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python merge dictionaries

dict1 = {'color': 'blue', 'shape': 'square'}
dict2 = {'color': 'red', 'edges': 4}

dict1.update(dict2) #if a key exists in both, it takes the value of the second dict
# dict1 = {'color': 'red', 'shape': 'square', 'edges': 4}
# dict2 is left unchanged

merged all dictionaries in a list python

>>> result = {}
>>> for d in L:
...    result.update(d)
... 
>>> result
{'a':1,'c':1,'b':2,'d':2}

python concatenate dictionaries

# list_of_dictionaries contains a generic number of dictionaries
# having the same type of keys (str, int etc.) and type of values
global_dict = {}

for single_dict in list_of_dictionaries:
    global_dict.update(single_dict)

concat dicts python

d1={1:2,3:4}; d2={5:6,7:9}; d3={10:8,13:22}
d4 = dict(d1, **d2); d4.update(d3)

how to create multiple dictionaries in python

import string
for name in ["lloyd", "alice", "tyler"]:
    name = {"name": string.capitalize(name), "homework": [], "quizzes": [], "tests": []}