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Add a key value pair to dictionary in Python
Python dictionaries are an unordered collection of key value pairs. In this tutorial we will see how we can add new key value pairs to an already defined dictionary. Below are the two approaches which we can use.
Assigning a new key as subscript
We add a new element to the dictionary by using a new key as a subscript and assigning it a value.
Example
CountryCodeDict = {"India": 91, "UK" : 44 , "USA" : 1} print(CountryCodeDict) CountryCodeDict["Spain"]= 34 print "After adding" print(CountryCodeDict)
Output
Running the above code gives us the following result −
{'India': 91, 'USA': 1, 'UK': 44}
After adding
{'Spain': 34, 'India': 91, 'USA': 1, 'UK': 44}Using the update() method
The update() method directly takes a key-value pair and puts it into the existing dictionary. The key value pair is the argument to the update function. We can also supply multiple key values as shown below.
Example
CountryCodeDict = {"India": 91, "UK" : 44 , "USA" : 1, "Spain" : 34} print(CountryCodeDict) CountryCodeDict.update( {'Germany' : 49} ) print(CountryCodeDict) # Adding multiple key value pairs CountryCodeDict.update( [('Austria', 43),('Russia',7)] ) print(CountryCodeDict)
Output
Running the above code gives us the following result −
{'Spain': 34, 'India': 91, 'USA': 1, 'UK': 44}
{'Germany': 49, 'Spain': 34, 'India': 91, 'USA': 1, 'UK': 44}
{'USA': 1, 'India': 91, 'Austria': 43, 'Germany': 49, 'UK': 44, 'Russia': 7, 'Spain': 34}By merging two dictionaries
We can also append elements to a dictionary by merging two dictionaries. Here again, we use the update() method but the argument to the method is a dictionary itself.
Example
CountryCodeDict1 = {"India": 91, "UK" : 44 , "USA" : 1, "Spain" : 34} CountryCodeDict2 = {"Germany": 49, "Russia" : 7 , "Austria" : 43} CountryCodeDict1.update(CountryCodeDict2) print(CountryCodeDict1)
Output
Running the above code gives us the following result −
{'Austria': 43, 'Germany': 49, 'UK': 44, 'USA': 1, 'India': 91, 'Russia': 7, 'Spain': 34}
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