python dictionaries nested

Nested Dictionaries

A dictionary can contain dictionaries, this is called nested

dictionaries.

Example

Create a dictionary that contain three dictionaries:



myfamily = {  "child1" : {    "name" : "Emil",

    "year" : 2004  },  "child2" : {   

"name" : "Tobias",    "year" : 2007  }, 

"child3" : {    "name" : "Linus",

    "year" : 2011  }}

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Example

Create a dictionary that contain three dictionaries:

Or, if you want to add three dictionaries into a new

dictionary:

Example

Create three dictionaries, then create one dictionary that will contain the

other three dictionaries:



child1 = {  "name" : "Emil",  "year" : 2004}child2 = { 

"name" : "Tobias",  "year" : 2007}child3 = {  "name" : "Linus", 

"year" : 2011}myfamily = {  "child1" : child1, 

"child2" : child2,  "child3" : child3}

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Example

Create three dictionaries, then create one dictionary that will contain the

other three dictionaries: