i don't understand anything this is tooo hard

Not sure if my old comment has been approved or not, but I recommend the video from the Intro section, section 1. I just changed it so that's the top video on the page. It's a stream I did on Twitch while I was making this playground. I try to explain why I wrote each section the way I did, at least the first draft of it. Skip to 1:10:00 for an explanation of the RotN encryption algorithm!

The statement of 'Dictionaries are Python's answer to Switch Statements.' is incorrect a dict is known in other languages as a hash, map, or named list. In python 3.10 they are introducing the match/case functionality which is identical to a switch/case. Before that time if/else was the main comparing function. I once had a professional programmer state "You can go your whole career not using a break statement". Switch/Cases weren't needed due to the if/else providing the same functionality. Though I've done some testing and match/case is faster than if/else in 98-99% of all tests I've done with python. So the processing code is more optimized from what I could tell with out actually looking at the interpreter and it's ASM code.

I would say that statement is more my interpretation of coding languages. I learned Java for my first language and we spent a decent amount of time learning switch statements. Later, when I learned Python for Cyber Security, my professor said as much: "Python doesn't use switch statements. Dictionaries are Python's answer to switch statements." Although, I admit that hash tables, maps, and now named lists are all on my own list for topics to explore further with this playground. I also need to finish the Sorting Algorithms section, as well as add more advanced Data Structures like Graphs. Thank you for the input! 11.2k views and just the one comment. I'm always happy to learn more and make no claim to be a pro =).