Dictionary Handling in Python
Topics
Dictionary: introduction, accessing items in a dictionary using keys, mutability of dictionary (adding a new item, modifying an existing item), traversing a dictionary, built-in functions: len(), dict(), keys(), values(), items(), get(), update(), del(), clear(), fromkeys(), copy(), pop(), popitem(), setdefault(), max(), min(), count(), sorted(), copy();
Suggested programs : count the number of times a character appears in a given string using a dictionary, create a dictionary with names of employees, their salary and access them
What is Dictionary ?
Accessing items in a dictionary using keys
Mutability of dictionary :-
a) Adding a new item,
b) Modifying an existing item)
Traversing a dictionary
Built-in functions:
len(),
dict(),
keys(),
values(),
items(),
get(),
update(),
del(),
clear(),
fromkeys(),
copy(),
pop(),
popitem(),
setdefault(),
max(),
min(),
count(),
sorted(),
copy();
Suggested programs :
1. Count the number of times a character appears in a given string using a dictionary.
2. create a dictionary with the names of employees, and their salaries and access them.
