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--Originally published at Programming Fundaments<\/a><\/a><\/em>
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A Dictionary \u00a0is a way to store data just like a list, but instead of using only numbers to get the data, you can use almost anything. This lets you treat a dictionary like it’s a database for storing and organizing data any kind of data:<\/p>\n

>>> <\/span>stuff<\/span> =<\/span> {<\/span>'name'<\/span>:<\/span> 'Zed'<\/span>,<\/span> 'age'<\/span>:<\/span> 39<\/span>,<\/span> 'height'<\/span>:<\/span> 6<\/span> *<\/span> 12<\/span> +<\/span> 2<\/span>}<\/span>\n>>> <\/span>print<\/span> stuff<\/span>[<\/span>'name'<\/span>]<\/span>\nZed<\/span>\n>>> <\/span>print<\/span> stuff<\/span>[<\/span>'age'<\/span>]<\/span>\n39<\/span>\n>>> <\/span>print<\/span> stuff<\/span>[<\/span>'height'<\/span>]<\/span>\n74<\/span>\n>>> <\/span>stuff<\/span>[<\/span>'city'<\/span>]<\/span> =<\/span> \"San Francisco\"<\/span>\n>>> <\/span>print<\/span> stuff<\/span>[<\/span>'city'<\/span>]<\/span>\nSan Francisco<\/span><\/pre>\n
And that’s it. It is just really another kind of list, and a little bit simple once you get the hang of it<\/p>\n
Examples and more at:\u00a0https:\/\/learnpythonthehardway.org\/book\/ex39.html<\/p>\n
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