Python 3 - dictionary update() Method

Description

The method update() adds dictionary dict2's key-values pairs in to dict. This function does not return anything.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for update() method −

dict.update(dict2)

Parameters

dict2 − This is the dictionary to be added into dict.

Return Value

This method does not return any value.

Example

The following example shows the usage of update() method.

#!/usr/bin/python3

dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7}
dict2 = {'Sex': 'female' }

dict.update(dict2)
print ("updated dict : ", dict)

Result

When we run above program, it produces the following result −

updated dict : {'Sex': 'female', 'Age': 7, 'Name': 'Zara'}