Dictionaries, Part 1

Intermediate Python

Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Data Scientist at DataCamp

List

pop = [30.55, 2.77, 39.21]

countries = ["afghanistan", "albania", "algeria"]

ind_alb = countries.index("albania")

ind_alb

pop[ind_alb]

2.77

Not convenient
Not intuitive

Dictionary

pop = [30.55, 2.77, 39.21]

countries = ["afghanistan", "albania", "algeria"]

...


        {                                                    }

Dictionary

pop = [30.55, 2.77, 39.21]

countries = ["afghanistan", "albania", "algeria"]

...


        {"afghanistan":30.55,                                }

Dictionary

pop = [30.55, 2.77, 39.21]

countries = ["afghanistan", "albania", "algeria"]

...


world = {"afghanistan":30.55, "albania":2.77, "algeria":39.21}

world["albania"]

2.77

Let's practice!

Intermediate Python