Example 1: python dictionary
#title :Dictionary Example
#author :Josh Cogburn
#date :20191127
#github :https://github.com/josh-cogburn
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thisdict = {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
#Assigning a value
thisdict["year"] = 2018
Example 2: dictionary in python
thisdictionary = {'key':'value','key1':'value1'}
print(thisdictionary['key'])
Example 3: how to create a dictionary in python
thisdict = {
"key1" : "value1"
"key2" : "value2"
"key3" : "value3"
"key4" : "value4"
}
Example 4: python dictionary access value by key
# Create a list of dictionary
datadict = [{'Name': 'John', 'Age': 38, 'City': 'Boston'},
{'Name': 'Sara', 'Age': 47, 'City': 'Charlotte'},
{'Name': 'Peter', 'Age': 63, 'City': 'London'},
{'Name': 'Cecilia', 'Age': 28, 'City': 'Memphis'}]
# Build a function to access to list of dictionary
def getDictVal(listofdic, name, retrieve):
for item in listofdic:
if item.get('Name')==name:
return item.get(retrieve)
# Use the 'getDictVal' to read the data item
getDictVal(datadict, 'Sara', 'City') # Return 'Charlotte'
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# to convert a dataframe to data dictionary
df = pd.DataFrame({'Name': ['John', 'Sara','Peter','Cecilia'],
'Age': [38, 47,63,28],
'City':['Boston', 'Charlotte','London','Memphis']})
datadict = df.to_dict('records')
Example 5: how to get element from dictionary python
#!/usr/bin/python
dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict['Age'] = 8; # update existing entry
dict['School'] = "DPS School"; # Add new entry
print "dict['Age']: ", dict['Age']
print "dict['School']: ", dict['School']