Create day_9.py

thompsta · web-flow · commit 09afede0c60e · 2020-02-25T16:43:50.000-08:00
diff --git a/days/07-09 datastructures/day_9.py b/days/07-09 datastructures/day_9.py
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+from data import us_state_abbrev, states_list 
+
+def get_nth_item(data, n):
+    '''print out the nth item in a list or dict'''
+    if n > 50:
+        result = 'There are less than {} states in the US...'.format(n)
+    elif type(data) == list:
+        result = data[n]
+    else:
+        result = list(data)[n]
+            
+    return result
+
+print(get_nth_item(us_state_abbrev, n=127))
+
+print(get_nth_item(us_state_abbrev, n=7))
+
+print(get_nth_item(states_list, n=28))
+
+print(get_nth_item(states_list, n=112))
