Learn Python · lesson 20 of 24

Dictionaries: labels and values

Add Meera with age 10 to the dictionary, then print every name and age like Asha 11.

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A dictionary stores values under labels (called keys): ages = {"Asha": 11, "Ravi": 9}. ages["Asha"] gives 11. Add or change one with ages["Meera"] = 10. A for loop over ages.items() gives each key and value.

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Add Meera with age 10 to the dictionary, then print every name and age like Asha 11.

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