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How to put comments inside a Python dictionary?

Lakshmi Srinivas
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 11:46:03

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You can put comments like you normally would anywhere in a python script. But note that you can only put single line comments using #. Multiline comments act like strings and you cannot put just a string in between definition of a dict. For example, the following declaration is perfectly valid:testItems = {    'TestOne': 'Hello',    # 'TestTwo': None, }But the following is not:testItems = {    'TestOne': 'Hello',    """    Some random    multiline comment    """ }

What is the best way to remove an item from a Python dictionary?

Giri Raju
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 11:47:49

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You can use the del function to delete a specific key or loop through all keys and delete them. For example,my_dict = {'name': 'foo', 'age': 28} keys = list(my_dict.keys()) for key in keys:    del my_dict[key] print(my_dict)This will give the output:{}You can also use the pop function to delete a specific key or loop through all keys and delete them. For example,my_dict = {'name': 'foo', 'age': 28} keys = list(my_dict.keys())for key in keys:my_dict.pop(key) print(my_dict)This will give the output:{}

What is the basic syntax to access Python Dictionary Elements?

mkotla
Updated on 05-Mar-2020 10:02:01

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You can access a dictionary value to a variable in Python using the access operator []. examplemy_dict = {    'foo': 42,'bar': 12.5 } new_var = my_dict['foo'] print(new_var)OutputThis will give the output −42You can also access the value using the get method on the dictionary. examplemy_dict = {    'foo': 42,'bar': 12.5 } new_var = my_dict.get('foo') print(new_var)OutputThis will give the output −42

How expensive are Python dictionaries to handle?

Sindhura Repala
Updated on 15-May-2025 15:15:16

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Python dictionaries are very difficult to handle data. They use a special system called hashing, which allows quick access to information. This specifies the cost of different operations: Time Complexities of Dictionary Operations Python dictionaries are usually fast because they use hashing to find and store data. The time complexity of dictionary operations in Python depends on the size of the dictionary and the operations performed. Here are some of the common dictionary operations - ... Read More

How to split Python dictionary into multiple keys, dividing the values equally?

Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:22

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Very use case specific: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30447708/split-python-dictionary-into-multiple-keys-dividing-the-values-equally

Can you please explain Python dictionary memory usage?

Arjun Thakur
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 11:40:07

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The dictionary consists of a number of buckets. Each of these buckets containsthe hash code of the object currently stored (that is not predictable from the position of the bucket due to the collision resolution strategy used)a pointer to the key objecta pointer to the value objectThis sums up to at least 12 bytes on a 32bit machine and 24 bytes on a 64bit machine. The dictionary starts with 8 empty buckets. This is then resized by doubling the number of entries whenever its capacity is reached.

How to optimize Python dictionary memory usage?

Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:22

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There are some cases where you can simply avoid using dictionaries in Python. For example, if you're creating a dict of continuous integers to some values, consider using a list instead.If you're creating string-based keys, you might be better off using a Trie data structure(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie).There are other cases where you can replace the use of dicts by some other less memory intensive data structure.But you need to understand that at some places, you have to use a dict as it helps in optimization. The python dict is a relatively straightforward implementation of a hash table. This is how hash tables ... Read More

How to check for redundant combinations in a Python dictionary?

Chandu yadav
Updated on 05-Mar-2020 07:09:45

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There will never be redundant combinations in a Python dictionary because it is a hashmap. This means that each key will have exactly one associated value with it. This value can be a list or another dict though. So if you try to add a duplicate key likeExamplea = {'foo': 42, 'bar': 55} a['foo'] = 100 print(a)OutputThis will give the output{'foo': 100, 'bar': 55}If you really want multiple values for a single key, then you should probably use a list to be associated with the key and add values to that list.

How to convert JSON data into a Python tuple?

SaiKrishna Tavva
Updated on 14-Oct-2024 14:13:00

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One of the common approach to convert JSON data into a python tuple is converting the json data to a dict using json.loads() and then conveting it to a python tuple using dict.items(). There are several other ways or methods to convert JSON data into tuple, depending on our needs and some of them are follows below. Using json.loads() and dict.items() method Using json.loads with a Manual Tuple Construction ... Read More

How to create Python dictionary from JSON input?

George John
Updated on 17-Jun-2020 11:22:57

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You can parse JSON files using the json module in Python. This module parses the json and puts it in a dict. You can then get the values from this like a normal dict. For example, if you have a json with the following content{    "id": "file",    "value": "File",    "popup": {       "menuitem": [          {"value": "New", "onclick": "CreateNewDoc()"},          {"value": "Open", "onclick": "OpenDoc()"},          {"value": "Close", "onclick": "CloseDoc()"}       ]    } }You can load it in your python program and loop over ... Read More

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