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

edit: Ignore this, I am told this is bad practice.

As mgilson stated, the issue is likely that you have a variable called dict. The solution to this would be to run

del dict

which deletes the variable by that name.