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dict

def dict(*args, **kwargs) -> dict

dict: creates a dictionary.

dict creates a dictionary. It accepts up to one positional argument, which is interpreted as an iterable of two-element sequences (pairs), each specifying a key/value pair in the resulting dictionary.

dict also accepts any number of keyword arguments, each of which specifies a key/value pair in the resulting dictionary; each keyword is treated as a string.

dict() == {}
dict(**{'a': 1}) == {'a': 1}
dict({'a': 1}) == {'a': 1}
dict([(1, 2), (3, 4)]) == {1: 2, 3: 4}
dict([(1, 2), ['a', 'b']]) == {1: 2, 'a': 'b'}
dict(one=1, two=2) == {'one': 1, 'two': 2}
dict([(1, 2)], x=3) == {1: 2, 'x': 3}
dict([('x', 2)], x=3) == {'x': 3}
x = {'a': 1}
y = dict([('x', 2)], **x)
x == {'a': 1} and y == {'x': 2, 'a': 1}

dict.clear​

def dict.clear() -> None

dict.clear: clear a dictionary

D.clear() removes all the entries of dictionary D and returns None. It fails if the dictionary is frozen or if there are active iterators.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.clear()
x == {}

dict.get​

def dict.get(key, default = ..., /)

dict.get: return an element from the dictionary.

D.get(key[, default]) returns the dictionary value corresponding to the given key. If the dictionary contains no such value, get returns None, or the value of the optional default parameter if present.

get fails if key is unhashable.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.get("one") == 1
x.get("three") == None
x.get("three", 0) == 0

dict.items​

def dict.items() -> list[(typing.Any, typing.Any)]

dict.items: get list of (key, value) pairs.

D.items() returns a new list of key/value pairs, one per element in dictionary D, in the same order as they would be returned by a for loop.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.items() == [("one", 1), ("two", 2)]

dict.keys​

def dict.keys() -> list

dict.keys: get the list of keys of the dictionary.

D.keys() returns a new list containing the keys of dictionary D, in the same order as they would be returned by a for loop.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.keys() == ["one", "two"]

dict.pop​

def dict.pop(key, default = ..., /)

dict.pop: return an element and remove it from a dictionary.

D.pop(key[, default]) returns the value corresponding to the specified key, and removes it from the dictionary. If the dictionary contains no such value, and the optional default parameter is present, pop returns that value; otherwise, it fails.

pop fails if key is unhashable, or the dictionary is frozen or has active iterators.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.pop("one") == 1
x == {"two": 2}
x.pop("three", 0) == 0
x.pop("three", None) == None

Failure:

{'one': 1}.pop('four')   # error: not found

dict.popitem​

def dict.popitem() -> (typing.Any, typing.Any)

dict.popitem: returns and removes the first key/value pair of a dictionary.

D.popitem() returns the first key/value pair, removing it from the dictionary.

popitem fails if the dictionary is empty, frozen, or has active iterators.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.popitem() == ("one", 1)
x.popitem() == ("two", 2)
x == {}

Failure:

{}.popitem()   # error: empty dict

dict.setdefault​

def dict.setdefault(key, default = ..., /)

dict.setdefault: get a value from a dictionary, setting it to a new value if not present.

D.setdefault(key[, default]) returns the dictionary value corresponding to the given key. If the dictionary contains no such value, setdefault, like get, returns None or the value of the optional default parameter if present; setdefault additionally inserts the new key/value entry into the dictionary.

setdefault fails if the key is unhashable or if the dictionary is frozen.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.setdefault("one") == 1
x.setdefault("three", 0) == 0
x == {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 0}
x.setdefault("four") == None
x == {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 0, "four": None}

dict.update​

def dict.update(
pairs: typing.Iterable[(typing.Any, typing.Any)] | dict = ...,
/,
**kwargs,
) -> None

dict.update: update values in the dictionary.

D.update([pairs][, name=value[, ...]) makes a sequence of key/value insertions into dictionary D, then returns None.

If the positional argument pairs is present, it must be another dict, or some other iterable. If it is another dict, then its key/value pairs are inserted into D. If it is an iterable, it must provide a sequence of pairs (or other iterables of length 2), each of which is treated as a key/value pair to be inserted into D.

For each name=value argument present, the name is converted to a string and used as the key for an insertion into D, with its corresponding value being value.

update fails if the dictionary is frozen.

x = {}
x.update([("a", 1), ("b", 2)], c=3)
x.update({"d": 4})
x.update(e=5)
x == {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3, "d": 4, "e": 5}

dict.values​

def dict.values() -> list

dict.values: get the list of values of the dictionary.

D.values() returns a new list containing the dictionary's values, in the same order as they would be returned by a for loop over the dictionary.

x = {"one": 1, "two": 2}
x.values() == [1, 2]