$ python real_estate.py Address Street 1: [prompt] Street 2: [prompt] City: [prompt] State: [prompt] ZIP: [prompt] Details Square Footage: [prompt] Bedrooms: [prompt] Bathrooms: [prompt] Amenities (use | between items): [prompt] Was there a referrer? (Y or n): [prompt] Referrer: [prompt ONLY if Y to previous] -
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Export New Data to a New JSON File
Write the dictionary with the new values to a JSON file named after the street address of the property with the spaces converted to dashes.
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