An unordered collection of data values that are used to store data values like a map is known as Dictionary in Python. Unlike other Data Types that hold only a single value as an element, Dictionary holds key:value pair. Key-value is provided in the dictionary to make it more optimized.
Note: For more information, refer to Python Dictionary
Collections.UserDict
Python supports a dictionary like a container called UserDict present in the collections module. This class acts as a wrapper class around the dictionary objects. This class is useful when one wants to create a dictionary of their own with some modified functionality or with some new functionality. It can be considered as a way of adding new behaviors to the dictionary. This class takes a dictionary instance as an argument and simulates a dictionary that is kept in a regular dictionary. The dictionary is accessible by the data attribute of this class.
Syntax:
collections.UserDict([initialdata])
Example 1:
# Python program to demonstrate # userdict from collections import UserDict
d = { 'a' : 1 ,
'b' : 2 ,
'c' : 3 }
# Creating an UserDict userD = UserDict(d)
print (userD.data)
# Creating an empty UserDict userD = UserDict()
print (userD.data)
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Output:
{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3} {}
Example 2: Let’s create a class inheriting from UserDict to implement a customized dictionary.
# Python program to demonstrate # userdict from collections import UserDict
# Creating a Dictionary where # deletion is not allowed class MyDict(UserDict):
# Function to stop deletion
# from dictionary
def __del__( self ):
raise RuntimeError( "Deletion not allowed" )
# Function to stop pop from
# dictionary
def pop( self , s = None ):
raise RuntimeError( "Deletion not allowed" )
# Function to stop popitem
# from Dictionary
def popitem( self , s = None ):
raise RuntimeError( "Deletion not allowed" )
# Driver's code d = MyDict({ 'a' : 1 ,
'b' : 2 ,
'c' : 3 })
print ( "Original Dictionary" )
print (d)
d.pop( 1 )
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Output:
Original Dictionary {'a': 1, 'c': 3, 'b': 2}
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/3ce2f334f5d25a3e24d10d567c705ce6.py", line 35, in d.pop(1) File "/home/3ce2f334f5d25a3e24d10d567c705ce6.py", line 20, in pop raise RuntimeError("Deletion not allowed") RuntimeError: Deletion not allowed Exception ignored in: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/3ce2f334f5d25a3e24d10d567c705ce6.py", line 15, in __del__ RuntimeError: Deletion not allowed