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Dictionary in Python is an unordered collection of data values, used to store data values like a map, which unlike other Data Types that hold only single value as an element, Dictionary holds key:value pair. While using Dictionary, sometimes, we need to add or modify the key/value inside the dictionary. Let’s see how to add a key:value pair to dictionary in Python. 

Code #1: Using Subscript notation This method will create a new key:value pair on a dictionary by assigning a value to that key. 

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# Python program to add a key:value pair to dictionary
 
dict = {'key1':'geeks', 'key2':'for'}
print("Current Dict is: ", dict)
   
# using the subscript notation
# Dictionary_Name[New_Key_Name] = New_Key_Value
 
dict['key3'] = 'Geeks'
dict['key4'] = 'is'
dict['key5'] = 'portal'
dict['key6'] = 'Computer'
print("Updated Dict is: ", dict)


Output:

Current Dict is: {‘key2’: ‘for’, ‘key1’: ‘geeks’} Updated Dict is: {‘key3’: ‘Geeks’, ‘key5’: ‘portal’, ‘key6’: ‘Computer’, ‘key4’: ‘is’, ‘key1’: ‘geeks’, ‘key2’: ‘for’}

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Code #2: Using update() method 

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dict = {'key1':'geeks', 'key2':'for'}
print("Current Dict is: ", dict)
 
# adding dict1 (key3, key4 and key5) to dict
dict1 = {'key3':'geeks', 'key4':'is', 'key5':'fabulous'}
dict.update(dict1)
 
# by assigning
dict.update(newkey1 ='portal')
print(dict)


Output:

Current Dict is: {‘key2’: ‘for’, ‘key1’: ‘geeks’} {‘newkey1’: ‘portal’, ‘key4’: ‘is’, ‘key2’: ‘for’, ‘key1’: ‘geeks’, ‘key5’: ‘fabulous’, ‘key3’: ‘geeks’}

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Code #3: Taking Key:value as input 

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# Let's add key:value to a dictionary, the functional way
 
# Create your dictionary class
class my_dictionary(dict):
 
    # __init__ function
    def __init__(self):
        self = dict()
         
    # Function to add key:value
    def add(self, key, value):
        self[key] = value
 
# Main Function
dict_obj = my_dictionary()
 
# Taking input key = 1, value = Geek
dict_obj.key = input("Enter the key: ")
dict_obj.value = input("Enter the value: ")
 
dict_obj.add(dict_obj.key, dict_obj.value)
dict_obj.add(2, 'forGeeks')
 
print(dict_obj)


Output:

 {'1': 'Geeks', 2: 'forGeeks'}

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Code #4: Using a dictionary comprehension 

For example, you can create a new dictionary that adds a key:value pair to an existing dictionary like this:

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existing_dict = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}
new_key = 'key3'
new_value = 'value3'
 
updated_dict = {**existing_dict, new_key: new_value}
print(updated_dict)
#This code is contributed by Edula Vinay Kumar Reddy


Output

{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2', 'key3': 'value3'}

This creates a new dictionary called updated_dict that contains all the key:value pairs from existing_dict, as well as the new key:value pair ‘key3’: ‘value3’.

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n)



Last Updated : 24 Feb, 2023
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