How to add an element to a dictionary in Python
• 1 minYou very rarely define your final dictionary at the beginning of your script.
Why?
Well, because dictionaries are usually a way to store data that was computed within your script.
Here is how to add an element to a dictionary.
# We define a non complete student profile stored in a dict
student_profile = {
"firstname" : "John",
"lastname" : "Doe"
}
# We add up a key : value element
# Here it is a grade
student_profile["grade"] = 5.7
Here you are! You now know how to add an element to a dictionary in Python!
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