functions and
methods
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Python dictionary methods
Method Description
clear() Removes all the elements from the dictionary
Copy() Returns a copy of the dictionary
fromkeys() Returns a dictionary with the specified keys
and value
get() Returns the value of the specified key
items() Returns a list containing a tuple for each key
value pair
keys() Returns a list containing the dictionary's keys
Pop() Removes the element with the specified key
pop.item() Removes the last inserted key-value pair
setdefault() Returns the value of the specified key. If the
key does not exist: insert the key, with the
specified value
update() Updates the dictionary with the specified key-
value pairs
values() Returns a list of all the values in the dictionary
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len () It returns the number of
items (length) in the
dictionary.
sorted () It returns the sorted list of
keys.
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Len()
This function returns the number of items(length) of the
dictionary.
Dict={‘mohan’:95,’ram’:89,’susheel’:92,’sangeeta’:85}
print(len(dict))
Output:
4
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Keys()
Returns a list containing the dictionary's keys.
Dict={‘mohan’:95,’ram’:89,’susheel’:92,’sangeeta’:85}
print(dict.keys)
Output:
dict_keys(['mohan', 'ram', ‘susheel',
'sangeeta'])
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Values()
Returns a list of all the values in the dictionary.
Dict={‘mohan’:95,’ram’:89,’susheel’:92,’sangeeta’:85}
print(dict.values)
Output:
Dict_values([55,89,92,85])
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Items()
Returns a list containing a tuple for each key value pair.
Dict={‘mohan’:95,’ram’:89,’susheel’:92,’sangeeta’:85}
print(dict.items())
Output:
Dict_items([(‘mohan’,95),(‘ram’,89),(‘susheel’,92),(‘sangeeta’,85)])
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get()
Returns the value of the specific key.
Dict={1:’1’,2:’22’,3:’333’,4:’4444’,5:’55555’}
print(Dict.get(2))
Output:
‘22’
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Update()
updates the dictionary with the specific key-
value pairs.
Emp1={‘name’:’john’,’salary’:10000,’age’:24}
Emp2={‘name’:’divya’,’salary’:54000,’dept’:’sales’}
Emp1.update(Emp2)
print(Emp1)
Output:
{‘name’:’divya’,’salary’:54000,’age’:24,’dept’:’sal
es’}
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Fromkeys()
This method is used to create a new dictionary from
a sequence containing all the keys and a common
values, which will be assigned to all the keys.
Syntax:dict.fromkeys(<key sequence>,([<value>])
Dict1 = dict.fromkeys([2, 4, 6, 8], 110)
print(Dict1)
Ouput:
{2: 110, 4: 110, 6: 110, 8:
110}
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Setdefault()
If the GIVEN KEY IS ALREADY PRESENT in the
dictionary the existing value of that key will not be
updated, but the current value associated to the
specified key is returned. Setdefault()
Marks={1:350,2:423,3:411,4:300}
print(Marks.setdefault(2,220))
Output:
423
print(Marks)
Output:
{1:350,2:423,3:411,4:300}
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Setdefault()
if the GIVEN KEY IS NOT ALREADY PRESENT in the
dictionary, it will add the specified new key: value pair
to the dictionary and return the value of the added
key.
Marks={1:350,2:423,3:411,4:300}
print(Marks.setdefault(5,320))
print(Marks)
Output:
{1: 350, 2: 423, 3: 411, 4: 300, 5:
320}
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Setdefault()
If you only provide a key without any value and the
key doesn’t exist in the dictionary , it will take none
as its value.
Marks={1:350,2:423,3:411,4:300}
Marks.setdefault(5)
print(Marks)
Output:
{1:350,2:423,3:411,4:300,5:none}
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Deleting elements from dictionary
pop()
Removes the element with the specified key.
Dict={0:’Amaan’,1:’Tushar’,2:’swati’,3:’mridul’}
print(Dict.pop(3))
Output:
{0:’Amaan’,1:’Tushar’,2:’Swat
i’}
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Popitem()
Removes the last key: value
Car={‘brand’:’ford’,’model’:’mustang’,’year’:2019}
Car.popitem()
print(car)
Output:
{'brand': 'ford', 'model':
'mustang'}
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Clear()
Removes all items from the dictionary.
D1={‘name’:’Rohit’,’class’:11,’age’:17,’subject’:’IP’}
D1.clear()
print(D1)
Output:
{}
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Del statement:
Del()This statement is used to delete a specific
key-value pairs in the dictionary.
Car = {'brand': 'ford', 'model': 'mustang', 'year': 2019}
del Car['model']
print(Car)
Output:
{'brand': 'ford', 'year':
2019}
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References:-
1. Youtube:-
https://youtu.be/qQUiFHWOeV4?si=kS-Pzx8xLG5-8ywB
2.IIT Bombay:-
https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~rbhandari/python-course
3. Sumita Arora:- Computer Science
with Python (Class 11)
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