TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable while using dict( )

Question

I was using Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2 , when i ran the folllowing code in it the corresponding error is shown .I searche

Answer 1

On a previous line in that interactive session, you have rebound the dict name to some variable. Perhaps you have a line like dict={1:2} or dict=dict(one=1, two=2).

Here is one such session:

>>> dict=dict(one=1)
>>> bob=dict(name='bob smith',age=42,pay='10000',job='dev')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable
>>> 

As a general rule, one should not use built-in type names as variable names, to prevent this error.