>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> ice_cream = defaultdict(lambda: 'Vanilla')
>>>
>>> ice_cream = defaultdict(lambda: 'Vanilla')
>>> ice_cream['Sarah'] = 'Chunky Monkey'
>>> ice_cream['Abdul'] = 'Butter Pecan'
>>> print ice_cream['Sarah']
Chunky Monkey
>>> print ice_cream['Joe']
Vanilla
>>>
>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> food_list = 'spam spam spam spam spam spam eggs spam'.split()
>>> food_count = defaultdict(int) # default value of int is 0
>>> for food in food_list:
... food_count[food] += 1 # increment element's value by 1
...
defaul
>>> s = [('yellow', 1), ('blue', 2), ('yellow', 3), ('blue', 4), ('red', 1)]
>>> d = defaultdict(list)
>>> for k, v in s:
... d[k].append(v)
...
>>> d.items()
[('blue', [2, 4]), ('red', [1]), ('yellow', [1, 3])]
>>> from collections import defaultdict
>>> food_list = 'spam spam spam spam spam spam eggs spam'.split()
>>> food_count = defaultdict(int) # default value of int is 0
>>> for food in food_list:
... food_count[food] += 1 # increment element's value by 1
...
defaultdict(<type 'int'>, {'eggs': 1, 'spam': 7})
>>>
"""defaultdict allows us to initialize a dictionary that will assign a
default value to non-existent keys. By supplying the argument int,
we are able to ensure that any non-existent keys are automatically
assigned a default value of 0."""
# Python program to demonstrate
# defaultdict
from collections import defaultdict
# Function to return a default
# values for keys that is not
# present
def def_value():
return "Not Present"
# Defining the dict
d = defaultdict(def_value)
d["a"] = 1
d["b"] = 2
print(d["a"]) # 1
print(d["b"]) # 2
print(d["c"]) # Not Present