Dear list,
I'm trying to create a dictionary from set of keys and values using
dict.fromkeys
When I type:
dict.fromkeys('a',50)
the output is:
{'a': 50}
This is fine, but when I try to set the same value to a different name key:
dict.fromkeys('at',50)
the output now is:
{'a': 50, 't': 50}
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Tsviki Hirsh tsviki.hi...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear list,
I'm trying to create a dictionary from set of keys and values using
dict.fromkeys
When I type:
dict.fromkeys('a',50)
the output is:
{'a': 50}
This is fine, but when I try to set the same value to a
Tsviki Hirsh wrote:
dict.fromkeys('at',50)
{'a': 50, 't': 50}
This is obviously not what I wanted.
Not obvious at all. It is precisely what you asked for ;-)
Please read the doc:
5.8. Mapping Types — dict
classmethod fromkeys(seq[, value])
Create a new dictionary with keys from seq and
