dictionaries with multiple values python code example

Example 1: how to have multiple values to a key in dict in python

from collections import defaultdict
 data = [(2010, 2), (2009, 4), (1989, 8), (2009, 7)]
 d = defaultdict(list)
print (d) # output --> defaultdict(<type 'list'>, {})
 for year, month in data:
     d[year].append(month) 
print (d) # output --> defaultdict(<type 'list'>, {2009: [4, 7], 2010: [2], 1989: [8]})

Example 2: dictionary multiple values per key

key = "somekey"
a.setdefault(key, [])
a[key].append(1)

Example 3: how to create multiple dictionaries in python

import string
for name in ["lloyd", "alice", "tyler"]:
    name = {"name": string.capitalize(name), "homework": [], "quizzes": [], "tests": []}

Example 4: multiple values in a dictionary python

a["abc"] = [1, 2, "bob"]