# Python >= 3.5:
def merge_dictionaries(a, b):
return {**a, **b}
# else:
def merge_dictionaries(a, b):
c = a.copy() # make a copy of a
c.update(b) # modify keys and values of a with the b ones
return c
a = { 'x': 1, 'y': 2}
b = { 'y': 3, 'z': 4}
print(merge_dictionaries(a, b)) # {'y': 3, 'x': 1, 'z': 4}
dict1 = {'color': 'blue', 'shape': 'square'}
dict2 = {'color': 'red', 'edges': 4}
dict1.update(dict2) #if a key exists in both, it takes the value of the second dict
# dict1 = {'color': 'red', 'shape': 'square', 'edges': 4}
# dict2 is left unchanged
# Python 3.9
z = x | y
# Python 3.5
z = {**x, **y}
# Python <= 3.4
def merge_two_dicts(x, y):
z = x.copy() # start with keys and values of x
z.update(y) # modifies z with keys and values of y
return z
z = merge_two_dicts(x, y)
# Example usage:
# Say you have the following dictionaries and want to merge dict_b into dict_a
dict_a = {"ABC": {"DE": {"F": "G"}}}
dict_b = {"ABC": {"DE": {"H": "I"}, "JKL": "M"}}
def merge_nested_dictionaries(dict_a, dict_b, path=None):
"""
recursive function for merging dict_b into dict_a
"""
if path is None:
path = []
for key in dict_b:
if key in dict_a:
if isinstance(dict_a[key], dict) and isinstance(dict_b[key], dict):
merge_nested_dictionaries(dict_a[key], dict_b[key], path + [str(key)])
# if the b dictionary matches the a dictionary from here on, skip adding it
elif dict_a[key] == dict_b[key]:
pass
# if the same series of keys lead to different terminal values in
# each dictionary, the dictionaries can't be merged unambiguously
else:
raise Exception('Conflict at %s' % '.'.join(path + [str(key)]))
# if the key isn't in a, add the rest of the b dictionary to a at this point
else:
dict_a[key] = dict_b[key]
return dict_a
# running:
merge_nested_dictionaries(dict_a, dict_b)
# returns:
{'ABC': {'DE': {'F': 'G', 'H': 'I'}, 'JKL': 'M'}}
l = [{'a': 0}, {'b': 1}, {'c': 2}, {'d': 3}, {'e': 4, 'a': 4}]
d = {k: v for x in l for k, v in x.items()}
print(d)
# {'a': 4, 'b': 1, 'c': 2, 'd': 3, 'e': 4}
def merge_dicts(dict1, dict2):
"""Here's an example of a for-loop being used abusively."""
return {**dict2, **{k: (v if not (k in dict2) else (v + dict2.get(k)) if isinstance(v, list) else merge_dicts(v, dict2.get(k))) if isinstance(v, dict) else v for k, v in dict1.items()}}
column_names = ['id', 'color', 'style']
column_values = [1, 'red', 'bold']
# Convert two lists into a dictionary with zip and the dict constructor
name_to_value_dict = dict(zip(column_names, column_values))
# Convert two lists into a dictionary with a dictionary comprehension
name_to_value_dict = {key:value for key, value in zip(column_names, column_values)}
# Convert two lists into a dictionary with a loop
name_value_tuples = zip(column_names, column_values)
name_to_value_dict = {}
for key, value in name_value_tuples:
if key in name_to_value_dict:
pass # Insert logic for handling duplicate keys
else:
name_to_value_dict[key] = value