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The document provides an overview of Python dictionaries, describing their characteristics such as being mutable and indexed by unique keys. It explains how to access, modify, add, and remove items, as well as how to check for key existence and determine the length of a dictionary. Additionally, it mentions the use of the dict() constructor and various dictionary methods, including support for nested dictionaries.

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8.python Dictionaries

The document provides an overview of Python dictionaries, describing their characteristics such as being mutable and indexed by unique keys. It explains how to access, modify, add, and remove items, as well as how to check for key existence and determine the length of a dictionary. Additionally, it mentions the use of the dict() constructor and various dictionary methods, including support for nested dictionaries.

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Python Dictionaries

1. Introduction to Dictionaries

• A dictionary is a collection that is:


o ordered (unordered as of Python 3.6 and earlier)
o Mutable (changeable)
o Indexed by keys, not numbers
• Dictionaries store data in key-value pairs.
• Keys must be unique and immutable (e.g., strings, numbers, tuples).
• Values can be of any data type.
• Dictionaries are written using curly braces {}.

2. Accessing Dictionary Items

• Use the key to access corresponding value.


• Syntax: dictionary[key]

4. Change Dictionary Items

• Modify value using its key.


• Syntax: dictionary[key] = new value

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5. Add Items to Dictionary

• Add new key-value pair.


• Syntax: dictionary[key] = new value

6. Remove Items

• Use pop(key), popitem() or del.

7. Check if Key Exists

• Use in or not in.

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8. Dictionary Length

• Use len() to count key-value pairs.

9. Dictionary Constructor

• Create dictionary using dict() constructor.

10. Dictionary Methods

• keys(), values(), items(), update(), clear()

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11. Nested Dictionary

• Dictionaries can contain other dictionaries as values.

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