PYTHON

create a dictionary in python

""" In a dictionary, the first value of an element is the *key* and
 the other one is the *value* """
new_dict = {
				'name': 'Alex',
  				'age': 21
			}

""" You can also use different data type for key in the same dictionary """
new_dict = {
				'name': 'Alex',
  				1: 21,
                2: False
			}

how to make dictionary in python

my_dict = {'key': 'value'}

how to create a dictionary in python

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

how to declare a dictionary in python

Dict = {key1: 'value', key2: 'value2', key3: 'value3'}
print(Dict)

how to create dictionary in python

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

python create dictionary

dictionary_name = {key: value}

create a dictionary in python

Dict = {1: 'Geeks', 2: 'For', 3: 'Geeks'}
print(Dict)

how to define a dictionary in python

population = {"Shanghai":17.8, "Istanbul":13.3, "Karachi":13.0, "Mumbai":12.5}

#Consider the following when creating a dictionary
#	1. Must be inside {}
#	2. Have two parts in an item 
#			Key - e.g. Istanbul and Value - e.g. 13.3
#	3. There must be a colon ":" between the key and the value
#	4. Item must be seperated by commas ","
#	3. Any immutable type can be used as keys (not only integers like in lists)

how to create a dictionary in python

keys = ['a', 'b', 'c']

values = [1, 2, 3]

def create_dictionary(keys, values):
    result = {} # empty dictionary
    for key, value in zip(keys, values):
        result[key] = value
    return result

how to create a dictionary in python

#create an empty dictionary
my_dictionary = {}

print(my_dictionary)

#to check the data type use the type() function
print(type(my_dictionary))

#output

#{}
#<class 'dict'>