Question - Explain the dictionary in Python.
Answer -
• Python's built-in data type is dictionary, which defines one-to-one relationships between keys and values.
• Dictionaries consist of pairs of keys and their corresponding values.
• Dictionaries are indexed by keys.
• Dictionary is similar to associative array or hash table of other languages.
• As following example explains further- India, Angel & Cartoon are keys & their corresponding values are Bharat, Mother Teresa & Mickey respectively.
>>> dict = {'India': 'Bharat', 'Angel': ‘Mother Teresa’, 'Cartoon': 'Mickey'}
>>>print dict[India]
Bharat
>>>print dict[Angel]
Mother Teresa