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CustomIntFloatDict and IntFloatValueError class code
# Create a dictionary that can only hold integers and floats as its values
class IntFloatValueError(Exception):
def __init__(self, value):
self.value = value
def __str__(self):
return '{} is invalid input, CustomIntFloatDict can only accept ' \
'integers and floats as its values'.format(self.value)
class KeyValueContructError(Exception):
def __init__(self, key, value):
self.key = key
self.value = value
def __str__(self):
return 'keys and values need to be passed as either list or tuple' + '\n' + \
' {} is of type: '.format(self.key) + str(type(self.key)) + '\n' + \
' {} is of type: '.format(self.value) + str(type(self.value))
class CustomIntFloatDict(dict):
empty_dict = {}
def __init__(self, key=None, value=None):
if key is None or value is None:
self.get_dict()
elif not isinstance(key, (tuple, list,)) or not isinstance(value, (tuple, list)):
raise KeyValueContructError(key, value)
else:
zipped = zip(key, value)
for k, val in zipped:
if not isinstance(val, (int, float)):
raise IntFloatValueError(val)
dict.__setitem__(self, k, val)
def get_dict(self):
return self.empty_dict
def __setitem__(self, key, value):
if not isinstance(value, (int, float)):
raise IntFloatValueError(value)
return dict.__setitem__(self, key, value)
#testing
# test_1 = CustomIntFloatDict()
# print(test_1)
# test_2 = CustomIntFloatDict({'a', 'b'}, [1, 2])
# print(test_2)
# test_3 = CustomIntFloatDict(('x', 'y', 'z'), (10, 'twenty', 30))
# print(test_3)
# test_4 = CustomIntFloatDict(('x', 'y', 'z'), (10, 20, 30))
# print(test_4)
# test_4['r'] = 1.3
# print(test_4)
# test_4['key'] = 'bad_value'
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