Dictionary Comprehensions
Dict comprehensions use curly braces with a key:value expression to build dictionaries concisely.
Python
Beginner
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Dictionary Comprehensions
Example
words = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
lengths = {word: len(word) for word in words}
print(lengths)
# {"apple": 5, "banana": 6, "cherry": 6} Pro Tip
Dict comprehensions are great for transforming or inverting mappings.