python ** dictionary code example

Example 1: python dictionary

#Creating dictionaries
dict1 = {'color': 'blue', 'shape': 'square', 'volume':40}
dict2 = {'color': 'red', 'edges': 4, 'perimeter':15}

#Creating new pairs and updating old ones
dict1['area'] = 25 #{'color': 'blue', 'shape': 'square', 'volume': 40, 'area': 25}
dict2['perimeter'] = 20 #{'color': 'red', 'edges': 4, 'perimeter': 20}

#Accessing values through keys
print(dict1['shape'])

#You can also use get, which doesn't cause an exception when the key is not found
dict1.get('false_key') #returns None
dict1.get('false_key', "key not found") #returns the custom message that you wrote 

#Deleting pairs
dict1.pop('volume')

#Merging two dictionaries
dict1.update(dict2) #if a key exists in both, it takes the value of the second dict
dict1 #{'color': 'red', 'shape': 'square', 'area': 25, 'edges': 4, 'perimeter': 20}

#Getting only the values, keys or both (can be used in loops)
dict1.values() #dict_values(['red', 'square', 25, 4, 20])
dict1.keys() #dict_keys(['color', 'shape', 'area', 'edges', 'perimeter'])
dict1.items() 
#dict_items([('color', 'red'), ('shape', 'square'), ('area', 25), ('edges', 4), ('perimeter', 20)])

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])

Example 4: python dictionary functions

#Dictionary methods

clear() - Removes all the elements from the dictionary
copy() - Returns a copy of the dictionary
fromkeys() - Returns a dictionary with the specified keys and value
get() - Returns the value of the specified key
items() - Returns a list containing a tuple for each key value pair
keys() - Returns a list containing the dictionary's keys
pop() - Removes the element with the specified key
popitem() - Removes the last inserted key-value pair
setdefault() - Returns the value of the specified key. If the key does not exist: insert the key, with the specified value
update() - Updates the dictionary with the specified key-value pairs
values() - Returns a list of all the values in the dictionary

Example 5: dictionary in python

# Changing and adding Dictionary Elements
my_dict = {'name': 'Jack', 'age': 26}

# update value
my_dict['age'] = 27

#Output: {'age': 27, 'name': 'Jack'}
print(my_dict)

# add item
my_dict['address'] = 'Downtown'

# Output: {'address': 'Downtown', 'age': 27, 'name': 'Jack'}
print(my_dict)

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