[Tutor] Create complex dictionary :p:

[Thomas C. Hicks]

complex = {name ="value",surname="po",age=poi)
What is the most pythonic way to build a dictionary of dictionary?thanks for any help!

This doesn't look too complex so I am probably missing something.

The normal dictionary construction would look something like this:

mydict = dict('name'='value', 'surname'='po','age'='poi')

Then you can access any given item in mydict with the get method:

mydict.get('name')

SDG,

tom
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[Alex Kleider]

Post by Thomas C. Hicks

complex = {name ="value",surname="po",age=poi)
What is the most pythonic way to build a dictionary of
dictionary?thanks for any help!

This doesn't look too complex so I am probably missing something.
mydict = dict('name'='value', 'surname'='po','age'='poi')
mydict.get('name')
SDG,
tom

***@x301:~$ python3
Python 3.4.3 (default, Jul 28 2015, 18:24:59)
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Post by Thomas C. Hicks

Post by Thomas C. Hicks
mydict = dict('name'='value', 'surname'='po','age'='poi')

File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression
my understanding is that you could have done it in either of the
following two ways:
1: mydict = dict(name='value', surname='po',age='poi')
2: mydict = {'name': 'value', 'surname': 'po','age': 'poi'}

Also, accessing any given item might be done as follows:
mydict['name']
rather than calling the get method, n'est pas?


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[Thomas C. Hicks]

Post by Thomas C. Hicks
mydict = dict('name'='value', 'surname'='po','age'='poi')

Oops, you are correct! Don't want to put the key names in quotes, I
mistyped my experiment.

SDG,

tom
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[Cameron Simpson]

complex = {name ="value",surname="po",age=poi)

Well, in Python you'd write the above like this:

complex = {'name': "value", 'surname': "po", 'age': poi}

What is the most pythonic way to build a dictionary of dictionary?

Your description is a bit vague, but it sounds like a dictionary or
dictionaries is a reasonable way to do it. Example:

records = {}
complex = {'name': "value", 'surname': "po", 'age': poi}
records['key1'] = complex
complex = {'name': "value2", 'surname': "xy", 'age': poi2}
records['key2'] = complex

Nothing wrong with that if it fits what you actually need to do.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <***@zip.com.au>
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[Ben Finney]

complex = {name ="value",surname="po",age=poi)

That's invalid syntax (the braces don't match) and it seems to use names
from elsewhere.

If you mean a dictionary like this::

wibble = {'name': "value", 'surname': "po", 'age': 42}

then that is a simple dictionary. So I don't know what you mean by a
“complex” dictionary.

What is the most pythonic way to build a dictionary of
dictionary?

You can assign any value to any key in a dictionary. Dictionaries are
also values, so a dictionary can be assigned to a key just like any
other value can be assigned to a key.

wobble = {
'name': "Lorem Ipsum",
'age': 42,
'ratings': {
'badminton': 17.48,
'celery': None,
'fussball': 0.14,
},
'address': "175 West Arglbargle, Lower Snootbatten",
}

That has values that are themselves containers, so I suppose it counts
as a “complex” dictionary.
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