Dictionaries (1/2)

In previous tasks, we store characteristics and names they belong to a bit equivalent. I think you agree that it would be great if we could reach information for something by its name, not finding indexes. This problem can be solved by using dictionaries - one more data type in Python.

Dictionary can be represented as key:value. It's important that keys in the dictionary can't repeat, while values can. To create dictionary use {key1: value1, key2: value2, ...} or dict(key1: value1, key2: value2, ...). Keys must be immutable (number, string, tuple).

For example, let's create dictionary with our first three countries.

Country	Area	Population
USA	9629091	331002651
Canada	9984670	37742154
Germany	357114	83783942


              123
            
# create dictionary
countries_dict = {'USA': (9629091, 331002651), 'Canada': (9984670, 37742154), 'Germany': (357114, 83783942)}
print(countries_dict)

Please note, that I placed countries' characteristics inside the tuple, as we mentioned before it greatly fits when we have some object characteristics.

Now if I want to get, for example, information for Canada, I can simply use d[key] function.


              123
            
countries_dict = {'USA': (9629091, 331002651), 'Canada': (9984670, 37742154), 'Germany': (357114, 83783942)}
# information about Canada
print(countries_dict["Canada"])

Taak

Swipe to start coding

Create a dictionary with keys - names of people and values - their respective age and height (as a tuple). Print information for Alex.

Name	Age	Height
Alex	23	178
Noah	34	189
Peter	29	175

Oplossing

Schakel over naar desktop voor praktijkervaringGa verder vanaf waar je bent met een van de onderstaande opties

Was alles duidelijk?

Bedankt voor je feedback!

Sectie 5. Hoofdstuk 7

Dictionaries (1/2)

For example, let's create dictionary with our first three countries.

Country	Area	Population
USA	9629091	331002651
Canada	9984670	37742154
Germany	357114	83783942


              123
            
# create dictionary
countries_dict = {'USA': (9629091, 331002651), 'Canada': (9984670, 37742154), 'Germany': (357114, 83783942)}
print(countries_dict)

Please note, that I placed countries' characteristics inside the tuple, as we mentioned before it greatly fits when we have some object characteristics.

Now if I want to get, for example, information for Canada, I can simply use d[key] function.


              123
            
countries_dict = {'USA': (9629091, 331002651), 'Canada': (9984670, 37742154), 'Germany': (357114, 83783942)}
# information about Canada
print(countries_dict["Canada"])

Taak

Swipe to start coding

Create a dictionary with keys - names of people and values - their respective age and height (as a tuple). Print information for Alex.

Name	Age	Height
Alex	23	178
Noah	34	189
Peter	29	175

Oplossing

Schakel over naar desktop voor praktijkervaringGa verder vanaf waar je bent met een van de onderstaande opties

Was alles duidelijk?

Bedankt voor je feedback!

Sectie 5. Hoofdstuk 7

Schakel over naar desktop voor praktijkervaringGa verder vanaf waar je bent met een van de onderstaande opties