Chapter 8 - Python Dictionary Datatypes

 

Step 1

 

Open any text editor (gedit,pico,vi,nano) then enter the following python script and save the file with .py extension.

 

#!/usr/bin/python

#Author : Jijo K Jose

 

print "\n------------------------------------\nChapter 8 - Dictionaries\n------------------------------------\n"

 

name = {'fname':'Jijo','mname':'K','lname':'Jose'}

 

print "\n", type(name)

 

print "\nDictonary Values : ", name

 

print "\nname['mname'] : " + name['mname']

 

print "\nAll keys -keys() : ", name.keys()

 

print "\nAll values -values() : ", name.values()

 

del name['mname']

print "\nDelete value del name['key'] : ", name

 

print "\nIterate through for loop items... -name.iteritems()\n"

for k,v in name.iteritems():

print k + "---->" + v

 

name['fname']= ['Jijo','Jibin','Jijan']

name['mname']= 'K'

name['lname']= 'Jose'

print "\nAdd more value to same key -name['fname']='value' : ", name

 

print "\n------------------------------------\n"

 

#END

 

 

Step 2

 

Change file permission to executable using chmod command.

 

Step 3

 

Execute the python file.

 

 

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