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Python Programming with Corey Schafer_Notes_5

The document provides an overview of Python dictionaries, explaining key-value pairs and how to manipulate them. It covers accessing, adding, updating, and deleting entries, as well as checking the number of keys, keys, values, and pairs in a dictionary. Additionally, it includes examples of looping through keys and key-value pairs.

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Python Programming with Corey Schafer_Notes_5

The document provides an overview of Python dictionaries, explaining key-value pairs and how to manipulate them. It covers accessing, adding, updating, and deleting entries, as well as checking the number of keys, keys, values, and pairs in a dictionary. Additionally, it includes examples of looping through keys and key-value pairs.

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Python Programming with Corey Schafer

Lecture 5 - Dictionaries
• Key value pairs ar two linked values where key is the unique identifier of data and the value is
the data
• Represent a student using a dictionary ( ‘:’ is used to separate key from the value)
student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student)
→ {'name': 'John', 'age': '25', 'courses': ['Maths', 'English']}

• Values in dictionary can be anything i.e. name is string, age is integer and courses is list

• To get value of one key


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student['name']) / print(student['courses'])
→ John / ['Maths', 'English']

student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}


print(student['phone'])
→ error
As the key doesn’t exists

• To get value of one key using get method


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student.get('name'))
→ John

student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}


print(student.get('phone'))
→ None

• To set a default value for a key that does not exists


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student.get('phone', 'Not found'))
→ Not found

• Add a new entry to the dictionary or replace/update an entry


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
student ['phone'] = '555-5555'
print(student.get('phone', 'Not found'))
→ 555-5555
As it will add the key and the value of the key
student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
student ['name'] = 'Jane'
print(student.get('name'))
→ Jane
As it will update the value of the key
• To update values using update method (useful for updating multiple values at a time)
student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
student.update({'name' : 'Jane', 'age' : '28', 'phone' : '555-5555'})
print(student)
→ {'name': 'Jane', 'age': '28', 'courses': ['Maths', 'English'], 'phone': '555-5555'}

• Delete a key from the dictionary


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
del student ['age']
print(student)
→ {'name': 'John', 'courses': ['Maths', 'English']}
It will remove the key

• Delete a key from the dictionary using pop method (popped value can also be used)
student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
age = student.pop ('age')
print(student)
print(age)
→ {'name': 'John', 'courses': ['Maths', 'English']}
25

• Check number of keys in the dictionary


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(len(student))
→3

• Check the keys in the dictionary


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student.keys())
→ dict_keys(['name', 'age', 'courses'])

• Check the values in the dictionary


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student.values())
→ dict_values(['John', '25', ['Maths', 'English']])

• Check the pairs (keys and values) in the dictionary


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
print(student.items())
→ dict_items([('name', 'John'), ('age', '25'), ('courses', ['Maths', 'English'])])

• To loop through keys


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
for key in student:
print(key)
→ name
age
courses

• To loop through keys and values


student = {"name" : "John", "age" : "25", "courses" : ["Maths", "English"]}
for key, value in student.items():
print(key, value)
→ name John
age 25
courses ['Maths', 'English']

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