dict ============================== Examples in Python 3 ```python """ Creating a dictionary """ my_dict = {"apples": 3, "bananas": 5, "cherrys": 42} print(my_dict) """ Accessing values in a dictionary """ print(my_dict["apples"]) """ Changing valus """ my_dict["bananas"] += 1 my_dict["apples"] = 7 print(my_dict) """ Remove key """ del my_dict["cherrys"] print(my_dict) """ Get iterable items for the dictionary """ print(my_dict.items()) print(my_dict.keys()) print(my_dict.values()) # Iterate over key, value pairs for key, value in my_dict.items(): print("Key:", key, "; value:", value) """ Look for keys in dictionary """ print("apples" in my_dict) print("lemons" in my_dict) ``` Reference and read more ------------------------------ [Mapping Types — dict](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html?highlight=dict#mapping-types-dict) Revision history ------------------------------ 2014-07-21 (sylvanas) PA1 First try.