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A dictionary is an unordered collection that consists of ​key-value​ pairs. Dictionaries are bounded by curly braces and have a list of ​key: value ​pairs which are separated by comma (,)

dict1 = {}
dict1['name'] ='mouly'
dict1['address'] = 'bogura'
dict1['profession'] = 'student'
print(dict1)
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Output:

{'name': 'mouly', 'address': 'bogura', 'profession': 'student'}
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Here, name, address, profession are keys. ​Keys​ need to be immutable type and keys are case sensitive.

Empty Dictionary 

dict2 = {}
print(dict2)
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Output:

{}
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Accessing a dictionary inside a dictionary

m_zen = { 88017:'rihan', 88015:'kiran', 88018 : ['sonam','riki'], 88013: 'harmeonie', 88016 :{24: 'chinal',26:'sonu'}}
y = m_zen[88016][26]
print(y)
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Output:

sonu
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Adding two list as key,value in dictionary

For this, we have to use zip function.

name = ['darla','remina','sonam','kiran']
age = [23, 45, 3, 44]
res = dict(zip(name,age))
print(res)
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Output:

{'darla': 23, 'remina': 45, 'sonam': 3, 'kiran': 44}
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Length of a dictionary 

store = {'bangla' : 3, 'english' : 4, 'german' : 5, 'arabic' : 2}
print(len(store))
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Output:

4
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Dictionaries are mutable

Dictionaries are mutable while keys are immutable. So we can change the values of a dictionary.

dict3 = {'nila': 2345, 'mili': 2356, 'mona': 3456}
y = dict3['mona']
print(y)
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Output:

3456
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This is how we can access the value of a specific key of a dictionary.

We can also get the same value by using get function. The benefit of using get function is that, it does not give an error if we can not find value of a key; rather it gives None as output.

dict4 = {'nila': 2345, 'mili': 2356, 'mona': 3456}
y = dict4.get('nila')
print(y)
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Output:

2345
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dict4 = {'nila': 2345, 'mili': 2356, 'mona': 3456}
#x = dict4['rita']                                     #if we print it, it will give a KeyError
y = dict4.get('rita')
print(y)
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Output:

None
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changing the value of a dictionary 

dictt = {'saturn': 2, 'moon': 1, 'mars': 'red'}
print(dictt)
dictt['moon'] = 'earth'
print(dictt)
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Output:

{'saturn': 2, 'moon': 1, 'mars': 'red'}
{'saturn': 2, 'moon': 'earth', 'mars': 'red'}
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address = {'room':3,'home':4,'street':2}
print(address)
address['room']= address['room']+ 2
print(address)
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Output:

{'room': 3, 'home': 4, 'street': 2}
{'room': 5, 'home': 4, 'street': 2}
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Here we can see how we the change value of a key of a dictionary.

Looping through a dictionary 

songs = { 'red':'All Too Well', 1989: 'Style', 'reputation' : 'Gorgeous'}
for i in songs.keys():
    print(i)
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Output:

red
1989
reputation
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songs = { 'red':'All Too Well', 1989: 'Style', 'reputation' : 'Gorgeous'}
for i in songs.values():
    print(i)
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Output:

All Too Well
Style
Gorgeous
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songs = { 'red':'All Too Well', 1989: 'Style', 'reputation' : 'Gorgeous'}
for i,j in songs.items():
    print(i, j)
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Output:

red All Too Well
1989 Style
reputation Gorgeous
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If I update a dictionary, then the updated list of keys will be displayed.

songs = { 'red':'All Too Well', 1989: 'Style', 'reputation' : 'Gorgeous'}
y = songs.keys()
songs['folklore'] = 'cardigan'
print(y)
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Output:

dict_keys(['red', 1989, 'reputation', 'folklore'])
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Determining if a key exists in Dictionary 

d = {'red':'All Too Well', 1989: 'Style', 'reputation' : 'Gorgeous'}
if 'red' in d:
    print('yup')
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Output:

yup
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Adding Elements

For adding a new element in a dictionary, we have to add a key and then assign a value in that key and it will add by default as the last value.

pdict = { 88017:'rihan', 'nila': 2345, 1989: 'Style', 88015:'kiran'}
pdict['mouly'] = 'cse'
print(pdict)
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Output:

{88017: 'rihan', 'nila': 2345, 1989: 'Style', 88015: 'kiran', 'mouly': 'cse'}
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Update method

Or, we can use update method.

pdict = { 88017:'rihan', 'nila': 2345, 1989: 'Style', 88015:'kiran'}
pdict.update({'mouly' : 'cse'})
print(pdict)
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Output:

{88017: 'rihan', 'nila': 2345, 1989: 'Style', 88015: 'kiran', 'mouly': 'cse'}
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Del method

We can use del method for removing an element or simply remove the whole dictionary.

rdict = {'darla': 23, 'remina': 45, 'sonam': 3, 'kiran': 44}
del rdict
print(rdict)
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Output:

NameError: name 'rdict' is not defined
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For removing any selective element from a dictinary,

rdict = {'darla': 23, 'remina': 45, 'sonam': 3, 'kiran': 44}
del rdict['sonam'] 
print(rdict)
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Output:

{'darla': 23, 'remina': 45, 'kiran': 44}
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Sorting dictionary

We can sort keys or values by using following method.

jdict = {'saturn': 'sat', 'moon': 'ear', 'mars': 'red', 'venus': 2}
new = sorted(jdict.keys())
print(jdict)
print(new)
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Output:

['mars', 'moon', 'saturn', 'venus']
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m_zen = { 88017:'rihan', 88015:'kiran', 88018 : ['sonam','riki'], 88013: 'harmeonie', 88016 :{24: 'chinal',26:'sonu'}}
y = sorted(m_zen.keys())
print(y)
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Output:

[88013, 88015, 88016, 88017, 88018]
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Sorting values,

jdict = {'saturn': 'sat', 'moon': 'ear', 'mars': 'red', 'venus': 2}
new = sorted(jdict.values())
print(new)
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Output:

TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'int' and 'str'
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Important thing to notice, we can not compare between the instances of integer and string.

gdict = {'saturn': 'sat', 'moon': 'ear', 'mars': 'red', 'venus': 'blue'}
new = sorted(gdict.values())
print(new)
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Output:

['blue', 'ear', 'red', 'sat']
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Take a input dict from the user

n = 2
d = dict(input("Enter: ").split() for i in range(n))        #while taking input write one key-value in only line and go to the next line
print(d)
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Output:

Enter: name mouly
Enter: student bracu
{'name': 'mouly', 'student': 'bracu'}
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or,

val="""name mouly
age 21
home bogura"""

y = dict(x.split() for x in val.splitlines())
print(y)
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Output:

{'name': 'mouly', 'age': '21', 'home': 'bogura'}
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or,

n = int(input("enter a n value:"))
d = {}
for i in range(n):
    keys = input()           # here i have taken keys as strings
    values =input()          # here i have taken values as integers
    d[keys] = values
print(d)
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Output:

enter a n value:2
name
mouly
age
21
{'name': 'mouly', 'age': '21'}
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or,

n = int(input())            #n is the number of items you want to enter
d ={}                     
for i in range(n):        
    text = input().split()     #split the input text based on space & store in the list 'text'
    d[text[0]] = text[1]       #assign the 1st item to key and 2nd item to value of the dictionary
print(d)
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Output:

2
name mouly
street 2
{'name': 'mouly', 'street': '2'}
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Top comments (2)

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shubham2270 profile image
Shubham Kumar •

& it's called Objects in Javascript world 😅

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mouly22 profile image
Umme Abira Azmary •

Don't have enough knowledge in Js.. Thanks for letting me know 😅 @shubham Kumar

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