when to use dictionary in python code example

Example 1: how to use dictionaries in python

student_data = {
  "name":"inderpaal",
  "age":21,
  "course":['Bsc', 'Computer Science']
}

#the keys are the left hand side and the values are the right hand side
#to print data you do print(name_of_dictionary['key_name'])

print(student_data['name']) # will print 'inderpaal'
print(student_data['age']) # will print 21
print(student_data['course'])[0]
#this will print 'Bsc' since that field is an array and array[0] is 'Bsc'

Example 2: dictionary in python

tel = {'jack': 4098, 'sape': 4139}
tel['guido'] = 4127
print(tel)
# OUTPUT {'jack': 4098, 'sape': 4139, 'guido': 4127}
print(tel['jack'])
# OUTPUT 4098
del tel['sape']
tel['irv'] = 4127
print(tel)
# OUTPUT {'jack': 4098, 'guido': 4127, 'irv': 4127}
print(list(tel))
# OUTPUT ['jack', 'guido', 'irv']
print(sorted(tel))
# OUTPUT ['guido', 'irv', 'jack']
print('guido' in tel)
# OUTPUT True
print('jack' not in tel)
# OUTPUT False

Example 3: dictionary in python

#a dictionary
dict = {
  "key": "value",
  "other_key": "value"
}

#get a value from the dictionary using the key
print(dict["key"])

#you can also get a value from the dictionary using a normal index:
print(dict[1])