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Python Programming

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Dictionary

• Dictionaries are a useful data structure for storing data in Python because
they are capable of imitating real-world data arrangements where a certain
value exists for a given key.
• Dictionary in Python is a collection of keys values, used to store data values
like a map, which, unlike other data types which hold only a single value as
an element.

The data is stored as key-value pairs using a Python dictionary.

a) This data structure is mutable


b) The components of dictionary were made using keys and values.
c) Keys must only have one component.
d) Values can be of any type, including integer, list, and tuple.

❖ Creating a Dictionary
• Curly brackets are the simplest way to generate a Python dictionary,
although there are other approaches as well.
• With many key-value pairs surrounded in curly brackets and a colon
separating each key from its value, the dictionary can be built. (:). The
following provides the syntax for defining the dictionary.

Syntax:

Dict = {"Name": "Gayle", "Age": 25}

✓ In the above dictionary Dict, The keys Name and Age are the strings which
comes under the category of an immutable object.

• Python provides the built-in function dict() method which is also used to
create the dictionary.

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• The empty curly braces {} is used to create empty dictionary.

❖ Accessing the dictionary values


• In order to access the items of a dictionary refer to its key name. Key
can be used inside square brackets.
• There is also a method called get() that will also help in accessing the
element from a dictionary.This method accepts key as argument and
returns the value.

Example:

# Python program to demonstrate


# accessing a element from a Dictionary

# Creating a Dictionary
Dict = {1: 'TopperWorld', 'name': 'For', 3: 'TopperWorld'}

# accessing a element using key


print("Accessing a element using key:")
print(Dict['name'])

# accessing a element using key


print("Accessing a element using key:")
print(Dict[1])

Output:
Accessing a element using key:
For
Accessing a element using key:
TopperWorld
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❖ Adding Dictionary Values


• The dictionary is a mutable data type, and utilising the right keys allows
you to change its values.
• Dict[key] = value and the value can both be modified.
• An existing value can also be updated using the update() method.

Note: The value is updated if the key-value pair is already present in the
dictionary. Otherwise, the dictionary's newly added keys.

❖ Deleting Elements using del Keyword


The items of the dictionary can be deleted by using the del keyword as given
below.

Example:

# Python program to demonstrate deleting Elements using del Keyword


# Creating a Dictionary
Dict = {1: 'Topper World', 'name': 'For', 3: 'Topper World'}
#Deleting some of the Dictionary data
del(Dict[1])
print("Data after deletion Dictionary=")
print(Dict)

Output:

Data after deletion Dictionary={'name': 'For', 3: 'Topper World'}

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❖ Deleting Elements using pop() Method


• A dictionary is a group of key-value pairs in Python. You can retrieve,
insert, and remove items using this unordered, mutable data type by
using their keys.
• The pop() method is one of the ways to get rid of elements from a
dictionary.

❖ Iterating Dictionary
A dictionary can be iterated using for loop as given below.

Example:

my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

for key, value in my_dict.items():


print(f"Key: {key}, Value: {value}")

Output:

Key: a, Value: 1
Key: b, Value: 2
Key: c, Value: 3

❖ Properties of Dictionary Keys


In the dictionary, we cannot store multiple values for the same keys. If we
pass more than one value for a single key, then the value which is last
assigned is considered as the value of the key.
The key cannot belong to any mutable object in Python. Numbers, strings,
or tuples can be used as the key, however mutable objects like lists cannot
be used as the key in a dictionary.

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❖ Dictionary Methods

Method Description

Remove all the elements from the


dic.clear()
dictionary

dict.copy() Returns a copy of the dictionary

dict.get(key, default = “None”) Returns the value of specified key

Returns a list containing a tuple for


dict.items()
each key value pair

Returns a list containing dictionary’s


dict.keys()
keys

Updates dictionary with specified key-


dict.update(dict2)
value pairs

Returns a list of all the values of


dict.values()
dictionary

pop() Remove the element with specified key

Removes the last inserted key-value


popItem()
pair

dict.setdefault(key,default= set the key to the default value if the


“None”) key is not specified in the dictionary

returns true if the dictionary contains


dict.has_key(key)
the specified key.

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used to get the value specified for the


dict.get(key, default = “None”)
passed key.

Example:

# Creating a dictionary
person = {
"name": "Alice",
"age": 30,
"city": "Wonderland"
}

# Accessing dictionary values


print("Name:", person["name"])
print("Age:", person["age"])
print("City:", person["city"])

Output:

Name: Alice
Age: 30
City: Wonderland

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