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Storing Data with Dictionaries
Dictionaries allow you to store data in key-value pairs, making it easy to look up information by a specific label.
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user = {"name": "Alice", "score": 42}print(user["name"])print(user.get("score"))
Breakdown
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user = {"name": "Alice", "score": 42}
Creates a dictionary with two keys: 'name' and 'score'.
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print(user["name"])
Accesses the value associated with the key 'name' using square brackets.
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print(user.get("score"))
Uses the .get() method to safely retrieve a value from the dictionary.