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Python Introducing Dictionaries Introducing Dictionaries Accessing Keys and Values

Posted by Lorelai Eckert
Lorelai Eckert
225 Points

Keys?

is there a certain amount of keys you HAVE TO have??

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

No keys are required. A dictionary can be defined as “empty” with no keys yet initially defined:

>>> new_dict = {}
>>> list(new_dict.keys())
[]