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How to sort a dictionary by values in Python

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Thomas Cokelaer

By definition, dictionary are not sorted (to speed up access). Let us consider the following dictionary, which stores the age of several persons as values: d = {"Pierre": 42, "Anne": 33, "Zoe": 24}d = {"Pierre": 42, "Anne": 33, "Zoe": 24} … Continue reading →

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python: how to merge two dictionaries

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Thomas Cokelaer

Let us suppose two dictionaries storing ages of different individuals: list1 = {"Pierre": 28, "Jeanne": 27} list2 = {"Marc": 32, "Helene": 34}list1 = {"Pierre": 28, "Jeanne": 27} list2 = {"Marc": 32, "Helene": 34} If you do mind losing the contents … Continue reading →

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