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Python

Posted by Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
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Dictionary comprehension

Just wondering, could it be possible to use comprehension in this example? If so, what would be the correct way to do it? Thanks for any info you can provide.

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james south
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i was writing my answer when you posted the video link so i hadn't seen it. dict comps are used to create dicts, so i don't think they would be useful here since he's already got a dict.

Conrad Landicho
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Conrad Landicho
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Hmmm.... I thought I made that comment/question on the specific video. I wonder where it went .... hang on a sec, while I search for it.

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Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
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ok, found it ... .here's that video, please take a look at 2:30:

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/using-databases-in-python/meet-peewee/queries-are-your-friend

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dictionary comprehensions are similar to list and set comprehensions. inside curly braces {} you put k:v for .... k in some other collection or perhaps for k,v in another dictionary. so for example:

newDict = {k:v for k, v in oldDict.items() if v < 5}
newDict = {x:x**2 for x in range(8)}
Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
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Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
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so, I guess, the answer to my question is no ?