Python Dictionaries

Introduction to Dictionaries in Python:

A dictionary in Python Programming Language is a container for a set of key-value pairs. The key-value pairs stored in a Python Dictionary maintain the insertion order.
The other programming language equivalents of a Python dictionary include maps of C++ Standard Library and the associative arrays of the Perl.

Key	Value
USA	Washington D.C.
UK	London
Japan	Tokyo
France	Paris

The keys present in a Python dictionary are unique. There will not be any duplicate keys in a Python dictionary. The collection of key space in a Python dictionary is a set i.e., no two keys are same in a set.
The keys of a Python dictionary should be of immutable types.
A string literal, a numeric value can all be stored as a key in a Python dictionary. A Python tuple as well can be stored as a key in a Python dictionary for the reason being a string, a numeric value, a tuple are all immutable types.
However, a python list cannot be stored as a key in a Python dictionary, as a list in is a mutable object.

Construction of a Python Dictionary:

Using braces { }

Dictionary objects in python are crated by placing key-value pairs inside a pair of braces.

Creates an empty dictionary.

dict(keyword-argument-list)

Creates a python dictionary as specified in the keyword-argument-list.

Creates a python dictionary from a mapping object or from another dictionary.

Creates a python dictionary from an iterable object.

Methods of the Python Dictionary class:

dict[dict_key_in]

Retrieves the value associated with dict_key_in parameter, otherwise called a dictionary lookup.

get(dict_key[,default_value])

Returns the value associated with a key in the python dictionary object.

del dict[dict_key_in]

Deletes a key-value pair as identified by the key.

The clear() method removes all the items from the dictionary.

Returns a shallow copy of the Python dictionary object.

get(dict_key[,default_value])

Returns the value associated with a key in the Python dictionary object.

Removes an arbitrary item from a Python Dictionary object.

Built in Functions available for a Python Dictionary object:

Returns the number of items stored in a python dictionary object.

Determines whether a given key is present in the Python dictionary.

key not in dict

Determines whether a given key is not present in the Python dictionary.

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