How to add a key:datum pair to the dictionary

[Emile van Sebille]

You can use update:

>>> a={1:1,2:2}
>>> a.update({3:3})
>>> a
{3: 3, 2: 2, 1: 1}


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MK <mark_removethis_ at _removethis_btweng.krakow.pl> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
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> I have stumbled across a stupid problem: how to add a pair to
> dictionary like
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> {'mk': {'repetitions': 20, 'no match': 10}}
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> I have not found the method for this anywhere in documentation.
> Dictionary is mutable, but neither Library Reference nor Language
> Reference give information on how to _add_ something to dictionary.
> It seems strange -- I mean, is creating dictionary and then changing
> items in it the only possible method of changing dictionary? Can it be
> enlarged?
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> MK
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