dictionary commands python code example

Example 1: how to create a dictionary in python

thisdict = {
  "key1" : "value1"
  "key2" : "value2"
  "key3" : "value3"
  "key4" : "value4"
}

Example 2: 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