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Programming and Problem Solving through Python Language

O Level / A Level

Chapter - 5: Sequence Data Types

Python Collections (Arrays)


There are four collection data types in the Python programming language:
 List is a collection which is ordered and changeable. Allows duplicate members.
 Tuple is a collection which is ordered and unchangeable. Allows duplicate members.
 Set is a collection which is unordered and unindexed. No duplicate members.
 Dictionary is a collection which is unordered, changeable and indexed. No duplicate
members.

Dictionary
 A dictionary is a collection which is unordered, changeable and indexed. In Python
dictionaries are written with curly brackets, and they have keys and values.
 Each key is separated from its value by a colon (:)
 Keys are unique within a dictionary while values may not be.
 The values of a dictionary can be of any type, but the keys must be of an immutable data
type such as strings, numbers, or tuples.

Creating Dictionary
dict1 = {
"brand" : "Ford",
"model" : "Mustang",
"year" : 1964
}
dict2 = {‘Name’ : 'Zara', 'Age' : 7, 'Class' : 'First' }
dict3 = { } #Empty Dictionary

Access Items
 We can access the items of dictionary by referring to its key name, inside square brackets.
 get( ) method will be used to get the value of key.

dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}


print ( dict1 )
print ( dict1['Age'] )
x= dict1['Class']
print ( x)
x= dict1.get('Name')
print ( x)
Output−
{'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
7
First
Zara

Updating Dictionary
We can update a dictionary by adding a new entry or a key-value pair, modifying an existing
entry, or deleting an existing entry
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict1['Age'] = 10
print ( dict1['Age'] )

Output
{'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 10, 'Class': 'First'}

Adding new item in Dictionary


Adding an item to the dictionary is done by using a new index key and assigning a value to it.

dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}


print ( dict1 )
dict1['Height'] = 4
print ( dict1 )

Output
{'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
{'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First', 'Height': 4}

Loop Through a Dictionary


 When looping through a dictionary, the return values are the keys of the dictionary, but
there are methods to return the values as well.
 use the keys() function to return keys of a dictionary.
 use the values() function to return values of a dictionary.
 Loop through both keys and values, by using the items() function

dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}


for x in dict1: #Print all key names in the dictionary, one by one
print(x)
for x in dict1: #Print all values in the dictionary, one by one
print(dict1[x])
for x in dict1.values( ): #Print all values in the dictionary, using the values() function
print(x)
for x , y in dict1.items( ): #Print both keys and values, by using the items() function
print(x , y)
Output
Name
Age
Class

Zara
7
First

Zara
7
First

Name Zara
Age 7
Class First

Check if Item Dictionary


To determine if a specified item is present in a Dictionary use the “in” keyword:
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
if "Age" in dict1:
print("Yes, 'Age' is the key in the Dictionary")

Length of Dictionary
To determine how many items (key-value pairs) a Dictionary has, use the len( ) function.
e.g. print(len(dict1))

Removing Item from the Dictionary


 The pop( ) method removes the item with the specified key name.
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict1.pop('Name')
print(dict1)
 The popitem( ) method removes the last inserted item.
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict1.popitem( )
print(dict1)

 The del keyword removes the item with the specified key name.
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict1.del('Name')
print(dict1)
 The del keyword can also delete the dictionary completely.
dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
del dict1
print(dict1)

 The clear( ) method empties the dictionary.


dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
dict1.del('Name')
print(dict1)

Copy a Dictionary
 We cannot copy a dictionary simply by typing dict2 = dict1, because: dict2 will only be a
reference to dict1, and changes made in dict1 will automatically also be made in dict2.
 To make a copy, one way is to use the built-in Dictionary method copy( ).
 Another way to make a copy is to use the built-in method or constructor dict ( ).

dict1 = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}


dict2= dict1.copy( )
print(dict2)

dict3=dict(dict1)
print(dict2)

Nested Dictionaries
A dictionary can also contain many dictionaries, this is called nested dictionaries.

myfamily = {
"child1" : { "name" : "Emil", "year" : 2004 },
"child2" : { "name" : "Tobias", "year": 2007 },
"child3" : { "name" : "Linus", "year" : 2011 }
}
print(myfamily)

Output
{'child1': {'name': 'Emil', 'year': 2004}, 'child2': {'name': 'Tobias', 'year':
2007}, 'child3': {'name': 'Linus', 'year': 2011}}
Assignment
1. Define Dictionary
2. Write the output from the following code:
A={1:100,2:200,3:300,4:400,5:500}
print (A.items() )
print (A.keys())
print (A.values())

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