Add Item in Dictionary Python Tutorial Example

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In this short tutorial we will cover an add item in dictionary python tutorial example . In this article, we will implement a python add new item to dict. In this article, we will implement a python add new item to dictionary. I explained simply about how to add an item in a dictionary python. Let's see bellow example how to add new item in dictionary python.

There are several ways to add a new item to a dictionary in python. I will give you simple two examples using adding index and value and update() method. so let's see the below examples:

Example 1:

main.py

user = {
  "ID": 1,
  "name": "Piyush Kamani",
  "email": "piyush@gmail.com"
}
  
# Adding new "bithdate" to dictionary
user["bithdate"] = "1998/07/01"
  
print(user)

Output:

{
 'ID': 1,
 'bithdate': '1998/07/01',
 'email': 'piyush@gmail.com',
 'name': 'Piyush Kamani'
}

Example 2:

main.py

user = {
  "ID": 1,
  "name": "Piyush Kamani",
  "email": "piyush@gmail.com"
}
    
# Adding new "bithdate" to dictionary
user.update({"bithdate": "1998/07/01"})
    
print(user)

Output:

{
 'ID': 1,
 'bithdate': '1998/07/01',
 'email': 'piyush@gmail.com',
 'name': 'Piyush Kamani'
}