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Modify the values of t

he dictionary keys
We can modify the values of the existing dictionary keys using the following two ways.

 Using key name: We can directly assign new values by using its key name. The key name will be the existing
one and we can mention the new value.
 Using update() method: We can use the update method by passing the key-value pair to change the value.
Here the key name will be the existing one, and the value to be updated will be new.
Example

person = {"name": "Jessa", "country": "USA"}

# updating the country name


person["country"] = "Canada"
# print the updated country
print(person['country'])
# Output 'Canada'

# updating the country name using update() method


person.update({"country": "USA"})
# print the updated country
print(person['country'])
# Output 'USA'

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Removing items from the dictionary


There are several methods to remove items from the dictionary. Whether we want to remove the single item or the
last inserted item or delete the entire dictionary, we can choose the method to be used.

Use the following dictionary methods to remove keys from a dictionary.

Method Description

Return and removes the item with the key and


pop(key[,d]
return its value. If the key is not found, it
)
raises KeyError.

Return and removes the last inserted item from the

popitem() dictionary. If the dictionary is empty, it

raises KeyError.
Method Description

The del keyword will delete the item with the key
del key
that is passed

Removes all items from the dictionary. Empty the


clear()
dictionary

del
Delete the entire dictionary
dict_name

Example

person = {'name': 'Jessa', 'country': 'USA', 'telephone': 1178, 'weight': 50,


'height': 6}

# Remove last inserted item from the dictionary


deleted_item = person.popitem()
print(deleted_item) # output ('height', 6)
# display updated dictionary
print(person)
# Output {'name': 'Jessa', 'country': 'USA', 'telephone': 1178, 'weight': 50}

# Remove key 'telephone' from the dictionary


deleted_item = person.pop('telephone')
print(deleted_item) # output 1178
# display updated dictionary
print(person)
# Output {'name': 'Jessa', 'country': 'USA', 'weight': 50}

# delete key 'weight'


del person['weight']
# display updated dictionary
print(person)
# Output {'name': 'Jessa', 'country': 'USA'}

# remove all item (key-values) from dict


person.clear()
# display updated dictionary
print(person) # {}

# Delete the entire dictionary


del person

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Checking if a key exists


In order to check whether a particular key exists in a dictionary, we can use the keys() method and in operator.
We can use the in operator to check whether the key is present in the list of keys returned by
the keys() method.

In this method, we can just check whether our key is present in the list of keys that will be returned from
the keys() method.

Let’s check whether the ‘country’ key exists and prints its value if found.

person = {'name': 'Jessa', 'country': 'USA', 'telephone': 1178}

# Get the list of keys and check if 'country' key is present


key_name = 'country'
if key_name in person.keys():
print("country name is", person[key_name])
else:
print("Key not found")
# Output country name is USA

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Join two dictionary


We can add two dictionaries using the update() method or unpacking arbitrary keywords operator **. Let us see
each one with an example.

Using update() method


In this method, the dictionary to be added will be passed as the argument to the update() method and the updated
dictionary will have items of both the dictionaries.

Let’s see how to merge the second dictionary into the first dictionary

Example

dict1 = {'Jessa': 70, 'Arul': 80, 'Emma': 55}


dict2 = {'Kelly': 68, 'Harry': 50, 'Olivia': 66}

# copy second dictionary into first dictionary


dict1.update(dict2)
# printing the updated dictionary
print(dict1)
# output {'Jessa': 70, 'Arul': 80, 'Emma': 55, 'Kelly': 68, 'Harry': 50,
'Olivia': 66}

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As seen in the above example the items of both the dictionaries have been updated and the dict1 will have the
items from both the dictionaries.

Using **kwargs to unpack

We can unpack any number of dictionary and add their contents to another dictionary using **kwargs. In this
way, we can add multiple length arguments to one dictionary in a single statement.
student_dict1 = {'Aadya': 1, 'Arul': 2, }
student_dict2 = {'Harry': 5, 'Olivia': 6}
student_dict3 = {'Nancy': 7, 'Perry': 9}

# join three dictionaries


student_dict = {**student_dict1, **student_dict2, **student_dict3}
# printing the final Merged dictionary
print(student_dict)
# Output {'Aadya': 1, 'Arul': 2, 'Harry': 5, 'Olivia': 6, 'Nancy': 7,
'Perry': 9}

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As seen in the above example the values of all the dictionaries have been merged into one.

Join two dictionaries having few items in common


Note: One thing to note here is that if both the dictionaries have a common key then the first dictionary value will
be overridden with the second dictionary value.

Example

dict1 = {'Jessa': 70, 'Arul': 80, 'Emma': 55}


dict2 = {'Kelly': 68, 'Harry': 50, 'Emma': 66}

# join two dictionaries with some common items


dict1.update(dict2)
# printing the updated dictionary
print(dict1['Emma'])
# Output 66

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As mentioned in the case of the same key in two dictionaries the latest one will override the old one.

In the above example, both the dictionaries have the key ‘Emma’ So the value of the second dictionary is used in
the final merged dictionary dict1.

Copy a Dictionary
We can create a copy of a dictionary using the following two ways

 Using copy() method.


 Using the dict() constructor

dict1 = {'Jessa': 70, 'Emma': 55}

# Copy dictionary using copy() method


dict2 = dict1.copy()
# printing the new dictionary
print(dict2)
# output {'Jessa': 70, 'Emma': 55}
# Copy dictionary using dict() constructor
dict3 = dict(dict1)
print(dict3)
# output {'Jessa': 70, 'Emma': 55}

# Copy dictionary using the output of items() methods


dict4 = dict(dict1.items())
print(dict4)
# output {'Jessa': 70, 'Emma': 55}

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Copy using the assignment operator

We can simply use the '=' operator to create a copy.

Note: When you set dict2 = dict1, you are making them refer to the same dict object, so when you modify
one of them, all references associated with that object reflect the current state of the object. So don’t use the
assignment operator to copy the dictionary instead use the copy() method.

Example

dict1 = {'Jessa': 70, 'Emma': 55}

# Copy dictionary using assignment = operator


dict2 = dict1
# modify dict2
dict2.update({'Jessa': 90})
print(dict2)
# Output {'Jessa': 90, 'Emma': 55}

print(dict1)
# Output {'Jessa': 90, 'Emma': 55}

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Nested dictionary
Nested dictionaries are dictionaries that have one or more dictionaries as their members. It is a collection of many
dictionaries in one dictionary.

Let us see an example of creating a nested dictionary ‘Address’ inside a ‘person’ dictionary.

Example

# address dictionary to store person address


address = {"state": "Texas", 'city': 'Houston'}

# dictionary to store person details with address as a nested dictionary


person = {'name': 'Jessa', 'company': 'Google', 'address': address}

# Display dictionary
print("person:", person)
# Get nested dictionary key 'city'
print("City:", person['address']['city'])

# Iterating outer dictionary


print("Person details")
for key, value in person.items():
if key == 'address':
# Iterating through nested dictionary
print("Person Address")
for nested_key, nested_value in value.items():
print(nested_key, ':', nested_value)
else:
print(key, ':', value)

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Output

person: {'name': 'Jessa', 'company': 'Google', 'address': {'state': 'Texas',


'city': 'Houston'}}

City: Houston

Person details

name: Jessa

company: Google

Person Address

state: Texas

city : Houston

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