>>> d = {"server":"mpilgrim", "database":"master"} 1
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'database': 'master'}
>>> d["server"]         2
'mpilgrim'
>>> d["database"]         3
'master'
>>> d["mpilgrim"]         4
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
KeyError: mpilgrim

>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'database': 'master'}
>>> d["database"] = "pubs" 1
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'database': 'pubs'}
>>> d["uid"] = "sa"  2
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'pubs'}

>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'pubs'}
>>> d["retrycount"] = 3 1
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'master', 'retrycount': 3}
>>> d[42] = "douglas" 2
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'master', 42: 'douglas', 'retrycount': 3}

>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'master', 42: 'douglas', 'retrycount': 3}
>>> del d[42] 1
>>> d
{'server': 'mpilgrim', 'uid': 'sa', 'database': 'master', 'retrycount': 3}
>>> d.clear() 2
>>> d
{}

>>> d = {}
>>> d["key"] = "value"
>>> d["key"] = "other value" 1
>>> d
{'key': 'other value'}
>>> d["Key"] = "third value" 2
>>> d
{'Key': 'third value', 'key': 'other value'}

>>> dict2 = {'name':'earth','port':80}  

>>> for key in dict2.keys():     

... print 'key=%s,value=%s' %(key,dict2[key])

...

key=name,value=earth

key=port,value=80


>>> for key in dict2:       

... print 'key=%s,value=%s' %(key,dict2[key])

...

key=name,value=earth

key=port,value=80

>>> dict2['name']

'earth'

>>> print 'host %s is running on port %d' %(dict2['name'],dict2['port'])

host earth is running on port 80

>>> 'name' in dict2

True

>>> 'server' in dict2

False

>>> 'name' in dict2 

True

>>> dict2['name']

'earth'

>>> dict2.has_key('server')

False

>>> dict2.has_key('name') 

True

>>> dict3 = {}

>>> dict3[1] = 'abc'

>>> dict3['1'] = 3.14159

>>> dict3[3.2] = 'xyz'

>>> dict3

{'1': 3.14159, 1: 'abc', 3.2: 'xyz'}

>>> dict3 = {'1': 3.14159, 1: 'abc', 3.2: 'xyz',33:'hehe'}

>>> dict3

{'1': 3.14159, 1: 'abc', 3.2: 'xyz', 33: 'hehe'}

>>> dict2['name'] = 'venus'

>>> dict2['port'] = 6969

>>> dict2['arch'] = 'sunos5'

>>> print 'host %(name)s is running on port %(port)d' %dict2

host venus is running on port 6969

>>> dict2

{'arch': 'sunos5', 'name': 'venus', 'port': 6969}

>>> del dict2['name']

>>> dict2

{'arch': 'sunos5', 'port': 6969}

>>> dict2.clear()

>>> dict2

{}

>>> del dict2

>>> dict2

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

NameError: name 'dict2' is not defined

>>> dict3

{'1': 3.14159, 1: 'abc', 3.2: 'xyz', 33: 'hehe'}

>>> dict3.pop(33) 

'hehe'

>>> dict3

{'1': 3.14159, 1: 'abc', 3.2: 'xyz'}