Python Dictionary Tutorial - keys, values, items Methods

empty = {}
person = {"name": "Alice", "age": 25, "city": "London"}

# dict() constructor
config = dict(host="localhost", port=5432, debug=True)

# From list of tuples
pairs = dict([("a", 1), ("b", 2), ("c", 3)])

# Nested dictionary
student = {
    "name": "Bob",
    "grades": {"math": 90, "english": 85},
    "hobbies": ["coding", "reading"]
}

print(type(person))   # <class 'dict'>
print(len(person))    # 3

person = {"name": "Alice", "age": 25, "city": "London"}

# Access by key
print(person["name"])         # Alice
print(person.get("age"))      # 25
print(person.get("email"))    # None (no KeyError)
print(person.get("email", "N/A"))  # N/A (default value)

# Modify
person["age"] = 26            # update existing
person["email"] = "alice@example.com"  # add new key

# Delete
del person["city"]
removed = person.pop("email")  # removes and returns value
print(removed)  # alice@example.com

# Nested access
student = {"grades": {"math": 90, "english": 85}}
print(student["grades"]["math"])  # 90

scores = {"Alice": 95, "Bob": 87, "Charlie": 92}

# Iterate keys (default)
for name in scores:
    print(name)

# Iterate values
for score in scores.values():
    print(score)

# Iterate key-value pairs
for name, score in scores.items():
    print(f"{name}: {score}")

# Check key existence
if "Alice" in scores:
    print("Alice found!")

# Dict comprehension
squared = {x: x**2 for x in range(1, 6)}
print(squared)  # {1: 1, 2: 4, 3: 9, 4: 16, 5: 25}

# Filter with comprehension
high_scores = {k: v for k, v in scores.items() if v >= 90}
print(high_scores)  # {'Alice': 95, 'Charlie': 92}

d = {"a": 1, "b": 2}

# update - merge dicts
d.update({"c": 3, "d": 4})
print(d)  # {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4}

# Merge with | operator (Python 3.9+)
d1 = {"x": 1}
d2 = {"y": 2}
merged = d1 | d2
print(merged)  # {'x': 1, 'y': 2}

# setdefault - add key only if it doesn't exist
counts = {}
for char in "hello":
    counts.setdefault(char, 0)
    counts[char] += 1
print(counts)  # {'h': 1, 'e': 1, 'l': 2, 'o': 1}

# fromkeys
keys = ["name", "age", "email"]
template = dict.fromkeys(keys, None)
print(template)  # {'name': None, 'age': None, 'email': None}

# Sorting a dict by value
scores = {"Alice": 95, "Bob": 87, "Charlie": 92}
sorted_scores = dict(sorted(scores.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True))
print(sorted_scores)  # {'Alice': 95, 'Charlie': 92, 'Bob': 87}