what is key and value in dictionary python code example

Example 1: for key value in dict python

a_dict = {"color": "blue", "fruit": "apple", "pet": "dog"}
for key in a_dict:
  print(key, '->', a_dict[key])

# Output:
# color -> blue
# fruit -> apple
# pet -> dog

Example 2: how to create dictionary in python

d = {'key': 'value'}
print(d)
# {'key': 'value'}
d['mynewkey'] = 'mynewvalue'
print(d)
# {'key': 'value', 'mynewkey': 'mynewvalue'}

Example 3: 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']