>>> s = [('yellow', 1), ('blue', 2), ('yellow', 3), ('blue', 4), ('red', 1)]
>>> d = defaultdict(list)
>>> for k, v in s:
... d[k].append(v)
...
>>> d.items()
[('blue', [2, 4]), ('red', [1]), ('yellow', [1, 3])]
defaultdict means that if a key is not found in the dictionary,
then instead of a KeyError being thrown, a new entry is created.
The type of this new entry is given by the argument of defaultdict.
For example:
somedict = {}
print(somedict[3]) # KeyError
someddict = defaultdict(int)
print(someddict[3]) # print int(), thus 0
>>> from collections import defaultdict>>> s = [('yellow', 1), ('blue', 2), ('yellow', 3), ('blue', 4), ('red', 1)]
>>> d = defaultdict(list)
>>> for k, v in s:
... d[k].append(v)
...
>>> d.items()
[('blue', [2, 4]), ('red', [1]), ('yellow', [1, 3])]
defaultdict means that if a key is not found in the dictionary,
then instead of a KeyError being thrown, a new entry is created.
The type of this new entry is given by the argument of defaultdict.
For example:
somedict = {}
print(somedict[3]) # KeyError
someddict = defaultdict(int)
print(someddict[3]) # print int(), thus 0
>>> from collections import defaultdict