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A dictionary is similar to a list, but you access values by looking up a key instead of an index. A key can be any string or number. Dictionaries are enclosed in curly braces, like so:
d = {'key1' : 1, 'key2' : 2, 'key3' : 3}
This is a dictionary called d
with three key-value pairs. The key 'key1'
points to the value 1
, 'key2'
to 2
, and so on.
Dictionaries are great for things like phone books (pairing a name with a phone number), login pages (pairing an e-mail address with a username), and more!
Instructions
1.
Print the values stored under the 'Sloth'
and 'Burmese Python'
keys. Accessing dictionary values by key is just like accessing list values by index:
residents['Puffin']# Gets the value 104
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